The Detroit times., 1910-11-30
COOK ADMITS STORY ABOUT
NORTH POLE WAS FAKE
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that he had been TO the North Pole.
He characterizes the far north as a
region of insanity, where one cannot
believe the evidences gathered ny
ones own eyes" He says that he had
always looked upon the discovery Oh
the Pole as an achievement for MS
own personal satisfaction-for the
satisfaction OF craving and desire
that was greater than any other rae
tor in his life. When he found now
tremendous a sensation his statement
that he had attained the Pole created
he was overcome with bewiidermeht'
His study OF his own psychology Ia
described by those VINO nave reau
bis narrative as "Wonderiul piece
OF descriptive writing.
One of the most remarkable facts
brought out by his story Is that In all
the time he has been away, with the
shrewdest newspapermen In the
world on his trail, with newspapers
offering sums that ranged into the
thousands for the slightest definite
news of his whereabouts, he has new
err worn disguise and has never
taken any unusual precautions 10
conceal his identity.
Part of the time his wife has been
with him. and part OF the time his
children too. The children are now
in a retreat In France and DIR. Cook
and his wife are In Europe. Most OF
the time during his exile he has been
IN London. He has gone about among
Americans there with the utmost
freedom and at times under his own
name.
Only a few have guessed his idenu-
ty although there probably never has
been a man whose photographs have
been so widely and often printed.
Even those who did guess the identi-
ty of the exile were turned away
with ease by the remark that the doc
tor used every time anyone would
say he looked like DR.. Cook.
why yes, have been told that
before"
With the opportunity for thought
that his exile has given him-he says
he never even had time to sleep more
than three or four hours night be-
tween his arrival in Copenhagen and
his disappearance from New York
he has found growing stronger and
stronger the desire to return TO his
own country to be understood by his
countrymen.
Il have been called the greatest
liar In the world, the most monumen-
tai imposter Of history" he says in
starting his story, Il believe that in
a very undesirable way stand
unique, the object Of such vituper-
alton and suspicion as have assailed
few men"
Verdict 10 Up to People.
1t was this realization that set DR..
Cook to work on his story. He has
said since beginning the preparation
OF his narrative that to him the honor
OF discovering the North Pole no
longer means anything. His sole de-
sire Is to make the people Of the Unit
ed States realize just what he went
through during his two and one-half
years in the Arctic Businesses. and to
make them to see what process OF
thinking or lack Of thinking 1t was
that led him to do the thing which
confirmed to the average mind the
worst suspicious against him.
DR.. Cook has been working on his
story since August and has revised 1t
SO that every point Is said to be clear.
In order that there may be no doubt
about the story's authenticity, DR..
Cook prepared in London an auto
graph statement certifying to the gen
uineness of the four articles. In this
statement Dr. Cook says:
I'm these articles | frankly present
by conclusions as to whether or not
actually reached the North Pole.
These constitute the only authorita-
tive statement from me since leaving
New York in November, 1909. l now
fully and for the first time take this
opportunity Of stating my case to the
American people"
Cook will return TO the United
States with his wife and children De-
cember %, In order to spend Christ
mas among his relatives.
The men who have been associated
with him during the preparation OF
his story say that Cook Is looking bet
ter today than he has at any time
since he arrived in New York little
over a year ago. Fl, has had an OPP
portunity to rest and think, and in
stead OF his fight having harrassed
him into ill-health, 1t seems TO have
lad just the opposite effect.