Show o r IrE WifE TRAPS DOCTOR COOK CO NOY U Sa AGENTS PROBE Cloak of Oblivion Lifted From Traveler Whose Claim of Pole Discovery Was Hooted BY Y RICHARDS COP right 1022 1923 FORT rORT WORTH Texas Feb It 3 3 it was as very sery ery well for tor Mrs l Cook Cool to dis- dis discos dis discover cover COer cos CO er her husband In a o hotel room with a 0 boltl bottle or of o gin ein and a girl Airl on his lap but what the country at la se is H Interested In Is the discovery dl covery of ot old Doe Doc Cook himself Fort V Worth orth for or a II long time has kno n whore herc ho was nas as but from the which hive ve hiv poured In here since night it Is evident that thatto thatto thatto I to the people of the United States In the th cloak of oblivion which scientists dentists threw about him 1 hen they I hooted at his claim that he the north pole and awarded the honors for that achievement to Admiral Pear has ju just t been lifted Doc Doc Cook on his part finds however that be- be beIng being InK be-InK Ing discovered Is I not aa as pleasant a business as n discovering he blames his wife Ife the I same wife alto who stuck with him through all the ears of his disgrace I for the tile latest exploration e What sheI she I I saw hen she entered his Ills room In the Fort Worth hotel with two detec detec- detectives tI tives eq ho she Is I prepared to testify she Isa I Sal's that ho lie actually did have the gin and a girl eirl a very scantily clad girl form form thai th basis for tor divorce pro pro- proceedIngs proceedings pro which she he Instituted Repol Reports ts also Indicate that a 0 federal grind nd jury will III Inquire Into the Voce Docs activities as an oil stock promoter froni Crom which he lIe Is said to h hue hivo e derived derive a fabulous Income He lIe denies that ho he hohas has done wrone rong he declares It was isas a frame up that gave utter utter- utterance I ance nce to the charge chargo that thit he had a girl girland girland and liquor in In his room he ho maintains his oil promotion schemes are all right anti he be 0 adds that he h and his lawer fight for ills his honor just as I fought for the honor of discovering the north pole Dr Cook receded from th the public eo about five fhe ears ago aeo When hel he returned from the tue Ice-bound Ice regions of the tho northern Atlantic an and an- an announced announced an announced from Etah Greenland that h he had planted the tir American flag and his hia credentials farthest north the accepted his v nord ord and began beean to pay him the th homage homac of a hero ro In good graces he accepted until the Uni- Uni Uni University of Copenhagen began becan to check checkup checkup up on his ob erv and his hll log Perry came out of the tho Polar region and aDd flashed a 0 messa message e to the th world the the Doc Doe was a 0 take fake The Th admirals admiral positive and harsh language was sustained Bu by scientists Cook fought for tor bears years ears to establish a y t sL 1 I 45 e eDA DA 4 9 E ji Ad DOCTOR COOK coon claim but never succeeded He H went w to Brooklyn n where he lived Jived for or a a time and left there with aith the announced In- In intention In Intention of oC c more snore proof to his hi claim He Re turned up In South America On a tour of cities of that continent he ho underwent a change of mind and projected th the observation upon cne occasion that ha like to dl discover cover the tho south pol pole That was nas as the last of the Doctor The Tho 1 hid h worn orn off and newspapers dropped him Four vears ears ago aso he came to Fort Worth and set himself up In business Pt- Pt Ptas as an of oil field fields lie He made two or three public speeches In the Lone Star de- de defending de tending fending and reiterating hi hia claim that he was the th first man to reach tho North Pole Pol Reports current In rort Fort Worth have haveIt haveit It it that the Doc Doc ht h his brought his busIness up to the point where his bis In- In Income income In Income come In early carly 1923 1 23 is between bet and tO 40 0 daily dally Federal agents are Inquiring into that also He lie had little trouble the 00 cash bond required under the tho charge of having liquor In his llis possession and was released pendIng the tile effort of the grand crand jury to explore the facts and nd discover what It c can n about him |