Affidavit of Louis Lazay, Jan. 4, 1936

Before the Wrights Flew, p. 83-84

"Whitehead [ ] started on a vacant lot next to the circus grounds. This is where he made a flight. His plane was driven by a gasoline motor. It was about 1900. I am 50 years old just this month, and this was about the time when I was 14. He lived on Pine Street next to the Protestant Church. His shed was on the lot now owned by Racocci. He had ropes on the plane to tow in starting it, and also started the motor. Junius Harworth was in the plane at the time. He went off the embankment on Bostwick Avenue and landed in a ditch. The distance must have been at least 175 to 180 feet. The machine rose about as high as 30 to 40 feet. This was a folding wing plane. This particular flight occured in the spring or fall, but I am inclined to think it occired in the spring. The flight took place on what was known as the flats, but it was not marshy. The ground was hard. It was near the St. Stephen's School, between the woods and the edge of town. This was all vacant then, with only a few houses on Bostwick Avenue and Spruce Street."