The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-10
BOOKS ATTORNEY
| DESERTS EXPLORER
Ienry Wellington Wack Dis
cusses Peculiar Situation
With Reservation.
lIJESTION OF WHETHER
THE RECORDS ARE FALSE
Pr0blcm of Where Doctor Cook
Is at Present Time Also
NeXing One.

INEW YORK, Dec. 9.-Dr. Frederick
a. Cook IS personal lawyer, Henry Wei
fngton Wack, has severed relations
NTH his client.
4 Mr. Wack refused tonight TO confirm
.,r DENY his withdrawal, but it can be
'i66rmed on competent authority that,
liter a consultation with his partners,
NJ. Wack wrote Or. Cook so long ago
lis November so that he must beg him
10 seek legal advice elsewhere.
tf'I havo not the rcmotest idea, SAID
M. Wack tonight. "wherc DR. Cook
's keeping himself or why he persists
n seclusion when his presence is vital
To his own interests and his friends.
4 read that he is in Brooklyn. in u sani
'inrium in Maine. in 4 Phlladelpbia asy-
;Nm, but personally / incline TO the be-
iM that he is abroad.
One Thing Certain.
8 r1Oue thing, however. is certain
here is agreement tonight for the first
Inc among those who have always be-
fcycd that Dr. Cook discovered the
1orib pole, those who have never be
.ieved and those who have waited to
',c Informed on dIsintcrestcd authority.
ARTISANS and skepticss-alike now con
stedc certain cardinal facts, which ad-
nit of no argument, namely: DR., Cook
,ias sent his records TO the University
IF Copenhagen for the inspection Of q
,ommission.
ft1wo mcn-onc broker, who says
lie acted rs go-betwecn, and one
killed navieator-havc sworn. that
hey supplied the doctor with a com
60 or pl, rpt
pyering his trip northward, step by
-fcp to the pole, in agreement with hls
,arrative as originally published. These
worn statements carry within them
tlves their own proof or disproof.
f"Tbat is TO say. If the papers now
81 The hands of the University OF
1,openhagen contain any considerable
lprtion of the borcal observations
fhicn Caapt' August Loose says ne
lforAed out by the reverse route, no
tnriher north than tho GUamalan Inn
hat DIR. Cook felt no confidence in the
rdequacy Of his own proofs.
Must Stand By Records.
E.If. on the contrary. the Coper-
1geI records show that DR. Cook made
p evident use Of he calculations Capt.
,oose says he supplied ii will he fair
70 assume that b. accepted them only
E checks on his OWE data. The in
niry Will then revert TO its first
latus; ATe the original observations
y DR.. Cook sutticient?'
asked Haily if he had or had not
rs ihdrawn from DIR. Cook S affairs, Mr..
faek said;
sf'This is not the time for an an.
rPuncemcut. 1t might be thought l
4 Id deserted Dr. Cook In his need. lie
ho n IN lav
he ocean, unable to defend HIMSELF
A close friend Of Mr. Wack re.
eratcd however. that Mr.. Mack had
ing ago decided to close dealings with
y, client who did not keep his counsel
pformcd Of his intentions or move.
lents.
10 this phase of the situation Mr..
= Efack made this contribution.
" Missing Many Days.
f'Dr Cook has disappeared of his
= Nn yolition. and not by the suasion
4 + his friends. ! last heard from him
y y telephone on TUESDAY. November 23.
: had seen BIN personally two days be-
Il sf''Last night DR., Cooks friend,
!. barlcs Wake. confessed TO me that bo
4 pd not the faintcst idea where The
= -<oetor now is, and that he had not
Tfard from lem since Tuesday, Novem
81 "My urgent letters TO the doctor
ave remained unanswered, although
.ygpey demanded a reply from any man
\, ~ plIeltous for his own affairs.
Mr. Wack received letter from Mrs.
took on December Il, dated December Z
q and posted December }, in BROOKLYN,
skiing him TO discontinue all expenses
the doctor S account and forward
OIertaln papers, which Mr.. Wacll under
Wood 10 be sffidavits bearing on the
koctor's disputed ascent of Mount Nc
- Nnley- These affidavits tie doctor
"a originally intended 10 take with
Fflm To Europe where they could be
" Fallable for the University Of Copcn.
Dagen, if desired,
y Significant Evidence.
n Other Of DR.. Cook IS friends granted
81 pnlght that Captain Loose consulted
y recly with him aud even occupied
y y ooms adjoining him at The Grsnatau
y pm Whether this propiuquity served
y an opportunity for cooperation mere.
IN ~ OF Tor collusion. IS a point on which
Z. 'ot even Captain Loose cared to pro
Z ounce positively
= INC captain, however, went freely iu
y ms own motives this afternoon.
2, ~ went to Dr. Cook, - he sand
ihmking I could help him. A short
avg convinced me ne was ignorant OF
eDPmc OF the essentials of navigation
task enlarged, but that was no ducs
% ION for me TO debate, 50 long as | wa:
6mId, Now that the payments have
~ fased and the doctor has disappeared
pS speak ont.
W'l supplied the figures. They wer,
gratefully received What use wa,
2 pade Of them is bound 10 appear
q NAMES BELIEVE TIE