New-York tribune., 1909-12-10
COOKS "HELPERS"
BACK AFFIDAVITS
LOOSE md DUNKLE
EXPLAIN.
Wanted to "Aid Explorer
and Hood5cink College
Professors.

Captain August WsdeI Loose. led and
guided by George II. DunkIe, an insur~
ance broker. prepared records which DR..
Frederick A Cook did or did not send 70
Denmark 70 establish his title as ths
discoverer OF the North Pole. At LEAST
Captain Loose and Dunkle. IN several
thousand words TO that general effect
printed in "The New York Times" yes
terday morning. sought to give that i'm
preston
Supplementing his sworn statements
as they appeared in the Newspaper.
which had a contract with Commander
Peary for the exclusive publication of
his narrative OF his own trip TO the top
of the world, Mr.. Dunhle said YESTERDAY
that he had made up his mind that Dr.
Cook needed some one 20 prepars his
data for critical examination. that hs
saw chance TO make some money. and
moreover. that he. having found II dim
cult in the past to hoodwink college pro-
fessors. rather reIished the idea OF help
ing to delude the scientists in the Unit
versity OF Copenhagen
According TO the joint narratives OF
Captain Loose and Dunkle. DR.. Cook
was TO pay $4,000 for the observations
Captain Loose was TO make out for him.
According TO the joint NARRATIVES. again.
DIR. Cook actually paid $3.50 and them
disappeared. The suspension OF pay
ments accounted. according 70 Mr.
DunkIe. for the revelations that wers
made yesterday.
CAPTAIN LOosE'S MOTIVES.
CAPTAIN Loose's motives. according to
his sworn statements. we're somewhat
AT variance with those OF Dunkles Hs
thought he could help Dr. Cook with
the preparation OF his report TO Copen-
hagen and was willing. for considera-
ton. 10 do so. In his statement. as "
appeared yesterday morning. Captain
Loose said il took him three minutes OF
conversation with DIR. Cook 70 decide
that the physician had never reached
the pole. But in conversation later IN
the day he didn't even give the doctor
that much grace, saying that he had
been convinced from the very start, and
before he saw him, that Or. COOK nad
not reached the pole.
Cantain Loose is a mariner of estab-
ushed reputation. Lewis Nixon. the
shipbuilder, vouches for him and says
that he sent him 10 Russia with ne"
torpedo boat destroyer for the imperial
navy. Dunkle is an independent in
surance broker" according to his de-
scription of himself. His office Is ar NO
81 Nassau street. and although his name
appeared on no directory board OF that
building. he was known in the OFFICES
of an insurance company with Con-
necticut charter
DunkIe's first connection with Dr-
Cook and Captain Loose was when there
was talk OF sending relief snip y"
look for the explorer. Dunkle was 70
undertake the raising Of funds for such
an expedition on a commission basis
and Captain Loose. at the same time.
was seeking a berth as master OF re-
lief ship, should one be sent Neitner
accompIished his purpose. although a
shin. the Jeannie. was afterward sens
20 look for DIT. Cook
DUNKLE'S STORY
Summarizing Dunkle's story. IL seems
that he and Captain Loose. having =
common interest in navigation. observa-
r1OnS
and that they auaIyzed Dr. Cooks claims
freely when they were published Cap
tain Loose, according 10 Dunkle, SAID hs
could fake better observations than Dr.
Cook had described. and this savs
Dunkle the idea of going to Or. Cook
and Offering 70 supply him with a set oc
observations. So he got John R. Brad
lev DIR. Cooks hacker in his polar ex-
pedition. 10 introduce him TO the ex-
nlorer on October II. without assigning
anv reasons. but claiming the privileges
of acquaintance with DIR. Cook because
of his interest in the relief expedition
already mentioned. Mr.. Bradley. ac-
cording 10 DunkIe's story. took him tn
Dr Cooks rooms and allowed the two
10 converse freely. According tn
D,,rkle's story. he first interested tho
doctor by suggesting that he might wish
10 insure his data in transit TO Copen-
hagen.
Dunkle in turn introduced Captain
Loose. and after conferences between
those Interested IL was arranged. ac-
cording to the chronicle OF Dunkle and
Loose. that the mariner should supply
DIR. Cook with such observations az he
had need Of DR.. Cook gave him certain
data from which 20 work. which Cap
tain Loose characterized as wofully In
complete, but did not show him all his
notes. What Captain Loose had TO do
was 20 reckon for DR. Cook the ooserva-
tionsNhat would be obtained az certain
places the latitude and longitude of
which were supplied to him. one OF Or.
Cooks friends said last night that tho
doctor might well have sought such fg-
ures simply to check up and correct his
own observations.
THEIR STORY'S LIMIT.
Neither Dunkle nor Captain Loose
said that DIR. Cook had submitted the
data supplied by Captain Loose TO the
Danish scientists Their narrative was
confined TO the exhaustive statement
that such records had been supplied "a
DIR. Cook
According 20 his story. Captain Locss
spent some days at the Hotel Graratan
while Dr. Cook was there in November.
completing the working out OF the OBJ
servations. While he was there Captain
Loose was left without a watch one
night after working until late. and. not