BUCKLEY'S STORY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 165, 14 July 1928, Page 10

BUCKLEY'S STORY.

WHY HE ESCAPED

A CLEVER FABRICATION

1 1 ' kvlist sympathy. (I!y 'J>k~rapli.—l'ress Association.) \Yi:LI.IN(;TON", thi a day. I i r->!1i•!" ' M-iU'i'.i! of TYi-oiis. Mr. Jl.'lli '!. •••I'll Ir.i'll? i II;; (ill ;| k'ttel' ]>Ul'- : I" li.ne bi-en writriMi I>y Utiek-<-i;i jicil t': i > 111 Mount Kilcn gaol, ■-•nil: "I; not at. ail liruiatial for I t> I (liinirt M'lne -llcll fantastic in limitation of their ollVuee of "1" .-.i k.!!■_; | i ..-on. partieularl v when they ' ! I ' l ' 11 11 ' in-? nf the law i.-> I'-'-nr.' round i iicin. Buckley's > tory in ton thin to boar analysis, .iinl it i« hardiy wide enough to justify " - e<--a piusr too. He say-, he t-■ ri; >!•>| on t hi- iiit:;:t following ret'itf-.i! ut tin- ['it-on an t liori r ii--» to allow him lo 11• t urn to lni-piial. and nut In- int»:inll• d to r. Mint to pri-on after hi- eye Ji.ul lii'i-ti treated by a speei.tli.-t. Su.-!i .i - iii I-I'Mi del «-r in i 11.1T ion to it- a ;n' <!• >e- n-t coin<ide with cari-fnlr planning /or .-ointuri'k-. i nelud rri jr tin- niaiiufact iin- i-i skeleton krvs to tit tin- gaol ill- -on e roil-idi-r.i lik- time In-fore the alleged accident. to his ryi- h.i |i|>eneil. The story regailli iye trouble i-i a. clever fabrication. Uin-kk-y complained ot eve trouble ami wa- taken to the prison di-pen-a r\. wht-ie the doctor and di-peri.-er examined hi- rve and could di-i'o\ei no foreign substance. Tile dispei:-!-!' tnrned for a. moiiu'iit to procure >»onie lotion to remove the Inflammation canned through rubbing the eye, when ftuekb-y ]n'iujneed in the palm of liis liand three piei-i-- of glaas as large as atmar cry-dais. which obviously could never km- been near his eye. ilc contimied to eoni(>lai:i of the trouble and via- .-cut to the ho-pital for a specialist's i-\:i riiin.it ton. Buckley's whole story is merely written for the purpose of enlisting public sympathy.