N.L. Buck

Dr. N.L. Buck grave JL

Dr. Nathan Lobdell ("N.L.") Buck (January 16, 1831 – May 24, 1885) was an Oakland medical doctor who specialized in "female diseases." He was shot and killed by Henry F. Prindle, an angry husband who said Dr. Buck had taken improper liberties with his wife while she was under his professional care.

The first trial was highly publicized, but after weeks of testimony and several days of deliberation, it ended in a hung jury, 9 to 3. ¹ In the second trial several months later, Prindle was found not guilty of Dr. Buck's murder. ²

Buck and his wife Elmira Buck (September 19, 1836 – December 13, 1884) are buried in Mountain View Cemetery, plot 13.

Links and References

• Dr. N.L. Buck - Victim of Sensational Murder Lives of the Dead by Michael Colbruno

• Dr. Nathan Lobdell Buck on FindAGrave

• The Buck Murder Oakland Tribune May 26, 1885

• The Prindle Case Oakland Tribune July 25, 1885

• The Prindle Case Oakland Tribune July 27, 1885

• The Trial of H.F. Prindle Fairly Opened Oakland Tribune July 28, 1885

• The Prindle Case Oakland Tribune July 29, 1885

• The Prindle Case Oakland Tribune July 30, 1885

• The Prindle Case Oakland Tribune July 31, 1885

• The Prindle Case Oakland Tribune August 1, 1885

• The Prindle Case Oakland Tribune August 3, 1885

• The Prindle Case Oakland Tribune August 5, 1885

• The Prindle Trial Oakland Tribune August 6, 1885

• The Prindle Trial Oakland Tribune August 10, 1885

• The Prindle Trial Oakland Tribune August 11, 1885

• The Prindle Trial Oakland Tribune August 12, 1885 (p2, p3)

• For The People: A.A. Moore's Incisive Forcible Argument Oakland Tribune August 13, 1885 (p2, p3, p4, p5)

• C.N. Fox Closes: The Last Say of Prindle's Defender Oakland Tribune August 13, 1885

1. The Jury In The Prindle Case Disagree Oakland Tribune August 17, 1885

2. Henry F. Prindle Found Not Guilty of Murder Oakland Tribune December 2, 1885