The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-25
WOMAN'S PART IN
THE NEWS TODAY
SECOND POISON
CRIME HANGS OVER
KANSAS DOCTOR

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Topeka, Kas, Aug. 25.-Rising from
the tomb of his first wife, the grim
charge that DR.. G.. II. Buck, now serV-
ing a life sentence for the murder or
his second wife, killed his first mate
in Kentucky may bar the way to parole
and freedom. Governor Capper has
nostponed until the middle of Septem-
Der his final decision on the petition
for parole, to give time for investlga-
ton of the sensational charge that the
musician, who was prominent in
Greensburg, Kas., did away with both
his wives under similar circumstances.
The charge that DR.. Buck was not
only guilty of the Kansas crime, for
which he received life sentence, but
also of the previous crime in Ken
tucky. in which his first wife met a
similar death, was made before the
Governor by C. II. Bissett county at
torney of Kiowa county. The attorney
introduced letters from Kentucky, in
Gliding one from the father of the
Kentucky wife, stating that she had
died under similar circumstances to
those surrounding the death OF the
Kansas wife.
The following letter was written to
J. w. Kinsall, father of DR.. Buck S
Kansas wife, Leila Kinsall Buck, by
C. F. Bogard of Louisville, KY, the
father of DR.. Bucks first wife, ana
is on file with the evidence before Gov
ernor Capper. 1t reads:
"Mr. Kinsall: | read the piece in
the paper about your daughters death.
| had a daughter die in the same way,
and she was the wife of DR.. G. H.
Buck. My daughter was the same age
as yours when she died. Everybody
in Oliver Hill, KY, thinks that DR..
Buck was the cause of her death. Mrs.
Wood, in Oliver Hill, wrote me a let
ter that the insurance that he had on
her when she died was $4,000. He had
it on her only three weeks. And she
she lived only three days after she
was taken sick. Please send me word
If It is the DR.. G. H. Buck from Carter
County. KY, and l will correspond
with you and see what can be done
about this case. | wrote to DR.. Will
liams and Dr. McCeske in Oliver Hill
and asked them what my daughter
died with, and they would not tell me.
"(Signed) c. F. Bogard."
This letter was not allowed in evil
dence at the trial of DR.. Buck in
Greensburg, Kas, four years ago last
May. 1t is undated. The Buck case
was one of the most sensational and
bitterly fought trials of Southern Kan
sas. DR.. Buck came to Greensburg ii
the summer of 1908 and took up the
practice of medicine. In 1909 he mar
ried Leila Kinsall. She died October
II, 1910, under such suspicious circum
stances that sixteen days after the
burial, the body was eXhumed. Traces
of cyanide were found in the liver DR.
Buck had refused to have the bod!
embalmed and had insisted that she
be buried the day after she died.
Buck was found guilty of first de
gree murder and sent to the peniten
tiary for life. The jury found he haC
killed his wife by administering
cyanide Three Topeka doctors de
clared in a voluntary statement to thu
governor that her death might have
been due to natural causes, accordin;
to the testimony introduced at thu
trial.
Ever since DR.. Buck was sent t
prison, he has been making repeate'
fights for parole. Two governors a
ready have refused to parole the wifi
murderer. The action of Governo
Capper on the new parole petition i
expected in September.