The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-29
COSRMAN WANTS
HIS CASE TRIED
Says He Has Been Held in the
County Jail Seyenty-TwO
Days.
HIS WIFE AND BABY
NEED HIS ASSISTANCE
Methods of County Administra-
tiOn Are Shown Up by
Prisoner.

with a wife and infant child urgently
T. in need OF his assistance, George f Cush-
man man OF Bingham Is langnlshing ing IN on one
where he has been since August ~,
anXiously waiting for the county authori-
ties TO make some disposition of his case.
Always alert 10 hear tn. approach to
his cell OF some officer to give him the
glad tidings that his case is coming 10
Portable cage Willing away the hours
playing solitaire, reading OF talking with
follow prisoners, who are his only com
panons.
Cushman is confined In the jail on the
charge of assault with Intent 10 kill. lie
shot Greek named George Charts In
the hip. His defense is that he discovered
the Greek In the act OF entering his home
in Bingham Canyon through window
Here is the story Cushman told rep
rcscntativc OF The Tribune. while stand
ing with his face pressed against the bars
OF his cell:
For seventy,-two days have been
cooped up in this little cell waiting for
something TO be done with my case.
which, In my opinion. should have been
attended to long before this. MY home is
IN Inr Bhsnam @ SSny9n i WnTTG n,i tom Mad r,oc wea
Several times had heard that some one
had been prowtng about my home al
night, peckinG in the windows and acting
In a suspicious manner.
Revolver Purchased.
'I was n cook In restaurant at Bing
ham Canyon, and worked on SHIFT that
kept me away from my homo up to mid
night and sometimes as late as O'Clock
In the morning. Several times neighborS
reported TO me that Greek had been
seen about my home, and ! purchased
revolver in the hope of capturing the
fellow some night when | went home. |
reported TO the town marshal what the
neighhors had told me, and advised him
that l desired a watch kept for the In
trudcr. The officer informed me thnt he
would try and capture the man.
ION the night OF August Is ] left my
work early for the express purpose of
seeing II / could catch the man that had
been prowllng about. l went home and
then went TO visit a neighbor named But
ler, where | remained perhaps thirty min
utcs. Then leaving for home. | came
along by my house and discovered this
George Charts. the Greek whom ! shot.
Just In the act OF raising a window and
pecking into the house. The Greek heard
me approaching and started to run. [
took a shot ut him then gave chase and
would have captured him had / not fallen
and after finding II the Greek had run
down the street and into q saloon. I fol-
lowed him, and when entered the saloon
the bartender told me the fellow had
distance down the street. | then tcle-
phoned for Marshal White, telling him
what had done and asking him To come
ut once and investigate.
''Gn about an hour and q half the mar
shal came and we went together down to
the other saloon to see how badly l had
crowded with fellow countrymen OF the
man l had shot and If Il had not been
FOR the presence OF the officer they would
no doubt have mobbed me AS 1t was the
and the officer and l went up and saw
him. When Marshal White saw that the
man really had been shot he placed me
under arrest.
"As We started to leave the saloon
the Greeks crowded about us and White
had TO draw his revolver, the one he had
taken from me, In order 10 d:ive them
away. White and 1 had not proceeded
very far before | was struck on the back
of the head with large rock, which
made a wound that It took seven stitches
Charles Charts, a brother OF the man /
shot After l had been locked UP the
marshal went back and placed Charles
Charts under arrest but released him
shortly after midnight. No action was
taken against the Greek for wounding me
Brought to Jail
con August 10 1 was brought TO the,
tail In this city. Thirty days later ]
was taken to Bingham Canyon for eX-
animation. Deputy Sheriff Ike Emery
trip there advised me to waive the pre-
limlnary hearing. ] did as he advised
and was brought back to jail. Here I am
and God only knows how long j will re-
main.
II have no fault to find with my treat
ment mere In the jail, only that l do not
get exercise enough. | have lost thirty
five pounds since l came here,
ITO be kept In here like a bird in
cage, realizing that my wife and infant
baby are in need Of my help. is pretty
hard. ! have been in here so long that
even my own child does not know me,
II is months old and when II was here
Monday 10 see me IL cried when l at
tempted 10 hold II.
obliged to occupy one of these cells with
two other prisoners and sleep on the
floor. My wife Is living with her par