Show DIVORCED WifE IFE Of OR DR GOOK COOK I IS IN TRIAL CAST GAST Does Not Testify Against Alleged Oil Impostor but Declares She Is on Scene for Purpose FT T WORTH Tex O Oct IS Mrs Marie F F. Cook divorced wife of Dr Frederick A. A Cook Arctic explorer and oil oll operator who with thirteen others Is under indictment for the alleged use of tho the malls mails to defraud took the lead In the trial of her former former former for for- mer husband in federal court Wednesday She did not testify but declared in the courtroom that 1 V s. s there for a a. purpose Recently Recently Re Re- she was was granted a a. divorce from the oil operator I The government went Tent forward ste steadily dlly in Its attempt to pr prove ve the practise of fraud and began Its as assault assault assault as- as sault on Cook S. S E. E J. J Cox and the other twelve twel codefendants and associations of the Petroleum Producers Producers Producers Pro Pro- association With W. W S. S Whitmer of ot Fremont Fremont Fre Fre- mont mont Ia la on the wit witness ess stand as a prospective customer of Cooks Cook's the government showered him with sales literature and letters sent out by the company which h he was re requested requested re- re quested to identify Whitmer was shown a credit slip of or 1 and asked to identify it He replied that it was a dividend check from the Producers company At one point In the examination I of Whitmer Cook Cool nodded his head vigorously In the affirmative That was when government prosecutors pointed to literature allegedly sent out by Cook which said aid Tho meanest man in the world IsI is the fraudulent oil stock promoter I |