The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-29
GOMEZ AT HEARING
WAIVED EXAMINAT
Man Charged With Shooting Emelio Fer
nandez at WilIiamstown Was Then
Bound Over to Orange Coun-
ty Court.

an assistant judge of Orange county
Ricardo Gomez was arraigned in vii.
Jamestown this forenoon on a charge Of
assaulting with intent to kill one Emelc
Fernandez, who lies in critical condi-
tion in the Heaton hospital at Mont
pelier as the result of a bullet wound
inflicted last Saturday night. Presery-
ing the reticence that marked his atti-
tude before his alleged confession to the
officers, Gomez waived examination and
was held without bail for trial at the
next term of Orange county court. He
was taken to Chelsea this afternoon and
committed to the county jail The re-
spondent was represented by r. A. Hoar
of Barre and when the formal declara.
! tion of a waiver was made the brief
hearing was over. States Attorney
Frank s. Williams of Bradford repre-
sented the state.
/ In the hotel at Williamstown this aft
lernoon States Attorney Williams insti-
tuted a secret inquest before Judge
| Crafts. During the afternoon it was ex-
! pected that some % persons would be
asked to testify in the case. Among
the witnesses subppnaed were large
number of Gomez's compatriots.
After spending the night at Montpelier
the sherif's party passed through Barre
this forenoon on its way to Williams
town. States Attorney Williams, Sher-
liff u. w. Kent of Randolph and Joseph
Canales of Montpelier, who has been re-
tanned as an interpreter, reached Barre
at 9:30 o'clock. Gomez occupied a seat
IN the center Of the party. He looked
worn and weary as the train pulled into
the local station and while the trainmen
and passengers We're transferring, the
prisoner hardly made move. Appar-
emily he did not notice the curious gaze
OF half dozen station hands andloiterers
who stared at the man through the win
dow. If he did he gave no sign. Soon
the train backed out and the party start.
ed for Williamstown, reaching that point
at 10. Gomez was arraigned at once.
Asked If he would call for special
session Of the grand jury at Chelsea,
Mr.. Williams replied that it would de-
pend largely upon the issue of the shoot
ing. BY that he meant that the grand
jury would undoubtedly be called to-
gether il Fernandez wounds result fa-
tally. That being the outcome of the
shooting, the states attorney intimated
that he would seek an indictment for
murder. He did not say in what de-
gree the charge would be preferred.
The Statements of Prisoner.
Gomez was arrested at Bethel early
Tuesday morning and was taken to the
Washington county jail at Montpelier
last night, where he remained until to-
day.
The prisoner was accompanied to
Montpelier by Sheriff Kent of Orange
county and Chief of Police Donahue Of
Northiield, and he was met at the Jail
by States Attorney Frank S. Williams
OF Bradford, who has been in this vi |
cinity since Monday morning. Long
prior TO that he had admitted his iden |
tity as Gomez, (which he had denied |
when arrested at Bethel. He was some
what fatigued Although warned by /
States Attorney Williams that he would |
not be compelled to talk about the case,
the prisoner eonyersed freely through |
an interpreter.
Gomez is said to have told the author
tiles that he passed the whole Of Mon |
day in the woods Of West Berlin and /
that he boarded the freight train, from |
which he was taken at Bethel, At Ran
iolph on Monday night, later changing /
his story To the extent that he boarded I
The train at RoxburyAa version which
seems to be borne out by the police find /
ngs He walked from West Berlin to
he place where he boarded the train.
When questioned about the incidents
1t Williamstown on Saturday night, Go
neg, it is said, did not try to clear him
elf of blame except he insisted that
when he and Fernandez went out of
frank Godfrey's house the latter struck
lin on the chest with stone. Fer
landez was running, he declared, when
le Gomez pulled out his revolver and
firing. He said he didn't
NOV how many shots We're fired, prob
blv two or three, and he didn't know I
which OF his shots took effect He said
hat after the shooting he went into the
Iouse where the injured man lay. first
hrowing away the revolver, weapon
hat he had purchased in Barre some
inc ago J
Following the shooting, declared Co
lez, he left Williamstown for Barre and |
ecuring a fur-lined overcoat at his
oardng place, Luis LAWNS. in that city, I
Ontlnued ON his way to West Berlln, !
rriying in the latter place on Sunday /
lorning between 2 and 3 o'clock, hav- :
lg walked the entire distance. In the 9
he had reversed the order of
wo pairs of trousers be was wearing, 7
hanging the light colored pair he T
as wearing on the outside for the dark a
1lored pair that had been underneath. t
Ie was searched at the county Jail and
othing but little money was found I
n him.
Later in the day Montpelier livery e
able driver who had carried two Span {
rds to West Berlin early Sunday morn c
lg was called in to see if Gomez was Q
ne of his passengers. The driver said t
that Gomez was not one of d
ie two men in his midnight trip to a
iest Berlin. $