The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10
RTSSII'S SpY JiCOBSON Y.
The Death ora Notorious Character In OBJ
.curIty After "a Slrange Career.

NJ. jacobson. the notorious Russian agent
aud aGita'or. died thi~ morning In n Budapest
hospital, lonely uad forsaScn. after a ten days
illness. His name will be familiar to every
newspaper rcair" IN Europe rs the author Of
the famous compilation of secret documents in
reference u Russian plots in bulgaria, and vas
for II time til" right hand man of Stambuloft.
and formerly the assistant and cOnfidaut OF
NJ. IIi;rovo. the Russian agent at Bucharest.
His origin was Of the ubrcurr>t. According 10
the Russians. his nam" was Noises ..hrIIno-
witch, and his family Is st;ll to be found among
the Jcws of southern Russia. But when lie
first obtained employment rs n clerk in the
itussiaa Consulate in sofia under tOnsul-tirn.
cral iiitrovo. lie called himself Michael lvano-
witch jacobson. and. II H. believed. was Il con
vert to the orthodox faith. Re very soon nc.
CURED such an intimate knowledge of men and
things in Bulgaria thai NJ. HitruvO. who knew
well how to choose his instruments, by de
grees took him into his confidence. and made
his reports and observations the basis OF his
own com municatton" TO the Asiaiic depart
ment in It. Petersburg. Jacobson was 81 ver-
honest in money nattcr,. that wien NJ.
Hitrovo had 10 leave linIgtria and was pro
moIed TO the rank or Minister n Buchnr,st'
ferred To kustchuk. the services there OF II
MAJ Ike jacobson were considered indisp"n-
salir. and he was accordingly appointed to the
Official post of dragoman :" tic .'u>tchuk Con
suiatc; lie Wa prlyy. ron u distance. to the
AZ der. ana continued his services until after
L, failure Of Gen. Kau!bar's mission.
On the Withdrawal. Of all the Russian Com
by his former chef, NJ; IIitrovo, and made
4rasnman of the %les"tion in BucharcCt.
tcrmcdlary between the Bulgarian refugees in
Ronmania and Russia, and their fellow con
spiraturs NJ home, and u distribute subsidies
among them. 1t has been proved beyond, all
question that he helncd TO organIze the plots
aEa!ms. The lifq Of NJ; Stam1u!"G. and /, later td
smuggling Of arms and ammunition. Including
dynamite. into, bulgaria. In u word, lie took
proI uganda, the funds for which were placed
at the disposal OF NJ. IIitrovo. and so useful
we're his services considered that the Asiatic
department, as wsli as Tie Slavunic Bencvo-
lent Society, entcrsd into direct correspond
euce with him.
ing Russian hOnors aud distinctions, the APP
pointment 10 a, representative post IN the East
unfortunately for nj prospects; ne qNnrrelicd
with VI. llitrovO over the subsidies Ia the
refugees and the money sent from u. Peters,
burg. Of which. Go asserted, u considerable
portion found It's way into his chiefs pockets,
while he himself was expected &" renee n de
tailed account. The quarrel lasted long enough
TO give hin time % prcpar" Ia: his ltimNi
dismissal, His preparations, consisted In tnk-
Ing couics of documents ia the archives OF the
legation IN some eases only hu'ty cDplr,,
which accounted for lh" errors IA dates NJ d
nnmGs that were "t'fr%RF I,mS'TH "Ht a a
least 30 Ier cent. al the 80 documents he sub
segpentIy ,inni'shoI were Grnuim", m! they
lpNl ~ Nv ~ . HNTIaAAA ~" I'VE ~ -lh thN ~
ihat time wlirh. de,crvcdlY brought tat power
into contempt,
VITA y number Of original documents which
he purlutHrl, ana with copies at the rest, ia
Cnbson lctt OuLhap'a tor london, whore he
made offers 10 u publisher that were declined.
Thence Ice went TO Nirana md Belgrade, aud
finally to Sodr, where. in VI. Stdmhulnif, he
found Ire man who. could appre 'tate Linn and
lii manuscripts mt their true value. The irSt
six OF his llprrS were prhli-hrl Iy. the Srp-
L0HH, aud made n sensation throughout In.
ruuc lcfOrc the remainder were put together
i'm book form aud published in bulgarian and
French. lie was promised lO,UOu francs BY
the editor vf the Sruhwu that l. 10 SAY, hv
StnmhuIuf- hut actually never received moro
with IA smRll post under the bulgarian %liONcra-
mrut. His real position, however, was that OF r.
Government shy, whose duty + was TO mud out
and give warning Of plots; and not only did hs
more than uncc save tho lives Of Prince FCrdi-
nHnd aud VI. StamhuluIf, but he even enabled
the latter 10 warn The King OF Servia. Indeed,
thanks In his vigilance and acuteHess, the Sc
crct police II bulgaria were at that time tho
Nj. StnmLrilof fell. and with him departed
the glory ul jacobson. lie stayed ia bulgaria.
100 long, aud when hg fled To belgrade was AR
rested ~ the demand Of the Russian Minister,
hut released after the papers In his possession
had been lAkeh from him and sent % -.
Petersburg. About n fortnight ago he ar.
rived at HudaI est, III and destitute, recognized
only by one former acquaintance a writer ON
hded the rest ~ his doc uments and his viii.
He died Of phthists.. from which he had been
suffering for some time. Prince Ferdinand In
ConstaEtinople and NJ. HitruvO In Toxic viii
learn OF his death with c~uriously mixed feel
mgs,