"In Bridgeport, two men are working to perfect air ships. [ ] Until a week ago Friday they were associated [ ] but owing to a misunderstanding [ ] they separated and now each one is building a flying machine embodying his own ideas. [ ] Hermann Linde now occupies the flying machine factory in the West end of Bridgeport. [ ] Whitehead is working at his home on Pine Street."



"Whitehead is reported by Mrs. Whitehead of having discovered a letter Linde addressed to one of the mechanics whom he had emploxed, advising the mechanic to learn all he could and then withdraw from from Whitehead's services so he might apply his knowledge to construction work for Linde."

1902-04-05, Bridgeport Evening Farmer