The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-28
Has Engaged Attorneys to Con-
test Matter of ExtraditiOn.
The Title of Colonel is Given
the Fugitive.
He Was the main Pipe of the
Big Celebration.

Alfred Buck, former cashier of the Ma
peton (Minn) State bank, who recently
was arrested on the Isle of Pines under
the name of w. j. McGregor on the
charge of defalcation, are endeavoring to
secure his release because the prisoner
arrived in Cuba before the eXtradition
treaty with the United States became
effective. Lately the courts have been
declining to grant writs of habeas cor
pus. the right to which was decreed dur
ING American intervention. The attor
news therefore ask the department of
justice to permit Bucks release and to
order a hearing of the question as to
whether he can be extradited.
This dispatch would confirm the report
that Buck was arrested on the Isle of
Pines.
II. c. ITotaling, editor of The Maple
ton Enterprise is not satisfied that the
authorities at Havana have Alfred A.
Buck in custody there He is of the
opinion that the officials have ar
rested some person who looks like
Buck and has been going under the
name of d. W. McGregor Mr.. Hotaling
has had some correspondence with Buck
during the past two months and the
last letter received by the Mapleton edi-
tor from that source was dated July 6.
This letter was mailed at Nueva Corona,
Isle of Pine The contents referred to
certain article concerning Buck which
appeared in The Enterprise. Buck sub
scribed for The Enterprise about two
months ago, and ordered it sent to
Nueva Corona, where the former Maple
ton banker is conducting a hotel 1t
was on July that Sheriff Williams
wired the United States consul at Ha-
vana, inquiring if d. w. McGregor was
confined in a certain hospital there. On
July the consul wired back that the
party sought was in Havana.
Mr. Hotaling has lately received cop
les of the paper published at Nueva Ger
ona and in that one dated July the
list of arrivals from Havana shows
that Buck or McGregor reached the Isle
of Pine on June %. Buck was at Nueva
Corona on July 4, and he was the chair
man of the committee which arranged
the Fourth of July celebration at Nueva
Corona. Buck has been given the title
of colonel" The local paper speaks OF
his presence in town on July as fol-
lows:
'Col. d. w. McGregor, though suffer.
ing from a broken ankle, managed to
get around among his friends quite MIN
bly, and saw that they got every atten-
work he was ably seconded by his part
ner. who has succeeded in making the
hotel popular rendezvous"
Mr. Buck was the prime mover IN
working up the Fourth of July celebra-
ton in his new home and was not only
chairman of the general committee, but
was chairman of the committee on
sports and member of the reception
committee.
Buck suffered a fracture of his LEG
several weeks ago and he was taken
to Havana for treatment He was car
ed for by Dr. d. T. Laine. 1t is pos
sible that Buck returned to Havana
on the seventh of this month to receive
further treatment for his injury.
In his letter to Mr.. Hotaling, Buck
says that he has had several opportuni
ties to make money, but the fact that
he had no money with which to make
the investments, permitted the oppor
tunities to slip by. Bucks boy is still
with him at Nueva Corona.
1t has been reported that Buck re
ceived $4,000 from his father last win
ter, but Buck denies this. He claims te
be doing first rate in the hotel business
His partners name is George G. Gould
c. j. Wall, a resident of the Isle of
Pines, now visiting Minneapolis, stated
to The Tribune that persons charged
with crime can be extradited from the
island, reports to the contrary notwith-
standing