The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-19
NO TRACE FOUND
 OF GERMAN SPY; CAPTOR SUSPENDED

the British Parliament, who is a self confessed German spy, and had been held in the Raymond street jail in Brooklyn awaiting the decision of the United States Circuit Court of Alp peals, which may command his ex- tradition to England, where he is wanted by the authorities for forgery. escaped from the custody of Deputy United States Marshal Francis J. Johnson while the two were dining at a restaurant teFulton and Pierrepont streets, Brooklyn, on last Saturday af- ternoon. The fact. however, was not made public until yesterday.
 Capt William M. Off1ey, chief of the Bureau of Investigation under tne United States Department of Justice for this district, has a number of his men on the fugitive's traiL as has United States Marshal James M. Power of Brooklyn. but it was gen orally admitted yesterday that the chance of a speedy capture was les- sened by the fact that Deputy Mar 5ha1 Johnson did not at once notify his superiors of Linco1n's escape, and spent Saturday and Sunday in fruit less search all by himself
 Captain Offiey was very much upset by the escape of the prisoner. He ad- rnitted that he had been accustomed to have have the man brought every few days from the Raymond street iail to the Federal building at Wash ington and Johnson streets, where Lincoln was, interrogated by United States agents concerning the work of ro-German spies in this country.
 Government off1cias. both in Wash ington and this city, were emphatic in their denia1s of report that Lin coin had been told that he would find escape no very difficult matter if he would only consent to aid this gov ernment in it's work against the pro German plotters against the enutral- iSy of the United States.
 On the day of his escape, Captain OffeyZ said, Lincoln had been in the United States MarshaPs eff1ce in the Federal building in Brooklyn, engaged in translating several documents in which the Departm ent of Justice was very much interested. Captain Off, fey denied that the fugitive had talk en any of the papers with him, as- serting that as soon as the escape was known everything had been care fully chacked up and nothing was found missing.
 The Secret Service men were all very much exercised yesterday over the fact that nothing had been heard of Lincoln.
 ''We simply must get that man. was the way one official put it when asked why Linooln's escape should have caused such excitement.
 After he had finished his work at the United States Marshal's office, Lincoln and his guard started back to the jail. On tue way over they stopped at a restaurapt for something to eat, and LincotA Asked the deputy marshal for permission to go to the 1avatory for a moment.
 His request was granted and the prisoner disappeared. Johnson wait ed for some tinfe for his charge~to re- - -i<s<7 and went to look for him .only to find that Lincoln had escaped.
 Keeps Escape Secret.
 The deputy marshal was nearly frantic, according to official of the marshal's office in Brooklyn, and in- stead of reporting the matter at once went to seek Lincoln himself. He failed to find him and on Monday he broke down in Marshal Powers office and confessed that Linco1n had escaped. At Raymond street Jail nd attention had been paid to the non return of the prisoner, as Lincoln was in the custody of the United States had been last seen with a United States officer.
 Johnson was suspended at once. and Washington was notified The officials there forbade the giving out of the news of the prisoners escape until yesterday afternoon, when the marshal made his brief announce ment. N
 Where Lincoln is now. Federal off, cia1s are frank to say that they do not know. It was admitted yesterday however, that a letter from the fugi- tive had been discovered by the Secret Service men. which had been mailed from stsoinewh ere in the Bronx since his flight. They are now working on the clue provided by the postmark.
 Addison. s. Pratt of 61 Broadway, who has been the counsel for Lincoln, yesterday that he had not heard from his client for the past week. He refused to say anything concerning Linco1n's escape.
 Officials in the office of the United States district attorney, /Snowden H. Marshal, would not admit. yesterday that they had ever received any aid from Lincoln in the investigation which is now being carried on before grand jury, but it was said there that Captain Off1ey might have found the prisoners information of value. LincoIn's Fight for Release.
 Lincoln was first arrested on Aug. A. 1915, on the complaint of the Brit ish Consul General in New York city. acting under instructions from the British Ambassador. twas charged that, late in 1914, Lincoln had forged the name of a we'll Known English man in getting a West End company of London to discount bill for him, leaving England immediately after ward.
 Lincoln was arraigned before Judge Van Vechten Veeder and held to await e.xtradition to England. Lincoln then applied to Judge Thomas l. Chatfleld for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that Great Britain really want ed to get him within her jurisdiction in order to try him as spy, passing it's belief on the contents of a book that he had written, "The Revelations of an International Spy"
 Judge Chatfeld refused to grant the writ after he had received assurances from the British government that 1t would not try Lincoln as a spy, and the case was taken into the United