The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-05-08
KENNETH BUCK SAYS
some ONE ELSE IS
INVOLVED IN CASE
Declares & Am Between Them
and My Wife and Don't
Know What To Do
TRIALS WILL BEGIN MAY %
Cyril Buck, Older Brother,
Charged With Extortion,
Maintains Silence

Provincetown, Mass, May 8.-tF,--
Kenneth and Cyril Buck. brothers
pleaded not guilty Monday to the kid
mapping of 10-year- old Margaret Nc
Math. Kenneth asked continuance
of his case and agreed with District
Attorney William Crossley on May %,
but Cyril asked an immediate hear
ing.
The cases Of both. however, were
continued to May % and each was
ordered held in lieu of 100000 bail.
The complainant in both cases was
Detective 1t. Bradford.
The charge against Cyril w. Buck,
recited that ION the first day of Nav,
1888, and on diverse other occasions.
did by verbal communications with
Neil c. McMath maliciously threaten
an injury to the person of Margaret
A. McMath, with intent thereby to
extort money or other pecuniary ad-
vantages."
The charge against his brother,
Kenneth E. Buck. alleged that. ION
the second day of May, did without
lawful authority forcibly seize, con-
fine, inveigle and kidnap one Mar
garet McMath who was then in the
lawful custody of her father, Neil C.
McMath. with intent to cause her to
be secretly confined and imprisoned
IN this commonwealth against her
will and with the further intent at
that time to extort money or valuable
things thereby"
Says Others Implicated
While sitting In the prisoners box
Kenneth Buck Monday told reporters
there was some one else involved In
the crime who ran away and left him
to take the blame.
With Kenneth was his brother,
Cyril, also held, but Cyril remained
silent.
Kenneth was asked: is it true that
there Is some one else in on this
case?"
eyes, there is." he replied, and be-
gan to shake with sobbing.
Il am between them and my wife
he continued, and don't know what
to do. I know didn't do it and she
knows didn't do 1t. I am between
them and my wife and I can't say
anything"
Kenneth was then asked II he
meant the someone else" went away
and left him to take the blame.
Eyes" he said, they ran away and
left me-"
Kenneth at first said two other men
were involved in the kidnapping.
"They dumped the kid on my
hands," he sobbed.
Later, however. he said only one
other man was involved.
Fishermen In Court Room
Men who earn their livelihood on
the fishing grounds off this port and
sturdy women in house dresses COM
prised a majority of the throng in the
courtroom.
A short time before the case was
called. a man in working clothes ap-
preached the crowd and shouted.
Come on boys there's load of
fish in."
Several men hurried from the crowd
ana disappeared IN the direction OF
the squat-housed waterfront.
Toward Cyril Buck. Al, charged with
extortion. Neil G. McMath, Margaret's
father, feels kindly disposed. For
Kenneth Buck, %, charged with kid
naping, McMath has little sympathy.
District Attorney William G. Cross
ley of Fall River, in charge of the
prosecution. said he would ask for a
special session Of the grand jury at
ter the two defendants were ar
raigned. The arraignment was set
for noon before Judge Robert A.
WEIGH, who. at 30 years of age, is
the youngest justice in this part of
the state.
The 100000 tn ransom money was
recnYered