Putnam patriot., 1930-09-18
NO COMPLAINT
 AGAINST CUSHMAN
Prosecuting Attorney lnvesti- gates Facts.-Finds No Evi-
 dence of Misdemeanor
Mus, Take It in Sporting Way
 Says Pomfret Man

Charles Van Brunt Cushman, wide y known pomfret man and owner of n stable Of race horses. was not brought before the Putnam city court Wednesday morning Prescott ing Attorney Eric H. Johnson inves- ;igated the Sunday night affair m which Mir. Cushman ran his automo- bile into hvdrant near the Whip ple X Gilpatric office on Providence street and found no evidence of a misdemeanor having been commit ted. No complaint against the Pom fret man was filled out by the pros ecutor and he was allowed to depart.
 Mir. Cushman attended a dinner for the benefit of the Day kimhall Hos pital Nurses Home Fund at the Rus. sian Bear. Thompson, Sunday eve ming. While he was driving home he was stopped by Patrolman Chand, i Ter at the intersection of School and l Providence streets and directed te detour through Providence street l After he had proceeded . short dis tanee his ear began to make such . noise that 1t attracted the oflieer'' attention.
 Mr Cushman attempted to back the car into the yard of Whipple & Gilpatrie and backed into the hy- drant. Officer Chandler appeared on the scene and placed Mir. Cushman under arret. He was taken to the police station and held until bond of s250 was arranged for his appear ance in court. Wednesday morning.
 Substitute Charge 1t is understood that the officer first gave his reason for making the arrest that Mr Cushman was under the influence of liquor and that this was later changed to charge of in- turing public property.
 In addition to the above facts in- torrogation of the policeman by the prosecutor disclosed that the arrest. | ing officer was not convinced and l therefore could not testify that Mir ] Cushman was under the influence oi i intoxicants. An examination of th' l hydrant was made by an official o the city water department and it wa found that the hydrant had not beer damaged. Under this situation Pros ] ecuting Attorney Johnson found hin i self without facts that would war rant him to proceed further. l Mir. Cushman said that he had beer ! having trouble with the gears of hi car. That when they began to grinc after he first passed the policeman he decided that he could not drive ] his ear to Pomfret. He decided tc leave it and to Re 1t off the high. way. started to back inte the coal and wood yard. In the darkness he did not see the hydrant
 Mir. Cushman was alone in the ear but his uncle bore him out in that the ear had been acting queerly and was out of condition.
 Wide Publicity
 Correspondents of out of town newspapers got hold of the fact that Mir. Cushman had been arrested. The tory that he was charged with driy- ing drunk was featured on the front page of a Worcester paper and ap- peared in other papers. On account of Mir. Cushman's prominence the af- fair was also broadeasted over the radio.
 Prosecuting Attorney Johnson, af- ter he had made a careful investi- gation of the facts in the case, said that 1t was unfortunate that SO much publicity had been given Mir. Cush- man.
 Tt is too bad, said Mir. Cushman, but we mutt take it in a sporting way"