The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
COOK HIDES FROM PUBLIC
CANNOT BE LnARNED.
oud1enly DroDs frsn View Psse1p' itatang Dthase Mere Aselnea- eun Than Followed Anneunes-
 ment q Deoooverys ~

New York. Nov. s7.--Dr. Frederick \. Cook dropped completely from pub- iio view toAay. Not even Jehn R. Bradley. .whoss money was bshind Cooks polar explorations knows where hs ts tonight
 confdins his secret to one man and perhaps his wife. the Brooklyn ex- piorer slipped quietly and mysterious- ly away. issying behind him . string of pusxied and exssperated friends and a dbsfe more acrimonious than that which followed his announcement that he had discovered the North Pole.
 Charles Wake. an. insurance man of this city appears to be the only one who knows the mystery of pr. Ceok's wherea bouts. Mir. Wake Is firm in his resolve to keep his lips sealed until Cook himself sees fit to take the pub- lic into his confidence. I
 In the meantime concern is ex- prsssed over the condition of pr. CocEss health. Although some of his friends maintain that he has borne up. well under the continued strain of lecturing and preparing his data. an intimate associate of the doctors said tonight that the explorer ap- peared to be on the verge of . ner- vous brsAkdown last Monday,
 This friend. who is newspaper man. issued a statement tonight in which he quoted Dr. Cook as say Ing:
 .Tf this thing keeps up . few months lonker will be. in the insane asylum"
 This is the statement in part:
 Last Monday night Dr. Cook was in an extremely nervous condition and I was convinced that unless he took q long needed rest he might suffer a nervous breakdown. He told me that he had bsen advised to so abroad in ordrr to be in easy reach of the Uni- versity of Copenhagen if his presence was required there and at the same time to get a rest. He then said to me: If this thing keeps up few months longer I will be in the insane asylum
 pr. Cook has taken me Into his con- fdence and I was permitted to ex- amins his orignal data and despite all the charge that have besn made. have absolute confidence in his iri- tsgrity. I feel confident. as does pr. Cook. himself that the decision of the University of Copenhagen will Dc favorable.
 .Ail this talk of . conspiracy to rob Dr. Cook of his records is silly. ai- though I regret to say that some of those who have been his advisors have succeeded in convincing him that such . plot existed.
 'Personaiiy, I don't know the pre- sent whereabouts of Dr. Cook"
 The puzzle of Dr. Cooks disappear this afternoon. At noon Henry We'll ington Wack. his personal counsel, issued a formal statement explaining that pr. Cook had sailed this morn ing on the Cuffard liner Caroinan Three hours later he issued q second statement, withdrawing the first one and explaining that he had been in- formed by John R. Bradley that the doctor had not sailed on the Carouina. ccincident with this reports were clr- culated that Dr. Cook had sailed on the Steamship Havana for Havana. Neither. so far as can be learned to- night, was correct.
 Captain John Knight of the Havana responded to a wireless message after his vessel had left port as follows: No one cn board resembling pr. Cook Nazns not on the passsngar iist.r
 [. A. McCubbin, She purbeT of the Caronina siso replied to essrry ss
 Unable to fnd pr. Cook cn board
 From other sourcea is was intinat. ed that pr. cook might be at the Hotel Chaifonte. Atlantic City. N. J. as c guest of his friend. c. F. Wyckofl but the management of the hotel said that neither Mir. WycloR nor Dr. Cook had registered there. Mr. Wyck- oil, found subsequently,, said he Knew nothing of Cooks whereabouts.
 Suggestion was made that Dr. Cock might be with Captain George Conner. a friend at East Hadden. Conn.,, but word came hack from Captain Conner that he had not seen or heard from pr. Cook and that he did not expect him,
 Mr. wake. admitting that he knows where pr. Cook is declined to give his address or to account in any way, for the doctors sudden and mysterious disappeafance. Said Mir. Wake: .fssf
 'Under the circumstances he, Is, at perfect liberty to make what plans he chooses In due time he will give an account of himself and until then
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