The Detroit times., 1910-03-19
TELLS HOW COOK
WAS UNMASKEO
Brooklyn Boy Was on Ship in South
America With Discredited Explorer
Who Used Assumed Name.

NEW YORK, March 1S.-founs
Daniel c. Riker. aged IL years. the son
of G.. b. Riker New York drug deal
er, was one OF the fellow passengers
OF DR. Frederick \. Cook when the dis
credited arctic explorer vas travelling
along the South American coast Win
out his mustache under the alias of h.
Craig The boy was the travelling
companion OF r. l.. upjohn.
In the following letter just received
by the elder Riker here is the story o.
how suspicious were aroused and DR..
Cooks Identity established, told in
young Riker's own words
ON Board the s. S. osiris.
Coast OF Chile.
Feb. III. 1910
My Dear Home Folks:
We are now nearly az the end oi our
voyage from Buenos Aires To NaiuiN'"'
Il small town IN chile
have to tell you a very interesting
story. When we boarded this boat an
MonteVideo. we were surprised 10 see
two Americans on board. 50 we ask.u
the steward 10 please put Us III VIII
some people that could SPEAK bhsts"
at the dining room table,
We were. therefore placed next TO
THESE Americans. man ana MS Wiz
Fhc natural tendency Wheh mc'tIhs
new people Is 10 Hnd out where tttS
lived, their occupation. etc. on asklhs
these two Americans dlner"ht aueS
ions of that nature We round that thcy
uked 10 change the story, ana bS thelt
ut,uiiar actions we began TO thlnk tnat
romething was wrong somewhere MI
lptohn talked il over with me anu wy
wondered who the man was we hdu
I,arned from their conversation many
Things to arouse our suspicion lhut
they had my seriously shipped from
rhe" would not tell US exactly what
date they left New York or on what
boat they sailed. His wife once made
Il break. and called him FREQ, anu thnI,
another time she called him DOCTOR ana
the name on the list was down as III.
T. Craig Nh upjohn came up from
Ills cabin Yesterday, and SAID 10 me,
hnow now who he Isl he's (r. FRED
elick COOK. Who has skipped from New
York lie cut on his beard ana was
town under an assumed name
To-day We said something about the
North pole aud | never saw a ItioW
get nervous prostration net9Ie'
thought he was going 10 tnint Tie DC
would not take his eyes of the table,
while his wife got as req as % "'''
also tried To Chunge~the subject
We then said. Let's get them AFTER
elmer and Try TO set their picture 10
see what happens We u,a go hn,"
inc pictures OF an the people AZ our
table They said. on. no: We are hot
dressed well enough 81" salu 'na.
ae would go To his stateroom ana put
ON another suit and we toulu tHe"
take his picture 80
we knew that IL he did that ne
wouldn't show up again, SO J snupPeu
lis picture as he WAS arguing whether
.. should go and change ms clothes
~ not AftrrNard Ne got them All TO-
tether iu "A group ana ne ttten - stenv
behind the other and pn!led ms utl
over his eyes. she was looking a. spiIe
one behind her ! then made out tiiat
took the picture but / didn't wait,
"a until they started 10 separate, and
then | got theIr pictures, ooth tosetH-
81 looking right at the camera
Ar Iuiohn has known Cook before,
and h, SAYS that hc looked exactly IKE;
only he hasn't any mustat ne or pe"lu
ike when ne knew him thty are now
,,.is. that we know who they are, ana
ny are An packed mp. and think
,bey will get of at NaldiVia. ana try
ia lose Themselves so that heuouS On
the boat will know where theg are
ehv any chance this man is not
cook lie is a crook that has escaped
I have altogether four photos OF num-
ST. viii be able 20 determine, wheh
ret home II It Is really COOK ,,..,,,,
We get OF et NaldlNld t"hioi TO"
morning and 70 To Concepcloh
our - ibDsSNiEi. { RfKER
= S.-We went ashore al NaldlVla
t. lav and found some magazines In
hotel with a lot Of pictures OF Cook
in il. We are now very positive thar
Mr. Craig il really Mr. Cook. II
had not been for us, he would neVet
have been known. | have played
many games of double solitaire ami
checkers with Cook. and ! can say
that | have beaten him nine times out
OF ten | am sending YOU one of his
signed wine cards.