Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-20
AGENTS OF THE j. s.
CATCH GERMAN SPY
Arrest !. T. T. Lincoln on the
Streets in New York
City.
SEVERAL WEEKS SEARCH
WINDS UP ON BROADWAY
After Escaping Deputy Marshal, He
Went About Freely Disguised
as a Farmer.

/ NEW YORK, February 19-Ignatius T
T. Lincoln, former member of the British
parliament and self-confessed German
spy. who escaped January Is from the
! custody of a United States deputy mar
shall after his arrest here August 4, 1915
! at the instigation of the British govern.
ment, was rearrested at o'clock tonight
in front of a Broadway restaurant. He
was taken to the 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
to the fact that the proprietor of a
lodging house where he had engaged
quarters learned his identity and at
tempted to extort $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
ficers who questioned him that he never
| would have run away if the United
States government, which was aware OF
attempts of the British government tc
Made Mistake About Trunks.
In the absence of Capt. William NJ
| Of1ey, chief of the local investigation
of the Department of Justice, what Lin
coin said to the authoritiea here after
his arrest was not officially made pub
lie Beyond the announcement that he
had been taken in custody by Special
Agents John ]. Grurevich and Niels
Chalmers, no information was forth
coming regarding his arrest.
| You people never in the world would
have caught me-" he declared. "if
hadn't made mistake about my trunks
| think the people where l mad the
| trunks recognized me several days ago
and notified you. so that when l wen,
| back there today you were waiting ior
back
While being questioned by Mr. Dun
ham and the secret service agents, Lin
| coin became angry and protested In
ernment had not treated him fairly or
he would not have run away.
| The Washington officials know what
| is behind this persecution he was
heard to say This Is Ism nothing hing Sdn., Snt
treat me fairly. wouldn't have run
away IL they had, but I am only HUI
man. ri be game. though. I'll take
wh8tss coming to me.
Arrested by Baltimorean.
The government agent who arrested
Lincoln is attached to the Baltimore
ONCE of the secret service and has been
| working on the case since Lincoln es-
capped.
When he saw the fugitive on the
| street tonight the detective decided to
| take no chances. He pressed a re-
volver against Linco1n's body and ad-
| vised him to submit to arrest quietly.
| You needn't do that" said Lincoln,
smilingly: I'll go along with you
| After his escape, Lincoln told his
! questioners, he went to South ANYBODY.
N j.. where he disguised himself as a
farmer and went about with no fear
of his identity being learned. He made
frequent trips to New York and rented
room in the vicinity Of the spot
| where he was arrested.
| After Lincoln had been questioned at
| length he was taken to the Raymond
street Jail in Brooklyn for the night
| Still handcuffed and guarded by two
United States deputy marshals as we'll
| as by two detectives, he was given In
to the custody of United States Marshal
Power of the eastern district of New
York. from which he had escaped.
Defed oMcial to Catch Him.
| Lincoln escaped from the custody OF
United States Deputy Marshal Francis
!