The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-06
ARRESTED on FORGERY
CnAReE--REALLY SPY
one Tsnae Member OF British Hoase of
Commons, Born In Hungary. Held
COR English.
SAYS is TRUNrED UP CHARGE
Declares It Is Conspiracy to Get Him
Back 10 England and There Shoot
Him As Spy--Offense Extaditablc.

Ia New York. Aug. 5.-IgnatiuS Tim
cthy Trieieh LIncoln--the Lincoln
part o. his name, he says, he as
! sumed legally in England, one time
I member Of the British House of Com
nons but later said to be German
SPY, was committed to the Raymond
Street Jail today by United states DIS
trict Judge Van Yechten Needer. in
Brooklyn, following his arrest early
this morning on a forgery charge.
The charge. according 10 treaties
between the United States and Great
britain. is extraditable. and the
q prtsoncr may not be freed on bail
bending the arrival of papers from
London. Tribieh, or as he prefers 10
be known. Lincoln, insisted today that
the forgery charge against him has
been suddenly trumpet up" by Great
Britain so that he may be taken back
to English soil and shot as a spy.
For four years he was private sec
Rotary To Benjamin S. Rowntree.
wealthy cocoa MANUFACTURED ana
phiianthropist Of London, whose
name. according to the warrant of ar
rest issued BY the United States Gov
eminent at the instance OF Great
Britain was forged by Lincoln year
ago.
Says is Trumped Up.
t'But this charge" said Lincoln. rs
all n conspiracy Of the English to get
bold Of men on their own soil. why.
fusi before / sailed from London Tor
America last January / saw MT
Rowntree in the National liberal cluo
In London and we chatted pleasantly
nG-eat Britain charges that the
forrer.es am accused Of were utter
"a By me in London back in July,
: 1914. Well. lived openely in London
from July, 1913, until ! sailed under
my own name for America on the
liner Philadelphia on January 30 last.
I've lived free and above board here
too received mail under my own
name. ard never made any attempt 10
conceal my whereabouts
THE whole thing Is this: On May
rs last. and again on May so. pub
nshed In a New York Sunday paper
come writings along the lines of what
will appear in the hook I am now
finishing. Revelations Of An lnterna'
t.onai Spy' England and the English
papsrs made a fuss over the reVela-
tons I told and they knew that
have a vast store OF Information sui
20 disclose. none OF II favorable &c
England in the present war, so, al
Of a sudden, they trump up this fofg'
cry charge so they can get me oacA
TO the Tower and shoot me as
spy.s'
- Was Born In Hungary.
From his few remarks II was gain
3 cred that ne was born in Hungary anc
during childhood and for many year,
after he was a Jew. After compietins
his studies in Hungary, he says NJ
went TO England, There he tackec
the Lincoln 10 his name and be
came interested In politics.
From 1905 10 1909 Lncoln acted a.
private secretary to Mr. Rowntree
During this period. he said, he wa
xert 10 the continent by the British
teanttalset TO collect economic data 4
be used by Mr.. Rowntree in BOOK
Lincoln saws that In the book pup
assres under the title of Land an
Labor: Lessons From Belgium" MI
Rcwntree gives Lincoln credit IN IN
preface for the work he did In get
ting the data together.
"a 1T was largely through that book
lincoln continued. that l was electe'
the Liberal member OF Pariiamen
from Darlington. had become
' pr,fish subject in 1909 and was elect
"A 10 the House of Commons Il
1910"
Various shifts in religions an
citizenship have taken place In IN
mans life, according to his own story
First he renowned Judaism and De
came a member of the Church Of En- g
land--an orda ined member. he main
tasns--while on visit to CanaoH
From a Hungarian subject he hecam
1 British subject. and finally only
short time ago he took out MS mrs
- srs 10 become a citizen of tn
United States.
The imposing looking warrant
which was accompanied by an al
ndavit sworn to by Hugh A. Forf
BRITISH senior vice~conyul OF the por
81 New York. charges that Lincoi
adid commit crimes CT forgery an
obtaining money by false pretenses'
In July and October. 1874. in Londof
The sums which 1t is charged Lincoi
so obtained amounted to about 30
500.