The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-10
FRIENDS FAITH in
COOK HAS WANED

New York, Dec. 9,-Dr. Frederick A.
Cooks personal lawyer, Henry Wei
lington Wack, has severed relations
with his client.
Mr.. Mack refused tonight TO confirm
or deny his withdrawal. but 1t can be
affirmed on competent authority tnat
after a consultation with his partners
Mr. Wack wrote DR.. Cook, so long ago
as November so, that he must seek
legal advice elsewhere.
"I have not the remoteSt Idea" said
Mr. Wack tonight, where DR., Cook is
keeping himself OF why he persists
In seclusion when his presence is vital
TO his own interests and his friends.
| read that he is in Brooklyn, in a
sanitarium In Maine. in Philadelphia
asylum, but personally l incline TO the
belief that he is abroad.
"One thing, however, Is certain
there Is agreement tonight for the
first time among those who have al
ways believed that Dr. Cook discoy-
cred the North Pole, those who have
never believed and those who have
waited TO be informed on disinterested
authority. Partisans and skeptics alike
now concede certain cardinal facts
which admit OF no argument. namely:
DR. Cook has sent his records TO the
University Of Copenhagen for the in
spection Of commission.
Swear Records Are False.
1.-TWO men-a broker who says he
acted as a go'betwecn, and one a
skilled navigator-have sworn that
they supplied the doctor with a com.
plcte set of fabricated observations
covering his trip Northward, step by
step. TO the pole IN agreement with
his narrative as originally published.
These sworn statements carry within
themselves their own proof or dis.
proof,
THAT is TO say, II the papers now
in the hands OF the University OF Co
penhagen contain any considerable
portion of the boreal observations
which Capt. August Loose says he
worked out by the reverse route no
further north than Gramatan Inn, in
BronXvillc, y. Y. the deduction is that
DR.. Cook felt no beneflcence In the ad-
equacy of his own proofs.
IF. on the contrary, the Copenhagen
records show that DR.. Cook made no
evident use Of the observations OF
Capt. Loose, IL is fair to assume that
he accepted them only as checks on
his own data. The inquiry will then
revert 10 It's first status, Are the orig
inal observations of Dr. Cook Sufil.
cient?"
Asked fatty If he had or had not
withdrawn from DR.. Cooks affairs, Mr..
Wack said:
Won't Confirm Rumor.
This is not the time for an an
nouncement. Ii might be thought |
had deserted DR. Cook in his need He
may be delirious in a sanitarium OF
on the ocean, unable to defend him
SELL
a close friend of Nh Wack reiter-
ated however. that Mr.. Wack had long
ago decided to close dealings with 4
client who did not keep his counsel
informed of his Intentions or move
ments.
This phase OF the situation, Mr..
Wack made this contribution:
"'Dr Cook has disappeared of his
own yolition and not by the suaslon
of his friends The last heard from
him was by telephone Tuesday, Nov
25. had seen him personally two
days before.
Last night DR.. Cooks friend, Chas
Wake. confessed 10 me that he had
not the falntest idea where the doc
tor now is, and that he had not heard
from him since Tuesday, Nov. %.
My urgent letters To the doctor
have remained unanswered. although
they demanded reply from any man
~, ,akt l. l.
Received Letter from wife,
Mr.. Wack received letter from
Mrs, Cook Dec. 6, dated Dec 1. and
posted in Brooklyn. asking him to dis
continue all expenses on the doctors
account and forward certain papers
which Mr., Wack understood TO be am
davits bearing on the doctor disputed
ascent OF Mt. Mckinley, These am
davits the doctor had originally in
tended TO take with him TO Europe
where they could be available for the
University OF Copenhagen
Others of DR.. Cooks friends stated
that Capt. Loose consulted freely with
him and even occupied rooms adjoin
Ing him at tho Gramatan Inn. Whether
this proplniquity served as an oppor
tunitg for cooperation merely or col
lusion, Is point on which not even
Capt. Loose cared 10 pronounce posi-
lively.
The Captain. however, went freel,
into his own motives this afternoon
Il went TO Dr. Cook" be said
thinking | could help him a shor
talk convinced me he was ignorant OF
some of the essentials OF navigation
| My task enlarged, but that was nc
| question for ME TO debate so long as
| ] was paid Now that the payments
have ceased and the doctor has disap
| peared I speak out
Il supplied the figures They were
gratefully received. What use wa.
made of them Is bound to appear"
i With lard selling al 1S cents = mind