Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-04-23
BUCKS STATEMENTS
O'Brien's Keeper is COntradic. s tory in His Stories.
HE DENIES THAT HE WAS BREED
Says that Hs Trusted to Dishlsr, but Was
 Duped by Him.

Buck Thinks that O'BrIen Is Hiding Near
 Utica, While the Police Arc Mere Than
 COnfident that the Escaped BuncO
 1Ian is In New YOrk-ThO Story that
 Politicians IntsrTered With she PrisOn
 OmIca1s Denied.
 UTICA, N. Y., April 28.-Keeper Buck of Dannemora prison is still at BagRs dictory in his statements, but says he is responsible for o'Brien's escape, though he hints that he considers that he has been duped by DiShler. On the other hand, Dishler's friends are positive that he is not with o'Brien, and assert that he will be in the city in a short time, having been called away on business.
 Buck is besieged by reporters, and evil dently enjoys the publicity he is attain ing. He has confessed that he did not know much about about O'Brien's movements from Tuesday morning up to the time he made up his mind that he had escaped. Certainly he knows noth- ing of them since that time. Every po- lice department in the country has been telegraphed a description of O'Brien with request for his arrest if found; at
 
 would not be surprised if the missing man was concealed in this vicinity, as he does not believe that he could get out of the country without being recog- nized.
 It is now stated that Sunday evening, on the arrival of the party from Danne- mora in this city, Dishler and Minchon, with 8 United States deputy marshal went to the jail and delivered O'Brien into fha cNPa 0f kh0 kAMn0r Pr1oIr Aar% in the background and the jailor was told by the marshal that the prisoner would be taken into court in the morn- on 8 writ of habeaS corpus and dis charged. '1t iH not much of . case any way" the marshal is said to have re- marked.
 The keeper was also instructed to use O'Brien we'll, as he was 8 good fellow. Monday he was taken from the iail, 4the keeper says, and was brought back in the the afternoon and taken out again in the evening and has not been seen there since. This Buck denies, but the evil dence Is against him.
 In an interview Buck said:
 T am alone responsible for the escape of O'Brien, if he has escaped, but I can't help feeling that he is still within 20 miles of Utica. It would be 8 good deal better for him to be buried here than to ouoeaVOE GO get Iurbnef away.
 ''TheY say have received money for my share in this business. I know I have been careless and negligent, almost cr1minally so, but I can stand up like Q man and say truthfully that I never got a cent. Of the charge of bribery I am innocent. I trusted in Dishler's word. and if he lied to mo when he told me that he would produce O'Brien when wanted, then am entirely responsible for his escape.
 'T know will be discharged and severely cenSured, but I can. expect nothing less, though it's pretty rough on a new official. I am sorry that it reflects on Warden Thayer, as he does not de- serve 1t"
 Buck denies the story he told to the effect that politicians in any way inter- fered with the prison officials to secure liberties for OBrien, but it is known that since making this statement he has been cautioned not to repeat it by some gentlemen who are close to the parties he at first implicated.
 o'Brien is thought to b0 in hiding in New York.