Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-14
SAYS COOK TAXED"
H|SMOUNT AIN CLIMB
Never Reached Top of Mount
Mckinley, Man With Him
SWears in Affidavit.
MADE BOGUS PICTURES
AND DOCTORED RECORDS
At No Time Got Nearer Than Four
teen Miles of the Summit.
MADE FALSE ENTRIES IN DIARY
ALI Claims in the Doctors Book "To
the Top of the Continent" Re-
futed by Edwin N.
Barrill.
At No Time Got Nearer Than Four
teen Miles of the Summit.
MADE FALSE ENTRIES IN DIARY

NEW YORK, October 14.-The Globe
this afternoon prints copy of the affi-
dayit made by Edwin N. Barrill, who
accompanied DIR. Frederick A. Cook at
the time he announced his reaching
the summit of Mount Mckinley. The
affidavit was made before a notary pub
lie at Tacoma, Wash, October 4. and
has just been received in New York.
BarrilPs affidavit states In effect that
he was the only person present with
DE-. Cook on the date when he claims to
have reached the summit of Mount Nc
kinley; that they did not. in fact. reach
the summit, and the nearest point to
the summit reached was at least four
teen miles distant from the summit Of
that mountain, the elevation at no time
exceeding 10000 feet. BarriIPs affidavit
also brings into question a number Of
the photographs which DR.. Cook has
given as representing the summit and
other high attitudes of Mount Mckin-
Icy.
Barrille's affidavit says at the outset
that he was born in Buffalo in 1864 and
now resides at Darby, Mont. He says
he was the only person present with DIR.
Cook when he claims to have reached the
summit of Mount Mckinley. and that he
Is the party referred to as Barrille or
Edward Barrille in DIR. Cooks book en-
titled ITO the Top of the Continent,
bearing upon the expedition to Mount
Mckinley. He details his first meeting
with DR.. Cook at Mssoula, where the
latter was accompanied by Prof. Parker
of Columbia University, R. w. Porter
and others.
Organization Of the Party.
Th. organization of the Mount Mckin-
lev expedition is explained. the members
consisting of Fred Printz. guide; Bel
more Brown, an artist and naturalist OF
Tacoma; Walter Miller. a photographer
Of Seattle: Samuel Beeche r. who acted as
cook for the party, and Barrille. The
Marty sailed from Seattle May II, 1905.
Barrille recounts that at the start OF the
trip he prepared to keep an exact diary
and sets forth that this diary, marked
exhibit A, attached to the affidavit, is
pocket diary kept by me during all the
time that DIR. Cook and I were together
near Mount Mckinley, and the same Is a
truthful record, with the exception OF the
entries and changes made by me therein
C<,pl q a
referred to by Barrille as attached to
the affidavit is now In possession of the
New York Globe.
The affidavit then proceeds as follows:
DIR. Cook and / started alone for the
purpose of exploring Mount Mckinley. He
informed me before starting that his pur-
nose was to find way for ascending the
,oo,ntain. as he and Prof. Parker intend
ed to climb the mountain the following
year
..As shown by my diary. we took to the
ice September g. From and including the
9th down to and including the 18th OF
September, all writings in my diary are
by me- but were made under the d1rec-
tion OF Dr. Cook. l also changed the
dates during this time under his d.
rection. The figures 1900 on the date
of September II were changed by me at
the dictation of DR.. Cook. On Septem-
ber II DIR. Cook directed me to stop
keeping my diary and leave the pages
therein blank. 1 cannot now remember
the exact dates or figures which had
in my diary. before / was so directed to
t1Nn nlcN on
under what now appears September Il
was not to exceed 5000. and l think 1t
was 5000.
Turned Back September Is.
I'VE quit any further attempts toward
ascending the mountain upon Septem-
ber 10, and returned to the boat, gaso-
line launch named Bo.shoy, which lay
I'm the water at the FOOT of the glacier.
We reached the launch September 10.
having travelled twenty-six miles or more
OF the top of the glacier from the place
we quit climbing. September Is.
.'On September H. when at our first
camp returning from the glacier. I doc
tered and changed the entries therein
from and including September 8. down
to and including September II. These
changes were made under the orders of
Or. Cook. From the 18th to the 10th
was written at the first camp. returning
on the night of the 18th, and from the
18th to and including the 18th. was writ
ten in our last camp. returning on the
evening of the 18th, and written solely
under the dictation of DIR. Cook. and
lust as he said From and including Sep
tember 10 down to the end of the diary
on November o the entries therein are
my own. They cover the actual facts
and were not dictated 10 me by any
one.
"Dr Cook first told me to stop my
diary September IL. when we were in oul
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