Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-21
WHAT IS COOKS
MENTAL CONDITION?
His Counsel Says if Public Knew
Truth Would Take More Char
liable View of His Situation.
FOOLED ALL" SAYS BRADLEY
His Bacllcr Lost All Interest In Him
And tho North Pole
Long Ago.

New York. Dec. 2l--'If the public
knew the truth concerning DR.. Cooks
mental and physical condition as it is
known by his close friends they would
take a more charitable view of his
present unfortunate situation" said II.
Wellington Wack. counsel for Fred
crick a. Cook. today. when told that
the University of Copenhagen had re-
1ected Dr. Coolss-proofs= that he had
been to the north pole
Mr.. Wack said he would like to make
a fuii statement concerning Or. Cook
but could not do so until lie received
the consent of the explorer
There is much that might be said
that would throw a full light on DR..
Cooks condition. mean by this the
things that L and his friends observed
when he was here in New York. But
1 can say nothing
HE HAS FOOLED US ALL
''He has fooled us all. from the king
of Denmark down" was the exclama-
tion OF John X Bradley. DR., Cooks
hacker in his arctic trip. when ap-
prised of the news from Copenhagen.
"And he fooled me with the rest" Mr..
Bradley added.
"As a matter of fact" continued the
sportsman. II long ago lost all inter-
est In Dr. Cook. the north pole and
everything connected with It, Polar
bears and the wild life of the north III
general nre the only things that have
interested me much.
Il have not seen DR.. Cook or heard
from him since he left the Waldorf
Astoria to go to BronXyille to prepare
his records for submission to the
University of Copenhagen l wasn't
IN communication with him while he
was at the Grammatan and as a mat
ter of fact had hardly an hours solid
conversation with him all the while
he was here after his return from
the Arctic.
II discounted this decision from the
University of Copenhagen some time
ago." continued Mr.. Bradley. 'In COM
mon with the rest of the world was
delighted with the first news from
DR.. Cook that he had discovered the
pole. His actions. however and his
failure to make more than the meager
statements regarding his trip which
early followed his return to civilization
took some of the smack off the sup
posed triumph.
II began TO weaken decidedly when
DR.. Cook left us all without SO much
as a word of good bye. When man
to fight for him and Cooks fight-for
that's what 1t seemed TO me TO amount
to-killed all my interest in him and
his affairs Before that l had never
had reason to doubt Cook and his
whole course in this matter seems in
cxplieable to me
Il am sick OF the whole blooming
polar business and don't want TO
hear anything more about the north
pole or its attributes
HERBERT L. BRIDGMAN.
From my personal knowledge of DR.
cook and my knowledge of the work In
the arctic | never wavercd In my be-
lief that Dr. Cook could never prove
the claims he made said Herbert l.
Rrideman, secretary OF the Pcary
Arctic club. when informed of the ver-
dict OF the Copenhagen scientists.
II thoroughly believed In the story
~ Peary and the Eskimos that Cook
had not gone far north Again Dr..
Cooks story was filled with holes 50
That any one who had knowledge or
arctic conditions could plainly see that
no faith could be placed In it,