SERIOUS CHARGE. DR. COOK'S BONA FIDES IMPUGNED.
ASTRONOMICAL AND NAUTICAL OBSERVATIONS. r ALLEGED "FAKING." By Telegraph.— Presf Association.— Copyright, (Received December 10, 8.20 a.m.) NEW YORK, 9th December. The New York Times publishes affidavits by Captain Loose, a retired navigator, and George Dunkle, on insurance agent, describing in detail how, under the direction of Dr. Cook, the explorer, they fabricated a full set of nautical and astronomical observations such as would be taken on a polar journey. Suspecting that Dr. Cook needed help, Dunkle and Loose offered their aid] and "Cook, while not admitting that he had no observations of his own, ended by ordering a full set. The men allege that Coofc promised them £800, but disappeared after paying a small part of that amount. The New York Times states it bag ascertained that the men stayed in the same country inn as Dr. Cook, and offers to submit Loose's observations to the Danish scientists, who will examine Dr. Qook's records. Mr. Losdale, Dr. Cook's secretary, has arrived at Copenhagen.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 140, 10 December 1909, Page 7
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171SERIOUS CHARGE. DR. COOK'S BONA FIDES IMPUGNED. Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 140, 10 December 1909, Page 7
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