The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-20

aWy NcNeT .nc0citoO cufuuit Vi
Mountain and That Dr. Cook Delhi
3 Gxtely Faxed Records and Made
False Statements I'm His Book.
New York. Oct. 1.-THE Globe this
Afternoon prints copy OF the afiida-
Wit made by Edwin N. Barrill. who
accompanied Or. Frederick A. Cook
at the time ne announced his reach
| Ing the summit of Mount Mckinley.
The af1davit was made before a no.
tary public at Tacoma. wash. on Oc-
tober .. and has just been received in
New York. Barrill's anitavit states
IN effect that he was the only person
present with DR. Cook on the date
vAen he claims to have reached the
fssnmit Of Mount Mckinley; that they
dil not In fact reach the summit. and
the nearest point TO the summit
reached was at least II miles distant
from the summit Of that mountain.
the elevation at no time exceeding
1e.eoo feet Barriil's affldavit also
brings into question number of the
photographs which DR.. Cook has
given a. representing the summit and
other high attitudes of Mount McKin-
ley.
Barrtlis anndavit says at the outset
that ne was born In Buffaio in 1854
and now resides at Darby. Mont. He
says ne was the only party present
with DR.. Cook when he claims to have
reached the summit of Mount McKin-
ley and that he Is the party referred
to a. Barrille or Edward Barriile In
\ Dr. Cooks book entitled ''To the Top
{of the Continent" bearing on the ex-
pedition to Mount Mckinley. He de-
tails his first meeting with DIR. Cook
st Missoula. where the latter was ac-
comoanied by Prof. Parker. OF CO.
lumbia university r.. W. Porter and
othsrn
= The organization Of Mount McKin-
'Sev expedition 10 explained. the men,
bers consisting OF Fred Printx.
guide; Belmore Brown. an artist and
naturalist Of Tacoma: Walter Miller.
photographer OF Seattle: Samuel
Beecker. who acted az cook for the
uuparty, and Barrill The party sailed
rom Seattle May IL. 1905. Barrill re-
counts that at the start OF the trip he
prepared to keep an exact diary and
sets forth that his diary. marked Ex-
hibi n, attached to the affidavit, els a
pocket disry kept by me during all
\ We time that DIR. COX and I were to-
tethe' near Mount Mckinley and the
same 10 truthful record. with the
exception OF the entries and changes
made by me therein under the order
OF DR.. cook." The diary referred to
by Barriil as attached to the afida-
)Yit Is now In possession of tho New
York Globe.
The affidavit then proceeds as fol-
lows;
On the evening" OF September 9,
1905. DIR. Cook and started alone for
the purpose of exploring Mount Nc
,Kinley. He Informed me before start
ling that his purpose was to find way
for ascending the mountain. as he and
Prof. Parker intended to climb the
mountain the following year.
las shown by my diary. we took to
the Ice on September Q. From and
Including the 9th down TO and inciud-
ing the 18th of September. all writ
ings In my diary are by me. but were
made under the direction of DR.. Cook.
aiso changed the dates during this
time under his direction. The figures
1900 on the date OF September IL
were changed by me at the direction
of DIR. Cook. On September 12 DIR.
Cook directed me to stop keeping nv
diary and leave the pages therein
blank. I can not now remember the
exact dates or figures which I had In
my diary. before I was so directed to
change them. but I know the eleva-
3non under what now appears Septem-
ber IL was not exceeding 5000. and
I think IL was 5000.
I'VE quit any further attempts to-
wards ascending the mountain upon
September 15 and returned to the
toat. gasoline launch, named Boil
shey. which lay in the water at the
foot OF the glacier. We reached the
launch on September 10. having trav-
eied rs miles or more on the top OF
the glacier from the place we quit
climbing on September is.
"on September Is. when at our
Z first camn reinrnlnr frnnr thn nInn ninr