Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-14
edwin N. BarriII Makes Affidavit
saying Doctor Did Not
Ascend Mountain.
|wAs ONLY PERSON WITH HIM
|says They Were Never Closer
Than Fourteen
Miles of Il.
Asserts explorer Dictated His BAR
rilrs) Diary, Then stopped it.
Alidavit Secured by Pcary People.

Anidayit Secured by Pcary People.
New York. oct n.-The Globe this
4 afternoon prints a copy Of the affi-
davit made by Edwin n. Barrill. who
s.comnsnIed Or Frederick a. Cook at
. tbe time he announced his reaching the
summit NJ Mt. Mckinley. The am
n davt was made before a notary public
Il NJ Tacoma, Wash. oct. 4, and has just
been received in New York.
i Bsnms affidavit states in effect that
II he was the only person present with
A Dr. Cook ON the date when he claims
a 10 have reached the summit OF Mount
n Mckinley. that they did not in fact
reach the summit, and the nearest point
n 10 the summit reached was at least n
n miles distant from the summit of that
. mountain the elevation al no time
exceeding 10000 feet The affidavit
also brings into question number OF
. the photographs which Dr. Cook has
II given as representing the summit and
other high attitudes Of Mt Mckinley
Barm IN his statement says that
4 De was born IN Buffalo In 1864 and now
resides at Darby. Mont He says ne
n was the only person present with Dr.
Cook when he claims to have reached
the summit OF Mt. Mckinley and that
De is the person referred TO as Bar
n rifle or Edward Barrile in DR.. Cooks
book enutled TO the Top OF the Con-
n tIncnt" bearing upon the climb to Nj.
Mckinley He details his meeting
with Dr. Cook at Mssoula, where the
j latter was accompanied by Prof Parker
q Of Columbia university, X. W. Porter
"A and others
The Organization OF the Mt. McKin-
icy expedition consisted OF Fred Prem
tiss a guido: Belmcre Brown, an art
isi and naturalist Of Tacoma; Walter
Miller photographer Of Seattle.
Samuel Beherer. who acted as cook
for the party, and Barrill
4 The party sailed from Seattle May IL.
n lsee Barrlh recounts that az the start
& Of the trip he prepared 20 keep an exact
f. olaly ana sets forth that his diary.
inarEed exhibit "A' attached 10 the az
hoatiL rs a pocket diary kept by mo
ah the time that Dr. Cook and I were
n together near M Mckinley and the
same rs a truthful record, with the ex-
" cepton OF the entries and changes
MADE by me therein under the orders
4 Of Dr. Cook"
BARRlLLs DIARY.
The diary referred to by Barriu Is
at'acned 10 the affidavit. and Is now ia
We possession 90 the New York Globe.
lows
on the evening OF Sent. 9. 1906. DR.
'uoA ana started alone for the pur-
lse or exploring Mt Mckinley. He
informed me before starting that his
-.lal* was 10 hnd way for ascend
VT aoentain as he ana Prof Park
intended % climb the mountain tho
l0'oWlng year
as SHOWN boy my diary We took the
al w sept y From and including the
el, ao"n to and Including the isth
september, an my writings I'm nv
gai9 aIe hy me, but were made upIor
w direction of DR. Cook ALEC
'1useu ne dates during this time un-
go a direction ON Sept II Or.
Sio,, u.Ieeied mo 70 stop keeping my
No aug eaNe the pages therein
yates on figures which have in
~ ulail' before ! was so directed ~
-'nse them. but / know the elevation
IT,. NHal now appears Sopt f2 was
,', oso 70 exceed 5000 and ! think ii vas
~. w quit any further attempt toward
sr, inning the mountain on Sept. Is.
vrbi,h ''ulned 70 the boat, a launch
.bs ~ lh TIE water at the foot Of
81, sh, leI We reached the launch on
sspt ls' having Travelled % miles az
~. on lhe top OF the glacier from
Fs1, p,e'e we quit the climbing on
COOK ORDERED CHANGES.
r., I'm Sent 10. whom at our first camp
an5 tns Ifom the glacier / doctored
arJ 9Nird the entries therein from
ci,s lnc luqing sept down 10 and In
eoelng Sept i2 These chanees we
under the orders OF Or Cook
n, ~ "e l-lh 10 the 10th. was written
nt,t' Htnt camp returning on the
isht on me 18th and from the 10th ana
Ia k we lhth was written In our
tb. ,eNp returning on the evening Of
diotati, ono written solely under the
said on pr' Cook and Just as he
dov,, ioln ana Including Sept 10.
49, 'n ne end of the diary on Nov.
COW, PES therein are my own Thev
af.t lNr actual facts and were NOT
't.,felel 10 me by any one
d. Nolk FIRST told mo 10 stop my
fat on sept. - whom we were In our
Oh 49, sung hp the glacier and nt
eair me point which Dr Cook
Tb' ms the top Of Mount Mckinley.
~ pnlnt was within sight OF IA IA
ap5 N,le hr Cook stated az this limo
M fs'e mat the same conditions ex-
ro, mere o. did exist ON the Ton Of
eiNl Mckinley and directed n,e al
AZ a WN Qiary until further ord.rs
ft, ~ Nme NE had hoen 10 the ton of
M lNnt claimed bv the doctor a.
hal "l me mountain and the doctor
rIfb n1'n "a photograph ~ the poinf
tr standing on top thereof. with
nh,t Nf lean Tag in my hand THE
rr-'' pm Co which I refer ts shown
rr,il lage 22i % the doctof'r book
t.sli.l. 20 the Ton ~ the conflnent =
le mentioned. THE tarred maris
niotnro apex OF the snow In that
nf th. ahd shown from the bottom
nraise icinre up 20 the granite rock
fai,. lho top Of the point. are my
''''N' aud those OF Dr. Coob
Hls BEST RECOLLECTION
follNesg oest recollection Of this Is a.
n III 1ook ana went 10 the ton
wIil point together and ne said. We
III ~ Nseh down ana ret a picture
II, ME- We did moi take our hae.
es no he top 81 me point hav-
IVY mem down IN the saddle above