El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-07
Cook Makes Sensational
Charges Against Peary
Declaring It Necessary in Order to Reveal Mr. PearyS
True Character, DR.. Cook Charges His Rival
Claimant to the Discovery Of the Pole
With Actions Which, He Declares,
Demand G Governmental
Investigation

this epidemic presented ne 5lv,Irs
his services when the epldeIutS "a -
ont but Peary refused his oLIeI' M ~
eitCv-ad the natives to die rather lh4n
hermit q competent medical expert ~
attend the afflicted. 49, later
Near the same point y edL ~
Cant Otto Sverdrup wintered Win ne ne
shin His mission was to explore tL9
great unknown to the west Inns NJ ~
explored country had been uHuS nue.. Z ~
paeTI-'s eve for 10 years. but ms Jeeu oL
LSo-ISS-5r- 4 his time was spent In an
eaev and comparatively IuNurlo Us -
about a comfortable camp. 49, -
Sverdrup's men visited the Peary SUI,
+bev were denied common DIOln y
-S-y+.sy- and were refused the hospital
itv which is universally granted ~
an unwritten law, to al Ileiu W. 80
Mr. Peary even refused 70 seHu L5-i4-
an his returning ship, 1mpOr lanL re-
- md naDers which Sverdrup de-
sired taken back. de also IeLq5SI
to allow. Sverdrup to take native gulues
and dogs-which did not oeIoLs ~
Mr. Peary. This same courtesy We
later denied to Capt. Bernier, OF the
Canadian expedition.
Exploits the North.
Thus attempting to make a p[lFa t,s
rrasarve Of the unclaimed NORTH ne
attempted to discredit and thWaIL S1 -
cry other explorers effort IN me
with the same policy. every MEMBER u
every Peary expedition has Deeh my
lied with a contract WhcQ prev 81 -
talking or writing after the ~
/ lions return-cOntracIS Dy WLllA ---
| Pearv derived the sole credlT the en-
tire profit. and all the nonCI o. ~
| results of the men who Eo4lnLSSL ~
their services and rlskeQ tnel1 II ~. -
This same spirit was shown at ne
same time when. at 81 degrees 40 NH M
utes. he turned Capt BarueII Dachs
| because he (Peary), to use ms own
/ words, wanted all the nonoIs. for
IN prOfiting by his long quest Luz
funds for legitimate exploration We
] find Pearv engaged in private enter
| prises for which public Iunos were
used Much Of this money was, IA IN. my
| Judgment, used to promote a lucIalLE -
/ fur and ivory trade, while the reaI Ell
fort Of getting to the Pole was Ge-
| laved. seemingly for commercial gam
/ believe the Pole might nave Deen
/ reached 10 years earlier. But decay
was profitable
Peary Takes Cooks Supplies.
After being thus engaged for years
| in a propaganda OF self exp olIatl0l
/ in assailing other explorers Whom ne
! REGARDED as rivals in committing deeds
/ in the north unworthy of an American
| and an officer OF the navy. rear
! knowing that I had started PoleWard,
! knowing that relief must lneNlLtply
] he reoufred ultimately appropriated my
| supplies and absolutely prevented any
| effort TO reach me, which even llle
| natives themselves might have MADE
Pearv knew he was en0angeE-nB my
| life He knew that he was getting
] ivory and furs in return FOR supplies
! belonging to me, and which 1 shOulo
/ need. he knew, also, that 1t would nOL
I coincide with his SelIlsn purposes Ot
1 appropriating all honor and profit II
/ reached the Pole and should return and
] tell the world His deliberate act " as
/ I'm ftself-whether so designed or not
| an effort to kill brother explorer.
/ 'aThe property which Peary took from
/ Francke and myself with the hand Of g
/ buccaneer and the heart of hypOcrite
D ~ a Z
! not to insure expedition needs. but e
| satisfy hunger for commercial gain
/ and TO inflict q COwardly, underhandec
| injury on a rival All Of my caches
J my camp equipment, my food were
| taken; and under his own handwriting
he gave the orders which deprived me
| OF all relief efforts at time when re-
/ lief was of vital importance.
Deliberate Plan TO Kill"
Certainly to all appearances thi
| was a deliberate, preconceived plan q
| XIII rival worker by starvation. Her
we find an American naval office
/ STOPPING to a trick for which Ia
would be hanged in q mining camp
Many members Of his expedition
I some rough seamen, speak with shuu
| dering of his actions in that far ava,
| north. In my possession are atttdav1ts
/ voluntarily made and given to me b.
| members Of Alr. Peary's expeditions
revealing gross actions, which in al
{ officer of the navy call for lnVesriga
| ton. Mention has been made Of Ger
| tain facts. because, only by knOWini
/ these things. can people understand tn
spirit and character of the man an
the INSCRIPTIONS attacks made upo'
I me. and understand, also, why. out o
a sense of deliCacy and dislike for mud
/ singing, 7 remained silent so long I
I is only because the public has bee
misled. because I realize have suf
I fered by my own silence, in order tina
l history may know the full truth an
accord just verdict that with re
/ luctance, and with a sense of shudder
/ ing distaste I have been compelled {
present these unpleasant pages Of un
/ written arctic history"