Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-28

NEW YORK, Dec 27.-Charles Wake,
of this city, arctic explorer. member OF
the Explorers club and heretofore one OIL
the stanchest supporters of DR.. FTeder-
lex A. Cook, deserted the Cook standard
last night Although loyal for several
days after the adverse decision OF the
University of Copenhagen on Cooks rec
ords. Wake now says that he was deceiv-
ed by the explorer. He adds that he does
not know where DR.. Cook is except that
he is in Europe. He is aware OF Mrs.
Cooks whereabouts,s which he declined to
reveal.
Cook has had ample time to express
himself since the records were examined,
said Mr.. Wake. but he has not done so.
so long as | live I shall never forget
the degree of nonchalance with which he
waved his hand toward the beautifully
engraved degree and the handsome gold
medal that had been conferred on him
by the Copenhagen university. and re-
piled: There is the best evidence.
.'I do not know who is caring for his
children in a New York boarding school,
but presume relatives are doing it. How
much money he made upon his trio and
what settlement he has made of this,
don't know"
NOT AN Attack.
Mr.. Wake says he does not wish his
statement to he taken as an attack on
DR. Cook. but he feels impelled to let the
facts speak for themselves. He then re-
cites his experience with the explorer,
among them the following interesting &C
count of the doctors disappearance:
''It was finally arranged that Mr.. Lens
dale. Dr. Cooks secretary. should sail Tor
Copenhagen with typewriter copy OF
the records, on the United states. of the
Scandinavian-Am American line. sailing on
November q, and that the doctor and MS
wife, carrying the originals. should san
for Genoa under assumed names, on the
Celtic. leaving on November -. Ions
dale and his comnanion were then to take
the originals to Conenhagen and DR.. Cook
was to remain within easy distance of a
call from the University. IT was under
stood that the doctor and Lonsdale should
come to my office at o'clock on the aft
ernoon of November ?4 to arrange some
of the details of Lonsdale's denarture- J
allay the anxiety of the doctor and his
wife, I had arranged with a detective
agency to have him constantly shadow
ed, and the detective was at my office to
pick him up.
NEVER SHOWED UP.
Or. Cook did not appear at the hour
Amounted but Lonsdale eventually con-
nected with me on the telephone away
from nv office and at o'clock he met
me and told me the story OF DIT. COOK
dissnnearance He said they came down
from Bronxville at 2:30 that afternoon IN
tending to go to my office. on their ar
rival they found the usual array OF de-
tectives waiting to shadow them. They
hurried through the crowd and saw a
southbound Madison avenue car. just get
ting under way. On seeing the car the
doctor suddenly exclaimed: Here is a
chance to get awav from them and j am
going to take it. Come along
They then made their way to the
Pennsylvania depot by circuitouS
route and Dr. Cook took train for
Philadelphia. On the way to Jersey
City he mad his moustache shaved of
and exchanged his derby for soft felt
hat. His parting words to Lonsdale
were:
Nov I snail be able to get some
sleep. Tell Mr.. Wake / will write
him, using the name of Harper. but
tell him / trust him to keep tnis Sc
cret. along with the rest
II was greatly surprised and at first
highly ineensed and for the first time
began to feel some misgivings. con-
cluded. however, that perhaps his mind
might have been affected and that
therefore he should not be held too
rigidly responsible.
'Lonsdale sailed with the copy OF
the records on the United States on
Thursday November 25. and on the
following day Mrs. Cook. who knew
nothing more about her husbands
whereabouts than 1 did, moved to New
York
LIFE OF IMPORTANCE.
THE next day, the 9th. we received
our first word from DR.. Cook. It>came
i'm the form of a letter to Mrs. Cook,
postmarked Toronto. Ont. In il ne
told her to meet him i'm Europe at
once. If the hounds are still pursuing
you.' he said, put the original recor is
in a safe deposit box and leave the