The Daily Missoulian., 1909-09-26
Cd BURR|LL REFUSES
RECORD OF TRIP
MAN WHO WAS WITH DR.. COOK
IN ALASKA KILL NOT TALK
BEFORE MONEY is PAID.
tBy F. l.. Bagby.)

Hamilton, Sept 25.-Whether Ed
Burrill. the guide who was with DIR.
Frederick 4. Cook on his Mt. Nc
Kiniey trip. will or will not substan-
tiate the claim OF the explorer that
he ascended the Alaskan peak rests
with DIR. Cook. II the doctor will
pay Burrili. Printz and the other
members of the Mt. Mckinley party
what he promised them. and they
claim he has not paid. Burrill is in
II position to substantiate the ,explor-
er's claims regarding the scaling OF
the mountain. But II this settlement
IL not forthcoming, the records which
Burril possesses are his alone and
the doctor must fight out his contro-
versy with Commander Peary as best
he can.
This affair looks like big nit
proposition to me and / am going to
get what is coming to me-and l am
going To see that the other boys get
what is due Them" Is the assertion
OF Burrill. He claims that the doctor
owes him small amount of money
for his work on the Alaskan trip and
Is indebted to greater extent to the
other members of the party. Promises
of this remuneration were made os
the explorer i'm his eagerness to reaci
the summit of the mountain, he says.
and after the trip had been ended he
found himself unable to keep his Law
ish promises. Now Burrin wants his
money and to see that the other boys
secure theirs.
The matter has reached such
stage that l feel that II is my duty to
the public to give the facts in the
case regarding the climbing of Mt.
Mckinley" said Burrill, but | alss
feel that II il no more than right and
just that | should look after the in
terests of myself and the other MEM
bers of the party. 1t is unfortunate
that such controversy has arisen
but II has and it must be settled-and
II will be very soon
Burrifl announces that he will leave
Hamilton next Wednesday or as soon
thereafter as possible, for New York
where he viii meet DIR. Cook. After
reaching the east. he says. he will. IL
he sees fit. submit the records he
possesses In accredited authorities and
leave them To decide as to their cor
rcetness
That Rurrill Is in a position to set
tie the controversy as To whether DIR.
Cook scaled Mt. Mckinley ar not
there is no question. He has records
of the trip from the time the ascen,
of the mountain was commenced until
he and the doctor returned. in black
and white. They are in the form of
diary written in indelble PEN
Gil in small leather-c covered book
and the record of each days ac-
comphshments are entered in Bur
rill's handwriting. In addition To
these notes there are drawings of MI
Mckinley, the glacier over which the
explorer and his guide Travelled. n per-
speetIse view of the Eight Peaks of
Glacier Point where their Camp was
established and of the route traversed
by them. while Rurrill would not per-
init the representative of The Daily
Mlssouiian and the Associated Press
To read all of his diary he was shown
sufficient tn convince him beyond IA
doubt that he has the banifide rec
ords and in in position To sub
stantiate DIR. Cooks claims if he sees
fit To present the records to those
competent To pass upon such mat &.
tiers.
You may say that Nit. Mckinley