Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-30

= New York, Nov. 30-Doctor Cook, the
brooklyn explorer, in an article which
will be published In Hampton's Maga-
zine, confesses that he does not know
whether he reached the north pole or
}not.
!, Cook. who has been in hiding over
year, has informed the editors of the
magazine that he will return to the
UNITED States to spend Christmas here.
Cook says his confession that he does
mot know whether he reached the pole
sor not Is made "after mature thought"
Hs declares that much as the pole once
meant to him. the sympathy and conf
idence Of his fellowmen mean more.
HIe states his case In detail and is
willing to leave it to the judgment OF
-khe public whether or not he Is honest.
X Says 10 Was Mad.
Il Cook declares that at the time he
fconyinced himself he had discovered
1.-THE pole he was half mad. He spent
1.-Two years in the quest, and during that
ttime endured hunger and privation
that. he says would unbalance any
,snind. The explorer states that At would
(be impossible for any man to demon
le.rate beyond question that he had
been to the north pole. He character
/ixe. the region as region Of insanity,
where one can not believe the evidences
! gathered by ones own eye. He says ne
] had always looked upon the discovery
Of the pole as an achievement for MS
own personal satisfaction-for the sat
sfaction of a craving and desire that
! was greater than any other factor IN
his life.
aewi,dered BY His Sensation.
i when he found how tremendous
| sensation his statement that he had at
! tanned the pole created, he was over
come with bewilderment. Cook then
tells the story of the days IN Copen-
hagen and later in New York, and OF
the crisis in his life that led to his
/, flight from New York and his volun-
tary exile from the United States. Ihe
explorer says that Notwithstanding the
fact that he was followed by the
shrewdest newspaper men of the world
day after day, and that sums ranging
mn to several thousands Of dollars were
offered for q clue to his whereabouts,
no never wore disguise, and has
never taken any unusual precaution to
4. A
time. he says, his wife has been with
him and a part of the time his chill
dren. Cook and wife are now in Eu-
rope and the children in a convent in
France.
Spent Much Time in London.
Most Of the time during his exile
Z Cook has been in London. He says
] he has gone about among Americans
there with the utmost freedom. ard at
times has registered under his own
name, and that only few have guess
ed his identity. Those who did guess
It, Cook says, were turned away with
ease by the remark: ''Why, yes. have
been told that before"
With the opportunities for thought
that his exile has given him, Cook says
he never even had time to sleep more
!, than three or four hours at time.
Between his arrival at Copenhagen and
his disappearance in New York he has
found growing stronger the desire to
return TO his own country and to be
understood by his own people. He
realizes better than any one else the
esteem in which he was held
Tires Of Living Under Cloud.
II have been called the greatest liar
In the world, the most monumental i'm
i poster in history" says Cook. Il be-
lieve that in every undesirable way
i stand unique, an object OF such suspic-
ion and vituperation as have assailed
few men,"
J with this realization Cook wrote his
! story and says that to him the honor
Of discovering the pole no longer means
anything. The explorer has been work
| ling ON his story since last August, and
says, according to the editor Of Hamp-
toms Magaeine. that his sole desire is
70 make the people Of the United States
ssali1e 1sst what he went thru during
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