Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-20
ESCAPED GERMAN
SPY REARRESTED
1gnatius T. T. Lincoln, Former
Member of British Parliament,
Again in Custody.
LOCKED IN BROOKLYN JAIL
Would Not Have Run Away, He
Says, if u. S. Government Had
Treated Him Fairly.
LOCKED IN BROOKLYN JAIL

NEW YORK, February l9--lgnatius
l. r. Lincoln. former member OF tho
British Parliament. and sclf-confcssed
German spy, who escaped ON January
- from the custody Of United States
deputy marshal after his arrest here on
August I. 1915. at the instigation Of
the British government, was rearres,ed
At O'Clock tonight in front OF n
Broadway restaurant. He was taken
10 Tie Offices OF the Department Of
Justice. where he was questioned be-
hind closed doors for more than two
hours Later he was removed to Ray
mond Street Jail. in Brooklyn. where
he had formerly been a prisoner.
Lincoln declared his capture was due
20 the fact that the proprietor of a
lodging house. where he had engaged
quarters. detected his identity and at
tempted to eHtort $3.50 from him in re-
turn for the surrender of his baggage.
He declined to make a statement to
newspaper men. but asserted TO the Of
!icers who questioned him that he never
would have run away if the United
States government. which was aware
OF attempts Of the British government
to persecute him, had treated hin,
fairly"
LINCOLN's STATEMENTS NOT
OFFICIALLY GIVEN OFT
In the absence of Captain William NJ
Onley. chief OF the local bureau OF In
vestigation Of the Department OF Jus
t!cc. what Lincoln said TO the authori-
ties here after his arrest was not Of
fcia!iy made public. Beyond the an
nouncement that he had been taken il,
custody by Special Agents John j.
GrEurevich and Mel 6. Chalmers. no
information was Forthcoming regard :
ing his arrest. The governmcn. agent
who arrested Lincoln is attached to
the Baltimore Office Of the Secret Ser
vice. and has been working on the
case since Lincoln escaped
When n. saw the fugitive on the
street Tonight. the detective decided
TO TAX" no chances. He pressed re-
volvcr against I.incoln's body and ad-
vised him to submit TO arrest quietly.
You needn't do that" said Lincoln
snilingly. I'll go along with yor
quietly enough"
After his escape. Lincoln told hi:
auestioners he went to South Ar,boy
y. j.. where he disguised himself rs
q farmer, and went about with nc
fear OF his identity being learned. Ht
made frequent trips to New York. ant
rented room in the vicinity OF the
spot where he was arrested.
ESCAPED WHILE DINING
WITH DEPUTY MARSHAL.
Lincoln. who is an Austrian. escaped
from the custody of United States
Deputy Marshal Francis J. Johnson
while the two were dining together
In restaurant In Brooklyn. He had
been a prisoner in Raymond Street ;ai'
awaiting a decision Of the United States
Circuit Court OF Appeals on the app!i.
cation of the British government 70,
his eHtradition to England to answer
a charge that he forged two bills oi
exchange. one for s2Oo and one for 1900
his alleged victim in the latter case
being man who had been his bene-
factor.
After his escape he persisted in writ
in" letters to local newSpa pcrs. dcfyinc
the government TO capture him. He
asserted that he would not surrender
unless given assurances that he would
be treated AS political prisoner, and
not as an alleged criminal