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after 100000 ransom had been paid.
The ransom later was recovered in the
home of Kenneth.
The kidnaper was blacked to look like
a colored man, and after leading the
child into the automobile, he bound.
gagged and blindfolded her and hid
her in a cranberry shack until midnight.
He then took her to vacant house al
most opposite the home of the Buck
brothers and held her there until after
midnight the morning of May 5 when
she was turned over to her father on
board a boat in Wychmere Harbor in
Harwichport upon the payment of the
$500 ransom.
Two Brothers Arrested.
The arrests of the Buck brothers
came later that day.
During the trial Cyril testified that
he at no time knew where Peggy
was being hidden and said as far as he
knew his brother was the only person
implicated in the kidnapping. Ksnneth
however, said a mysterious Bill" a
Hyannis bootlegger. concocted the plot
and had told him "Peggy's' father was
behind it and would take care" of
Kenneth If he was arrested.
The State contended during the trial
that Cyril was a party to the plot from
the time Of it's inception and his role
as "go-between' for McMath and the
kidnapers was an assumed one and
he really was representing himself and
his brother during the time the ransom
heipn rvind
Kenneth is the father of a young
son, and District Attorney Crossley ex-
pressed sorrow for the family but told
the jury not to allow sympathy to af-
feet their decisions.
Defends "BilP' Story.
Through eyes that appeared near to
shedding tears. Kenneth heard his
counsel, Elias Burwick, make his final
plea for him.
Burwick said that fantastic" as the
story of Bill" seemed, it nevertheless
was true.
There may have been discrepancies
in his story on the witness stand" said
Burwick of Kenneth, but he stood
there, chin out, and matched wits with
the district attorney"
Burwick recalled a statement ad-
mitted by Daniel Needham, State COM
missioner of public safety. that this
case was GodSend to the State po-
lice"
Raising his arms above him, Burwick
shouted THE gift from God-Ken-
meth Buck riding in train-to State
Prison"
Burwick demanded that the Gov
eminent prove that McMath was not
involved
The manner in which Chief E. c.
Hall of Harwich obtained confession
from Kenneth was attacked by Burwick
The confession was admitted as evidence
and was considered by the State as
one of its most formidable weapons.
Willard Carleton, Cyril's counsel.
briefly reviewed his clients life and
said of his alleged part in the kidnapping
case:
He was a sap. He was trying to help
his brother. He did not take the
money"
Carleton pleaded with the jury to
send Cyril back to his wife, who has
stood by him all through this thing"
Crossley asked the jury to serve
notice to the world that such "a heinous
crime cannot 60 unpunished on Cape
Cod"
Later, Crossley said he was satisfied
with the outcome of the case
Il feel that the real guilty party has
glad the case was completed, from the
time of the kidnapping to the actual
sentence, with such satisfying expedi-
ton
The prosecutor. whose fiery cross-ex-
animation of witnesses was one of the
features Of the case. said he thought it
had been best to leave Cyrirs fate in
the hands Of a jury rather than to use
him as a State witness"
As Kenneth was being led from the
court loom, Cyril, free once more,
reached out to shake his brothers hand.
Kenneth glared at him, however, and
brushed by