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      IN DIFFICULTIES AT NEW YORK
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[[STRIKETHROUGH]]Charlie came over to see me and explained his difficulty.  He believed that we should cancel all contracts except those which I could handle personally and urged that we give up the idea of having a second ship.  We returned together to Scranton and completed the contract there.  I had with me Charles K. Hamilton and had given him as much instruction as possible.  We then shipped the outfit to Montreal, Canada where I completed his instruction.  Hamilton was an apt pupil and learned to fly quickly.  I left them quite happy and contented and returned to New York where everything was ready for the exhibition on the following Sunday.[[/strikethrough]]
    The ball park was adjoining our lot and it was the plan to charge admission at the gate but, about ten o'clock Sunday morning, ^Mr.^ Jackson informed me the police would arrest me if we collected any money for admission.  This was indeed a blow and I could not understand it.  A police officer in plain clothes explained that an ordinance made it unlawful to charge admission for any kind of a public performance on Sunday.  He further explained that the matter could be fixed if I was willing to grease the obstructionists.
    I became quite indignant and must have said something to give the policeman offence for I never saw him again.  Mr. Jackson felt that we had better go ahead and give the performance and allow them to arrest me.  I would only have to stay in jail over night and would possibly be fined one hundred dollars.  This plan did not appeal to me but as the crowd was then gathering I decided on a course of action.  The time of the flight was advertised to be at three o'clock and at a few minutes before three a number of policemen gathered around the