The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-17
COOK ADMITS
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EXPLORER SAYS HE WAS HALL
|, Il CRazED BiExPERiENCE \.
FROZEN NORTH: d
MS s YIN p ATHs
Writes His Story Tor agazine and;
Tells Ereryt thing Fully and WI
Freely 4 Il sSS3is
! New York; N Y \ Dr. j Cook & has.
confessed. The nouneenents has
been made ny Edward r. Hampton
who paid 10000 for CoRnian deti
lPeary's story Of his trip To- the North
Pole. ~ 4 81 .3is
In his own story. the first Install!
mentf to be published lin the naga-
|fztnc, Dr.. Cook frankly admits that
he does. not know VIII ether he reach
ed the North Pole. y IL L
In the opening article; dealing par
5ficularly with TIE y5ppsycbology Or lis
adventure, the man ma who has been al
lternately slauded as the / greatest 1sa ex.i
,plorer and denounced as the most
colossal sfaker Of the age; declares: s
Did 4 get to the North Pole? Per
hapss 4 made o mistake In thinking D
jtdid, PerhapaI didsnot make 10 mis-
take. After mature thought Il contest
THAT 4 do not know absolutely wheth.l
err Preached the pole. I, ( \. 4 /;
Si..rbis may come IA an : amazin.s
statement state But 4 am willing "a sgtartlt;
| ithei world &lf ~ a. DAM i Z can sre,;
a goppcrtunity' "a 5preae,Int nv case. al
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fnlly, ireeiy ana trahlksly ' I sh 81, y
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cislon with !yoll, ',after reading my
ssoEys yoa say iSooa y sincere ana
nonest 5hait erazea W months OF u: lso.
lation and hunger No be ieyed that ne e
reaehed the po!e;;$ ne y not ri faker 4
then y shalls pc satist
DR.: Cook tells his life, story and
pictures the Soverpowering ambition.
flor exploration that beget him iint..i
finally It. culminated In his effort to,
reach the pole. !; Sa3s
81 He declares that at the time he
convinced himself thai. he had dis
covered the pole, he was half mad.
He spent two and one-haK years In
sfanest and during that period en-;
l!dured hung and sprivation thai, he;
says, would ssunbal lance any mind.
Cook declaresst that ST would he linz
possible Tor any mlnS tos demonstraSei
thai; he had len TO- the Fo.e He
;charact erlzes the far north as 10;
reign OF insanity wi lc one cannot
believe the evil ences gathered BY
one 5 own eye. /
HessaysS that he had always looked
upon the discovery Of the pole as an
achievement for his Gown personal
satisfaction for the satisfaction OF
a craving and desire that WI as great.
err tfan any other faetorhfn his life
WhenShe found how tremendous q
sensation his statement that he had
attained gthe pole created he was
overcome with bewilderment
His ] study Of hts own psychology.
is described BY toe Who have read
his narrative las ID wonderful piece;
or descriptive writing y 4; 5i
One Of the most remarkable facts
t5brougllt out sbys his story is that in
all the time he has been away, with.
the sbrewdest naYspspermen in TIE
world on his trail with, new spapers
Offering ttlms 4 that range into The
thousands for; Y thee slight ess de finite
news of 2his swhereabouts, ts has
never wornsa disguise and has meyer
taken any 3unuissualsp ecautlons 70 con
ceall his identity,= III "! 4
L Part of tla time his Wife has heeD