The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-30
KN0BL0CH, AIDE
 OF LIEUT.. FAY LIN /
 ESCAPE, TAKEN
Bomb Plotter Who Fled Federal Prison Arrested
 In New York.

New York, Sept. 3O-William Knobloch, who, with Lieut.. Robert Fay, the German bomb plotter, es- capped from the Federal penitentiary n Atlanta, Aug. 29, was arrested at o'clock yesterday afternoon in the
 employment bureau of the National Committee on Prisons at No. 15 Park
 Row. He said Fay deserted him eight days after they had left the
 prison by using forged gate pass. Detective George Busby of Capt Tunney's bomb squad, had been wait ing near the employment bureau since last Wednesday when Knobloch call- ed there in search of position
 With Assistant Superintendent Baker of the Department of Justice he took Knobloch to the office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on the ninth floor of the building where he was arrested. There he was question ed.
 Fay Proposed That They Escape. We had a terrible time of it." Kncbloch told Capt. Offley of the Department of Justice, and Capt Tunney. Fay proposed the geta- way. I thought he had a bunch of
 money, so I fell in with the plan. We worked in the electrical shop, so it wasSeasy to get out on forged pass.
 After we were well out of sight of the prison Fay toAd me he was
 broke. Then I knew that we would be up against it. We walked at
 night and during the day we stayed in thu woods or hid in corn fields. The
 only food we had for the first five days was raw corn, potatoes and ber-
 ries. Near Hillsboro, Ga., legged a
 dollar from a minister and we got
 some coffee.
 "On the eighth day, Fay told me
 we had better separate, as he believ- ed we were in danger of being caught. We shook hands and I gave Fay a quarter. Then he entered the woods and I never heard from him again." !,
 Goes to Wife in Baltimore.
 Knobloch, by riding freight trains, made his way to Baltimore, where his wife and three children live He
 had been convicted in that city last
 May 9 and would have earned his
 parole from prison next month. He
 arranged with his wife to meet her
 in Hoboken, where he intended. to live
 under the name of Charles Neu-
 man.
 Early Wednesday morning Knob
 loch went to the home of David FL
 kan, an auctioneer at No. 1031 Faiie avenue, the Bronx, whom he had
 known since childhood. From FL
 kan he borrowe1 s5 which he said would tide him over until he could
 find work.
 Several hours after he left the FL
 kan home Knobloch called at 'the of- fee of the National Committee on Prisons and asked the woman clerk if job for him had been found. He reminded her he had written from Atlanta prison 'that he would be pa- roled about the middle of October. Didn't youX escape with Lieut.. Fay?" the woman asked f"I did," said Knobloch. .'but I will go back as soon as 1 can get Q little
 money for>my wife, The poor wom-
 an is starving.''
 Sing Sing Notifies the Police.
 While Knobloch was waiting, the clerk communicated with Sing Sing
 prison, in an effort to consult with
 Warden Osborne. In the absence of
 the warden one of his assistants took
 the message and then notified Police Commissioner Woods. Detectives Busby and BarnitzN got
 in touch with Capt. Offley, and ar engagements were made to seize the fugitive when he returned to the em-
 ployment bureau.
 When he entered tle clerk teie-
 phoned to Capt. Ofleys office, where
 Busby and Baker were waiting.
 Knobioch, who at first denied his Identity, was locked up in the Green
 Nich street station. He will be turn