Show RETURNS PRIZE SWIM CHECK CHECKI I V I It Woman oman Doctor Confesses Hoax After Naval aval Of Of- Officers Officer's titers ricers Demand i LONDON Oct 21 By By The As- As Ass Press The Press The Dally Dlly s I today y quoted quo d Lieutenant Commander L L. S 3 M. M Adam retired naval na officer who acted as pilot for Dr Dorothy Cochrane Logan In her hoax chan chan- channel channel nel swim as declaring that she only confessed to the fake when he and j another member of the party which width convoyed her demanded that she do doso dosa so so sa Dr Logan claimed that she he had hads' hads s' s deliberately perpetuated the hoax In Int t- t order to show hoW the th necessity of super super- supervision vIsion of such swims Dr Dr Logan gravely compromised ed her l honor by continuing to withhold certain tain facts about the swim s Command Command- Commander f. f er Adam declared and said he de decided de- de deT T 4 tided to make a full statement to theM the M papers As I found lies were iere ere being H tod to support her claim that she t. t swam the English En Ush channel I decided t to Insist that she make a full con con- conJ J 4 he said Mid aid Dr Logan concealed from him the ther ther r r fact that she had afoo accepted cc Baron Riddell's prize of o 1000 pounds s sterl sterl- sterling sterling I Ii i ing in for the woman who hI broke 8 the record held he d by Gertrude Ederle of or New York of or swimming the chan chan- channel channel nel net In 14 19 hours 31 minutes Com Corn Commander Commander mander mender Adams claimed DEMANDS WITHDRAWAL He learned of these acts he said ft when he read stories about them in inthe inthe the newspapers Then he and George 1 Woodward ard another member of the ty i party which oed her went to see ace acet t Dr Logan in London and demanded d i that the lie about the swim be with with- t drawn Commander Adam declared that the fact that he and Woodward d were l under grave ra ts suspicion I rO and threatened r t with serious consequences induced c him to make today's statement Dr Mr Dorothy Cochrane Logan In to confessing that sloe she had not swum the thel l channel said that before she set out it was determined te that If it she perpetrated perpetrated r afe the t hoax she e would u make k pub pub- public pubs s lic the full I facts within a 0 month mon after aUer tr Li the e swim I f i 1 She started the swim October 10 1 and her confession was printed In Inthe I r the News of the he World Barony a o Rid Rid- I f. f set g t dells dell's paper e last Sunday y She also d returned the 1000 pounds sterling I Ir r check presented to her for the he swim She said that before starting for lor Cape Griz Nez France nance she the wrote a a. letter stating that if it conditions were Iere I favorable she hoped to swim ther the r channel In Ina a a. straightforward man man- manI I ner ncr It If they were not favorable she he wrote rote she intended to get iet across r somehow with the he purpose of proving pro I the necessity of providing Independent umpires to prevent pre possible abuses ab s. s |