The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-22
He Refuses TO Give His Rea-
sons for leaving Peary.
WILL TELL ALL WEDNESDAY
Others Of The Party Also Arrive and Sa
lsuiennat Pear Is 10 thu
Best OF Health

New York, Sept. 22.-some of the mem
bers of Peary's latest Arctic expedition
| arrived here over the New York Central
| yesterday morning. From the standpoint
| OF public interest, the most important OF
| the arrivals was Dr. Thomas S. Dedrick
| OF Washington, n. j., the surgeon OF the
expedition, who resigned I'm 1901, and left
the relief ship Erik at Etah on the east
ern coast OF Smith sound, 25 miles from
Cape Sabine, In August of that year.
The other members Of the party TO re-
turn were: Matthew Henson, Lieut..
Peary's colorcd servant, who was the
only member of the expedition with
Peary when he reached his highest lati-
tude, and John Shannahan, an assistant
engineer OF the Windward. Dr. Sohon of
the borough of the Bronx. who was the
surgeon OF the Windward when the ship
went north TO get Peary. also returned
yesterday morning. Henson and Shanna-
han were In charge of Herbert l.. Bridg-
man, secretary of the Peary Arctic club,
who met the returning explorer at sgd
ney Peary is expected here in week or
so.
Mr.. Bridgman. Dr. Sohon, Henson and
Shannahan arrived at the Grand Central
station at 6:l5. DR.. Dedrick got in at
1903. The doctor was met at the station
by his four brothers and by Mr.. Smith,
editor OF the Warren Tidings of Wash
ington, n. j.. "a paper that was establish
ed by Dedrick. After greetings had been
exchanged DR.. Dedrick walked over to
the newspaper men and said:
The little l have to say can be said
quickly and II may as well be said here.
In due time / shall Issue a statement to
the press in which i shall give the cir
cumstances under which i remained in
the North after / left the expedition. /
remained at the North because of the
duty which thought / owed TO the ex-
petition, and not for the sake of getting
notoriety or for the sake of the money l
might make by writing articles from the
material which i gathered.
DEDRICK ALL RIGHT.
II have been away since July a. 1898. and
/ have had good time. / have enjoyed
very excellent health and / weigh %
pounds more than / did when left here"
DR.. Dedrick and his brothers went TO the
st. Denis, where Mrs. Dedrick awaited
them Z
Whatever his mental condition may
have been in the Arctic zone, he neither
talked nor acted like a man who has any
thing the matter with his headpece. DR..
Dedrick told Dr. +. A. Cook OF Brooklyn.
who called on him later, that the state
ment TO the press refereed TO in his talk
with the reporters would be issued on
Wednesday night.
Mr. Bridgman was asked If he had
learned anything from Peary after he
met the explorer at Sydney which would
throw any light on the reason which
prompted DR.. Dedrick to resign.
Not word, was Mr. Bridgman's re-
ply. Il not only got nothing out OF
Peary. but j could not get a thing out
of Dedrick. although we had long talk
on the train l found that Peary re-
CARDS DIR. Dedrick as simply a private
citizen. against whom he has no malice
or any word OF complaint.
When Dedrick left the expedition
Peary, as / infer from what he told me.
simply scratched the doctors name from
the ships company and gave him no
further thought.
You must remember that Dedrick left
the expedition twice. The first time he
concluded TO pack up and leave was in
March, 1901. when the party was at
Nerkt He was induced TO return how
ever. and remained until year ago last
August. ! was with the relief expedition
then. The Erik was off Etah. One
morning Dedrick came on deck dressed
in his furs and carrying a gun.
"He told me In the most casual man
ner that he thought he'd so ashore and
see IL he couldn't pick up little shoot
ing When a boat was ready he and
some other members Of the party in
cluding DIR. Cook went ashore. When
the boat came back we were all greatly
astonished TO be told that Or. Dedrick 4
had said that he did not propose rcjoln-
ing the expedition. and that II I would
come ashore he would give me an ex-
PLANTATION.
PEARY IN GOOD HEALTH