Milford chronicle., 1909-12-17
Says He MADE
COOKS RECORDS
Sea Captain Declares He Faxed
Polar Records.
AGREED TO PAY s45OO

Expert Navigator Claims to Have Man
ufactured Explorers Polar obserVa
tions and That Or. Cook Disappeared
Before Paying the Amount He Had
Promised.
August Wedel Loose, a sea captain
has made an affidavit in New York
city that DR.. Frederick A. Cook had
hired him to fake observations for
submission to the Danish scientists
who are about to pass on DR.. Cooks
claim that he discovered the North
Pole on April 21, 1908 Cooks where
abouts at present is unknown to his
most intimate friends.
Captain Loose is backed up by
George H. Dunkle, an insurance broker
Of this city, who has made a sworn
statement that he brought Captain
Loose and DR.. Cook together and that
he arranged the deal by sslich he and
Loose were to get $4,000 from DR..
Cook, with an additional bonus of $500
If the University of Copenhagen ac-
cepted Cooks records. Dunkle says
in his affidavit that DR.. Cook disap-
peared after paying only $3.50, and
that the doctors failure to make good
is the reason that he and Captain
Loose have shown up the fake.
Were Suspicious of Cook.
Captain Loose aud Mr.. Dunkle say
that they became suspicious of Cook
when they read his story in the New
York Herald. and that they believed
Cook was getting too nearly to the
end of his rope that he would be will
ing to pay big money to anybody who
would supply him with astronomical
and other data that would stand the
acid test
Dunkle arranged an interview with
Cook through the doctors backer John
R. Bradley. The doctor said he would
be glad of Captain Loose's help on a
few points.
Captain Loose says he pointed out
to the doctor that there were some
tremendous mistakes in the observa-
tions that were printed in Cooks story
in the Herald. and that the doctor ad-
mitted that there were mistakes. and
said he was anxious to have them cor
rected.
"When / left DR.. Cook" Loose |
makes affidavit, 'it was with the un-
1erstanding that I was to get for him
he charts he wanted, together with a
number of books on polar exploration, !
and that l was to work out from the |
narrative in the Herald all his sights
or latitude and longitude based upon
he ATTITUDES as published The lati-
udes carried Dr. Cook from Svarte-
'aag to the pole The doctor handed
ne a slip of paper on which he had
written the observations he wanted
rom Svartevaag north"
Worked Out Observations.
The doctor. according to Loose. sub.
nitted other data, explaining what fig
res Of latitude and longitude he want
d. Captain Loose hustled out and
ot for the doctor an admiralty chart.
,owditchs complete nautical tables.
.nfnsen's tables for correction of alti-
ldes of heavenly bodies. the Ameri-
an nautical almanac for several years,
loyd's calendar of 1905 three ad-
liralty charts covering Smith sound
nd the polar regions, Nos 260 PA
nd 275; Bliss almanac for 1908 and
Negus almanac for 1907 Before the
lptain saw DR.. Cook again he had
orked out some observations of stars
hich he might have seen at Ano-
ltok"
It was on Nov 6 that Captain Loose
et Dr. Cook at the Hotel Gramatan.
he doctor took the Anoratok obser-
atoms and stuck them into his
)cket.
Loose and Dunkle mad adjoining
IONS at the Gramatan on the same
1or as Dr. Cooks ROOM and the doc
T, according to their statements,
ime to Loose's room and watched the
lvigator or talked with him while he
as sweating over the fake figures.
Dunkle says that Cook handed him
% at the Gramatan and promised to
II at Dunkle's Office the Monday fol-
wing the completion of the fraudu-
Mt observations and have $40.
"That will make $1,000. with the 9TH
money have given you" Dunkle
'ears Cook said. The rest of the
500 promised you l will pay by the
ne that the records leave on the
Gamer"
Dr. Cook failed to show up at Dun
rs Office on Monday. Dunkle nailed
n at the Gramatan the next day. but
Cook lodged. Dunkle says. Then
Cook disappeared completely and
! partners got tired of waiting.
Dog Bites Woman's Nose.
Ers. Emily Becker. of New York