Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-17
Three Other Members Of Noun
Mckinley Party Support
barrIII's Story.
ONE SAYS HE DON'T GET HIS PAY
Guide Printz Asserts That the Doctor
stIll owes Him $s2s--All claim Bar
rIIl Told Them at Time That He
and Cook Had Not Assembled the
Peak. -
tBy Assco,atec Press.J

(l3y Asscc.atec PressJ
NEW YORK, Oct. l6.-Four more
afiidavits were made public here TO-
day in connection with the inyestga-
lion OF DIR. Frederick A. Cooks, expe-
dition to Mount Mckinley. Three OF
them are by members OF the COOK
party--Fred Printz. a guide: Walter
p. "iller. photographer; and Samuei
Beecher. Their testimony relates IN
detail the movements OF the party, OK
plaining that Cook and Barrill we're
alone together during the period In
which Cook claims TO have reached
the summit. All three say that BarTui
assured them later that DR.. Cook
story was false.
"The fourth affidavit Is that of Or.
John f. Shore, physician OF Leaven-
worth, wash. who tells of a CONVEX
sation with Oscar Blankenship of the
United States forestry service, III
which Blankenship said that DIR.
Cooks claim to have climbed Mount
Mckinley were false in as much az
the feat was impossible in the short
time which Cook and Barrill were
absent. Blankenship was located near
Mount Mckinley at the time that
: Cooks expedition was there"
+; Prints Afsidsvit.
! aThe affidavit OF Fred printz. the
guide is dated October 4. IL says
| that al the time OF Dr. Cooks alleged
ascent of the peak he and and sevsra'
others had been absent on a SIDE
trip to hunt specimens for the Smith
sonian Institution. The affidavit con-
! tinues:
Then the doctor picked up Dok Ken
! for a cook and taking Barriil left IN
the launch for Shushitra station. From
there he and they were going up Shu-
shitna. up the Culitna and up to the
Tokositna to the head of navigation.
then explore the country for the route
! to Mount Mckinley.
1 Miller and ] returned TO Snushitna
station September ii where the doctor
joined us with Barriii on September
22. saying that he had made the sum-
NIT of Mount Mckinley.
From there we left for home On
leaving the doctor at Seward, ne
promised that part of my pay for the
summer would be in Seattle Tor me.
but en- arriving there and not finding
IL. borrowed money on which 20 get
home and having written the doctor
several times since for the amount
due. have received 800 leaving a
balance of SS25 due me at tails date.
In about one month after Barriti
and r returned home from our trip
with DR.. Cook in 1906. Barr.,l laughed
and told me that he and Cook never
got to the top OF Mount Mckinley
MiIIers Affidavit.
Walter p. Miller. the photographer
in his affidavit says that he was win
PRINT on the side trip during the time
DIR. Cock claims to have gone TO the
summit of Mount Mckinley. HIS
testimony continues:
Or Cock and Barrili took the
launch and went down the ietna. an
nouBcing their intention of ascend
ing the Shushitna. the Schuietna ana
exploring the Tslshetna glacier for a
possible route for further attempt 10
ascend to the summit to Mount Nc
KinIey. Printz and returned to the
Shushstna station on the % OF Sep
TENDER. We met Dr. Cook and Bar
riIl at the station and thence we all
came together to Seward
! was called East by Henry Diss-
ten. Of philadelphia. the hacker OF the
expedition. to whom related all the
circumstances q the trip
so far as I an advised B7rrili. =
the only man who has personal knowt-
edge as to whether Dr. Cook asccnded
The summit Of Mount Mckinley.
In May 1905 I met E1waru y Bar
irfI At Nissoula. Mort. he theE IL
formed me for the first time that n
and Or. Cook had never reached TIE
summit q Mount Mckinney. ! then
said to him. Where we're you. when
he remarked. We we're only on the
arst ridge. this side q the mountain.
! asked him about bis picture shora
page ~ in Dr. Cooks book whea NJ
replied: That Is my picture but y
nor the TOP ~ the mountain.
Bescher AHiosvtt.
The AFFIDAVIT Of Samue! Ecccnrr.
after describing the early experiences
n the party tells o. the trip watch ~
and several other members q the en-
petition took from their base camp
Tic says
~Ou July - ~ reached our nesf-
est point 70 the mOuntains thc point
being ~ r. ". porter's fourtceu rnfics
, from The summit On THIS trip -
tcontirued On FIfth P.ss1