The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-27
FTTz IS KNOCKED OUT|DESERTSCOOKSSTANDARD
FORMER sTAUNcH SUPPORTER NC
 LONGER A BELIEVER.
Charles wake, ia Discreaitingr Tale of Arctic Explorer, Tells of Strange Actfons--fHnor-
 ant of His Where

abouts.
 New York. Dec. 2e--Charles Wake.
 of this. city. Arctic explorer. member of the Explorers Club and heretofore one of the stannchest supporters of pr. Frederick A. Cook. deserted the Cook standard tonight.
 Although loyal for several days after the adverse decision of the University of Copenhagen on Cooks records Wake now says he was de- cetved by the explorer. He adds that he does not know where Dr. Cook is. except that he Is in Europe. although he is aware of Mrs. Cooks where
 abouts. which he declined to reveal Cook has had ample time to ex- | press himself since the records were examined" said Mir. Wake but he has not done so.
 50 long as live shall never for l get the decree of nonchalance with which he waved his hand toward the l beautifully engraved degree and the
 handsome gold medal that had been
 conferred on him by the Copenhagen University and replied; There is the best evidence
 .T do not know who is caring for l his children in Q New York boarding school. but I presume relatives are | doing 1t. How much money he made | upon his trip and what settlement he | has made of this. I don't know" l Not Attack on Cook.
 Mfr. Wake says he does not wish his statement to be taken as an at tack on pr. Cook, but he feels irn- 1 pelled to let the facts speak for l themselves. He then recites his ex- | perience with the expiorer. among them the following interesting ac- count of the doctor disappearance; | ..It was finally arranged that Mir Ionsdale. Dr. Cooks secretary, should | sail for Copenhagen with type written copy of the records. on the United States, of the scandinayian- l American line. sailing on November I 2s, and that the doctor and his wife, l carrying the originals, should sal foS Genoa under assumed names, on the i Celtic, leaving on November 27 I Lonsdale and his companions were then to take the originals to Copen- | hagen and pr. Cook wus to remain within easy distance of a call from
 the university. It was understood
 that the doctor and Lonsdale snou,a .sa come to my office at 3 o'clock on the | afternoon of November z4 to arrange some of the details of Lonsdales de-
 .Dr. Cook did not appear at the hour | anpoiffted but Lonsdale eventually con- l nActed with me on the telephone away i from my otfice and at o'clock he met | me and told me the story of pr. Cook 3 ! disappearance. He said they came l down from Bronxviile al ZVo l that afternoon intending to go to my | office. On their arrival. they found | the usual array of detectives waiting
 to shadow them. They hurried through | the crowd and saw a southbound Madi- | son Avenue car just getting under way. | On seeing the car, the doctor suddenly l exclained: Here is chance to get away from them. and I am going to take 1t. Come along
 Takes Train for Philadelphia. 1 'sThey then made their way to the
 Pennsylvania depot by circultous na | route and Dr. Cook took a train for Philadelphia. On the way to Jersey City he had his moustache shaved on | ana exchanged his derby hat for a soft felt hat. His parting words to Lonsdale were. Now I snall be able to get some sleep. Tell MT. Wake will write him. using the name Of Harper, but tell him trust him to keep the secret along with the rest T was greatly surprised and at first highly incensed. and for the first | tlfDe OEA4tA.- LO LCVt NSAAAo I concluded, however, that perhaps ais mind might have been affected, and that. therefore, he should not be held too rigidly responsible.
 tLonsdale sailed with the copy of l the records on the United States on l Thursday, Nov. 25. and on the follow | ing day Mrs. Cook, who knew nothing
 more about her husbands whereabouts than did, moved to New York kn NQ FaOllVAn | our first word from Dr. Cook. It came l in the form of letter to Mrs. Cook, | postmarked Toronto, Ont. In 1t he told | her to meet him In Europe at once, If | the hounds are still pursuing you, he said, put the original records in a safe deposit box and leave the key with MT. Wake, but If they are not following you. bring the records with you. My life is of more importance than the polar matter, which can walt | if necessary
 would Aid Mrs. Cook.
 | q did not like the tone of the letter. | and said so, but Mrs. Cook begged me not to be hasty and promised to stand | hv her, I returned to her the original | records which had been given me for
 safekeeping. with the suggestion that they immediately be sent to Lonsdale. Mrs. Cook then sailed. for Europe, I IEupDO5CQ tEAt biN AANa PaNNAOASfy f'eN--Ne V l inc records, but I discovered that she | had changed her mind and had taken them with her.
 "After she had sailed. received an | inquiry from Dr. Cook. who was then | in Europe, for his wife's whereabouts. | which I communicated to him. The | nature of this inquiry led me to believe that he, was anxious to meet her and get his originals and hurry them to | Copenhagen. and this strengthened my waning confidence and prompted me | not to give public expressions to 1t. 1 have not heard from them since. direct | Iy or indirectly, and l have no Idea | where he Is now.
 q confidently expected that he would meet Mrs. Cook when she landed In
 Europe and rush the records to Copen- 1 hagen which he had ample time to do. l before the verdict was announced | Through his failure to do this, and his | further failure to come out from his seclusion and defend himself since the 1 announcement of the verdict. which he l undoubtedly has read in the newspa- pers wherever ne Is. have been con I ..t...a 4ho4 uv confldanga in him xya $