The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-01
|DR. COOK IN NEW YORK FOR
 TWO WEEKS
Came Over From London, and Spent Time, Without Diguise, Debating Story of His Con- fessiOn E .e-.. z-ax v..s-
Fake Pole Discoverer Mingled With Crowds in Hotel Lobby
 and Walked on the Streets
Special from United Press.)

| | New York, Dec. 1.- TT. Cook con. vinced us that the best disguise g
 man can have is to have none at all | but just to be his own self.''
 This is the opinion, today, of Ben.
 Jamin B. Hampton, editor of Hamp tons Magazine, in explaining to the i United Press. how 1t was possible ie bring pr. Frederick A. Cook, the Polar explorer, for over a year the elusive quarry of newspaper sleuths the world over, to this country, with out any desperate attempt at secrecy
 and negotiate with him for the puo- Ecation of His confession that he may not have reached the North Pole; all without the slightest danger of discovery. 3- :,
 Hunted for in vain, the world over, with a price on his discovery offered
 by various magazines and newspa- pers, Cook returned to this country and spent two weeks within New York city, absolutely undisguised, ex- who knew him, despite the scores who talked with him, who as much as questioned his identity. -
 The story of Hampton's Magazine, which, beginning in the January num- Der, is to publish pr. Cooks latest story, in which he admits that the hardships of the Arctic may have un- balanced his mind and made him he- lieve he had accomplished the stu pendous feat of discovering the Pole, forms an interesting account that sets at naught most of the accepted theories of detective work. When Hampton's Magazine decreed to find Cook, it's representatives went to his brother, William Cook, promoter of the North Pole Dairy. in Brooklyn. and laid their proposition before him. They told William Cook that they knew that the doctor was in London and were determined to go over the city with a fine tooth comb, 1f neces- sary, to find him.
 William Cook finally admitted that pr. Cook was either In London, or near that city. and gave the. maga- zine the name of his brothers solf- citor. Hampton then communicated with this solicitor and 1t was net long before cables were passed be- tween pr. Cook and his brother. The rederick," and addressed to Will liam Cook, without the doctor being discovered. 2 t
 When the arrangements had pro- gressed sufficiently, T. Everett Harry, one of the staff of Hampton's, went turned with him on one of the Elm press Line steamers. The party was Joined by Hampton at New York, and Ray Long, associate editor of Hamp- tons. The four then proceeded to Troy, N. Y. Dr. Cook and Harry registered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, in Troy, under assumed names, while Hampton and Long stopped at the Rensselaer, Hotel. For two days the m embers of the party were in almost constant communication. As Once 2 day Cook and Harry went motoring, oIrfv o%f fny ryNf of d dfC. guise Cook mingled with the crowds in the hotel lobby. walked on the streets and sat in the public dining room and no one was the wiser. once he was told by one of the guests that he looked like Dr. Cook, to which he smilingly replied:
 "Yes, I have often. been taken for the doctor' That ended it.
 Hampton a nd Long remained with pr. Cook until the series of four stor- ies, that are to be published was practically completed, when Cook left Troy and went to a neigh boring city. There again his only disguise was an assumed name. Despite the fact that he carried n big pile of luggage was iictating to a stsnographer for sev- eral hours every day, and was fre- quently called to the long distance telephone to talk with his publishers, again his identity was not suspected.
 t'I believe I could go to New York City and not be found out, if I re- mained away from my home neigh borhood," Cook declared. 'Pd like to try it."
 After the story was finished and in the magazines hands, Cook returned to London, having been in this coun- try nearly a month. pr. Cook will go to France, where he will be join ed by his wife and children, and will return to New York shortly before Christmas. rtaF ~-s Er -sat .
 Benjamin Hampton is authority for the statement that Cook has not the money lust'' as many have believed. ''There was no quibbling over the price to be paid for his story,'' lie said. ''In fact, Cooks chief aim seemed to be to have his story told. Although Cook is in good health, that last year has unquestionably worn on him."