The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-16
Or. COOK Tells
HIS own storm
Defends His Honesty in Be-
lieving That He Reached u
the Pole
SAYS HE HAD NO
PLAN TO HOAX WORIU
Insist Upon His Own Sincer-
ity--Explains Mental Com }
dition-Suffered lnsonl- N
MIA: Saw Phantoms

NEW YORK, Dec. 1s.--'.No on4 !
should discredit me until he kn0N0s
what | endured the two and q ha11s
years OK Arctic oxperience--unti1 h0s3
hungers with mo, freezes with Epes9
shudders with mo in the specter-Fid-
den Arctic night and grows mad with
mo In the glarins. hurning.S long and !
cracking Arctic day. Not until then
can he understand my mental condt~s
ton at the time and appreciate just
to be true
In these words does DIR. FredarteAs
A. Cook. IN the first instailment sNf&
his own story in the January nuln$a
Der ~ Hampton's magazine, tAoQ&&8
to-day. lay the groundwork for E
defense, not Of his North Pole
covery claim. which he noW adm
may ne without merit. but Of hi1 h0
esiy in believing that he accompIieA I
this marvellous feat
All through the story Cook F9e1
to the Terrible physical and m44e
strain he underwent and to the poe1l%
bility. K not proba biiity. thAN
haruships he endured affected IN
ton to make scientifically correct SlkS
seryations az TO his movements.
He explains how he got In bAdX&
the outset in these woros. ReturnSr
from life. savage in its dratn S
hody and mind. l was tossed TO s4D
zenith of worldly honor on q Wate[<
enthusiasm. world-madness Wn14
startled me. In the ebb Of that waSI
| was plunged into the depths Of 61
nj i x.tef ~
/ own folly and the sufferer from II
storm of adverse circumstance9.sS$ q
After reciting chapter OF hA&A&a
ships and prisatlons that Will ntN
| ably move to pity many an adverse
critic, Cock says: When | recall tM4e
many hair-breadth escapes ttN|
! death. the hazards We took. and XII
again that physical and mcntal
/ f.rinK, / wonder whether any ANJ
man would do this were he pranDo 49,
! tattng Il lie. FIJI n III 4
! No PAN to Hoax the vfn9t
! II ! did believe in myself. 004.
] estly and sincerely. II | felt .0klvtAu~M
of my claim when / reached C0p(&
hagen and later New York. tho IN
| plorer gays lis II just to cali me II
worlds most intrepid fakir, c09
| mon, deliberate swindier. Uneac2
! solously | may have made statenN4l1z
! is inexcusaaie. But most empl1
cally and positively. ] am not tnlx
most certainly there was no p1aM
hoax the world to my own flnaNC,
pront.
DR.. Cook says that he has been
| cused of being a colossal liar,
/ yet that many lies have been told
| him. He cites the gum-drop story
! a sample. He says he took no 7
/ - u-fI ND n
story until rs got to New York. (@
says that the trip was not undeTta
! for scientific attainment. 1T Wl1
personal conquest, In which / oxU%
cd only the return due a pathflnAe
Continuing. DR.. Cook says: II
not Civ" In this story my scje1
I observations. They have been
I lshed and scientific authorities n
rejected them as inadequate. 1ts
seem a curious thing. as III mtn
made of figures--whieh can he GN1
featured by the ream-for ms m
| that figures of instrumental 0h04&
/ lions are only seif-canvin in9. s@
| am telling the truth, az | ae1%
| frankly
My Conviction that / reache4
pole never was based solely upun
/ servations, figures or mathNn41
calculations. | did take then6
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vince me or my achievements
only corroborated my inner c.
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