Show DR COOK WRITES TO BELLINGHAM FRIEND BELLINGHAM Wash Dec J. J I. Dr William H. H Ax Axtell tell of Bellingham an Intimate In Intimate In- In friend of Dr Frederick A. A Cook who has been in frequent communication tion with him since his disappearance from New York received a letter from the Brooklyn explorer yesterday Dr Axtell declined to divulge the whereabouts whereabouts where where- of Dr Cook but made public sev sev- eral oral extracts from the letter as follows My My case will wm eventually rest on its own merits without reference to rival inte in- in te rests I III prefer to believe that the campaign of Infamy which has been waged against me that the mud throwing bribery and conspiracy has come como from the misguided and deluded As As to Mr Peary my feeling is of pity rather than revenge He lie has striven against awful odds and the man who can succeed under such a handicap deserves all the g that comes his wa way |