The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-23

at DR.. Cooks dictatiOn DR.. Cool
said last night that this part of tn,
sworn statement was absolutely
false.
Barrilrs affidavit about the pho
tographs in DR.. Cooks book-where-
in BarriH swears that the captions
in the book under the photographs
are untrue so far as the altitude at
which they were taken is concerned
Likewise, according to DR.. Cook
last night, is a lie
But" il was explained to Dr.
Cook, who had just remarked that
the controversy was merely a Ques-
ton of believing man against man,
las Gen, Hubbard is quoted as
saying today. it is not a question
of one mans word against yours: a
false affidavit by your guide lisa Grim
inal offence, Are you going to take
legal action against Barrin?"
Il cant answer that Just at pres
emit" answered DR. Cook after some
thought In fact" he added with
his ever present smile, Il haven't
taken the Mount Mckinley question
seriously"
While on the question of taking
criminal action against Barrin. Mil
ler-the photographer of the Mount
Mckinley expedition-ando others who
have made sworn statements against
DR., Cooks Mount Mckinley asSer-
tons, someone asked DR., Cox wheth-
er he had a lawyer here. He ans
wered that he had, He said that his
attorney is Lawyer Henry Wack Of
Monroe, y. Y.
DO YOU believe your official pho
tographer Miller, who has made a
sworn statemen, that Barriu some
time ago told him the things that
Barrin now swears to against you,
is trUStwOrthy9" the explorer was
asked.
Miller is hostile to me" replied
the doctor Il have nothing against
his integrity" commented the ex-
plorer in answer to further questions
on the subject. but he is hostile to
me"
You engaged him, didn't you?"
Yes"
Why did he become hostile to
you and when?"
Il don't know why" replied the
explorer, His hostility began, I
think, toward the end of our Mount
Mckinley trip"
After the trip?"
Yes"
Did you tell Barrill not to tell
of what happened while you and he
were on the mountain, as the guide
swears you dido
No" answered the doctor Bar
rill told many persons about our
trip to the summit, many OF his
neighbOrS in Montana, and others.
Somebody here asked DR. Cook
whether he could tell the names Of
any one that Barrill had told about
reaching the top of MOnut Mckinley
and whether any steps had been
taken to get affIdavits from these
persons. The doctor could not tell
who these persons were, but said
that the taking of their affidavits
was being considered"
DR.. Cook, where is your own
diary of the Mount Mckinley trip"
was the next question asked.
DR. Cook said at first that he
couldn't tell just where it was .nen
he again started toward his apart
ments with q remark that ne has had
a number of things stored for some
time and didn't know just where to
reach them at the moment, He ad
ded that he couldn't see what use
there would be in producing the
diary just now anyway.
Ii was urged upon the doctor then
that his original diary with entries
and sketches made on the spot dur
ing the ten days that BarriH swears
the doctor was insisting upon Bar
rill making false entries would have
much weight in Overthrowing the
| testimony of Barrill.
Il am no sure where the diary
/ kept Is, was Jue doctor answer.
He wa snow half way back toward
the door of his apartments and it
was only by persuasion that he could
be induced to talk longer to his in
! reviewers. Anyway he said upon
further questioning, Il think the
/ statements in my book more import
ant than the diary I kept on the
| trip"
The statement published yesterday
! signed by Mr.. Armstrong. one of
the Cook party and brother OF
Paul Armstrong. the playwright,
wherein Armstrong had hard things
to say about DR. Cook and his Mount
Mckinley experiences, was brought
to the explorers attention. He dis
missed Armstrong at the door lead
ing to his apartment by saying that
he is lust a miner of no great i'm
pOrtance who wanted to go with us.