The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-10
It Has Been Learned That At.
torney Has Severed His
Connections With Cook as,
His Counsel.
COOKS WHEREABOUTS
ARE UNKNOWN TO HIM
affidavit" OunkIe Brazenly
Tells Of Alleged Polar Data
"Frame-up" and ChaIIeng-
es Explorer.

New York. Dec lO-Polar explora-
tion had no obstacles for Dr.. Freder-
lex A. Cook to compare with the hur.
die being built hourly to prevent his
establishing the truth Of his north
pole. April II. 1905" claim.
Deserted by his personal attorney
several days ago. he 10 now defied BY
his latest accusers to disprovs their
charges.
George H. Dunkle. who, with Can
tain A. w. Loose. yesterday signed af.
fidavits that they had furnished Cook
with this vital data, has issued this
statement:
There 10 no body OF men behind this
charge. and no man In the 'cut-up' with
Captain Loose and myself" said Dun
lie. I'VE went into this thing simply
and solely for the money there was In
it. and there is not much money lef.
when you cut 1t several ways. I was
the go-between: Captain Loose made
the data.
"All We want to do 10 to meet Dr..
Cook face to face. II he can prove
that We have lied about him. then he
has clear case against ~ for perjury,
because We have swurn to our state
ments.
I'VE knew what We were doing when
we sold this story to . newspaper and
opened up the whole thing. Now. let
DR.. Cook come out and prove that We
have lied
Failed to Find Or. Cock.
1t became known yesterday that
strenuous efforts were made to locate
DR.. Cook before the publication Of the
damaging statements sworn to by Dun
kle and Loose. but these efforts failed
In the meantime his records have been
turned over to the University Of Copen-
hagen. II they are the false records
prepared at the Gramatin Inn. In
Bronxville. they can be identified by
the copies OF the computations which
Captain Loose has refined.
Mr.. Dunkle frankly admits that the
idea was his own from the very incep-
tion. and tells an interesting story %
the manner in which It suggested it-
self to him.
Dunkle has been interested in DR..
Cook for more than q year. Il was he
who tried to raise q subscription tn
send . relief ship after DIR. Cook. and
Dunkle's friend. Captain Loose. was to
have captained the vessel.
1T was Loose who brought me the
paper containing the first story that
Cook had found the pole" said Dunk
le. Loose was inclined to believe that
Cook or any other explorer would
have trouble In proving his case. The
captain regards explorers n amateurs.
at taking astronomical observations.
and said that any number Of explorers
might camp at the cole without know.
ing where they were.
| Thought He Needed tsIp.
Il got the idea then that DR.. Cook
might need expert help. and his actions
after returning to this country. con-
WINGED me that there was something
vitality wrong or he would have made
haste To submit his records to the Co
penha&en University.
After we got into communication
with Cook and went to the Gramatin
Inn to be where We could confer with
him we became sure that whatever he
possessed in the shape of private rec-
ords he was In q bad way for proof.
He had not even taken the chr0no-
meter time at Anatorok- He showed
us nothing 1t any time on which he
might have based q claim
DIR. Cook Was particularly anxious
to have . set Of observations showing
a latitude of 50 degrees 90 minutes and
- seconds-within Is seconds OF the
pole. He came into the captains room
three times in one night to insist on
this. and finally the Captain tackled
the job. 1t took . long time.
Made Merry Over Work.
AFTER II was finally finished Captain
Loose looked over n me and laughed
".Dunkle.' said he. you may have
children who will go to school some
day, and they win be taught that DR..
Cook discovered the north pole You
can tell 'em that you were there when
he did it. In this light manner thu
two conspirators who admit they were
engaged in prepaxlng tAe greatest
hoax ever worked O eiv1131o4 world
made merry over their woGk.
~And after an that" - 0u1kls
With desp disgust he raa ct q -"
yves Bradley In On this thingr
not in tie 1easG II . bua1ns0 nan