# Mr. Cumshaw — Short Fiction character guide

> Mr. Cumshaw in Short Fiction by H. Beam Piper.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** poor Mr. Cumshaw, Cumshaw, Silas Cumshaw

**First appearance:** 0024-time-crime

## Who they are

A man involved in a time-travel scheme.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_24_se/chapters/i)

Previous Solar League Ambassador to New Texas; murdered, prompting Silk's mission.

### [The Trial Begins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_24_se/chapters/ix)

The murdered Solar League Ambassador; his death is the subject of the trial.

### [The Trial Concludes: Jurisdictional Challenge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_24_se/chapters/x)

The murdered former ambassador; his death is the subject of the trial, and Silk reveals he was killed by hired assassins at the instigation of the z'Srauff government.

### [Crossroads of Destiny](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_24_se/chapters/crossroads-of-destiny)

The porter who receives the strange dollar bill and shows it to the narrator.

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