Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-16
DR.. COOK BRANDS
BARR|LL AS LIAR
Can Hubbard, President OF the
p.,v Cub, instrumental in
obtaining the Affidavit
CEN AsHTowS EXPLANATION
- Tor Uubbard--Case Resolves
n.clf Into Question Of Vcr"ei"
a,,vcer cook and Barriil.

t oct 1B-Dr. Frederick A.
INC hack to New York today
GO. calm and as smiling as ever
Az 80 ths freedom q the city as con-
~. nv the board Of aldermen brand
i,''ss lie the afidawt Of Edward n.
o q : the guide who says Cook did
=, attain the summit Of MI Mok'n-
nv' md finally, to crown the day
, y. shot which started a 24-hour
lH. ...aoblle race at Brighton Beach.
'. w. .onferrlng Of the freedom Of the
rss a formal affair, conducted
,,,..v by the board Of aldermen ana
,retio club Of America The club
.,r,sd 10 Dr. Cook a gold medal
.o.ornltion OF his discovery of the
,ghile the aldermen took the oc-
I'm TO recognize him Officially for
~. srst time since his arrival on home
'sorss C Gorge Borup and Prof Don
IA "a wcMnlen Of the Peary eNpedi-
han were among the Interested spec
iato-s r..t- .,id In mart.
rhis h the proudest moment OF my
y, ~ feel that you have confidence
IN the face Of the untounded
p. ."r,ent and against the false az
sis,it published during the last few
days .,..,.,. c,af,,, 7
nave made with every proof within the
PDrbe charges brought against me rel
..,,,s N nv polar trip have been based
mon evasive answers by my loyal Es-
IT, frlends The alleged affidavit Of
,e~ M Mckinley guide is a deliberate
ssisebood The confidence you repose
T. me ,s not misplaced. The Eskinos
rsrs made to say what they did not
ey. and / viii bring them here to
see, the ceremony DR. Cook had a
i,ar conference with his lawyer, Henry
M Wack. concerning the Barrill ar
ssgvit He afterward intimated that
h. had not decided on taking legal
action IN the matter.
ne was asked whether he could pro-
duce bis original diary OF the climb.
and said he would produce II n he could
and IL He said he thought he had II
stored somewhere.
lI.
Barrill lied In his affidavit.
The declaration that the point
Where the photograph with a flag was
aiken vas Ear from the top OF Mt
Mckinley Is a falsehood," he said
m was taken at the summit HIS
statement that / told him not 10 tell
anyone about the trip Is also baseless.
There vas no secret whatever about IL
As 10 Miller, he has been hostile
10 me from beginning TO end. have
no reason 10 say I found him untruth-
idl, but be knew nothing about the
climbing OF Mt Mckinley. as he was
% or 70 miles away az the time"
HOW AFFIDAVIT WAS GOT.
Details OF how BarrilPs afidavit was
obtained became available here today.
The guide came here two days ago,
and informed Gen. Thomas II Hub
hard president Of the Peary Arctic
club that everything IN the affidavit
was true
Barlll also talked with Gen. ]. NJ.
Ashton Of Tacoma, who obtained Bar-
RUS affidavit together with the az
hdayits nom Fred Printz. a packer on
lhe Mt Mckinley expedition; Samuel
heeoher, The cook and Walter Miller,
NE photographer, all members of the
Cook party
Gen Ashton, speaking Of the matter
n which the Barrill affidavit was OBJ
ulnod said:
7 received word nom Gen. Hubbard
20 ascertain the exact truth concern
s nr Cooks climb 10 Mt Mckinley
Il aad not the remotest idea what
"a. pa. was on, or would be on. / sent
Al@ 70 Barrlll and the other mem-
les Of the expedition. and h-,l them
eolsht TO Tacoma They were care
I-y examined Barrll spoke openly
ana Iuarey frTn the start.
harill said the doctor was a good
to"' and that he CBarrin) had not
sven me Mt Mckinley matter a
.1olsnl until the north pole question
came up The guide said TO me: Then