The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-07-10

O6OD say' a " oI, Pun , ans.
dor Standard. His
name will be familiar TO every news
paper reader In Europe as the author OF
the famous compilation OF secret docu-
ments In reference to Russian plots In
Bulgaria and as for a time the right
hand man OF Stambulon and the assist
ant and conGdant OF NJ HitrOyo. the
Russian agent at Bucharest. His ORR
gin was OF the obscurest. According
10 the Russians his name was Noises
Abramoyltch. and his family Is stlll
10 be found among the Jews OF south
ern Russia. Hut when he first obtain
ed employment as a clerk IN the Rus
sian consulate In Sofia. under Consul
General Hiiroyo. he called himself
Michael lvanovitch Jacobson, and II Is
believed. was a convert 10 the orthodox
faith. lie very soon acquired such an
intimate knowledge OF men and
things In Bulgaria that NJ Hi,rovo,
who knew well how TO choose his in
struments. by degrees took him into
his confidence. and made his reports
and observations the basis OF his own
communications TO the Asiatic depart
ment In 81. Petersburg. Jacobson was
so versatile. 80 modest. and. at the
same time. so honest In money mat
ters. that when VI. Hitroyo had to leave
Bulgaria and was promoted TO the rank
Of minister In Bucharest. while the CEN
ter Of the Russian agitation was trans
fcrred TO Rustchdk the services there
" a man like Jacobson were considered
Indispensable. and he was accordingly
appointed 10 the official post OF drago-
man 10 the Rustchuk consulate. Tie
was prlvy. from distance. to the
Gruen Benderefi plo, 10 kidnap Prince
Alexander and continued his services
tlll after the failure Of Gen. Kaulbar's
mission. on the withdrawal OF all the
Russian consulates from Bulgaria he
was petitioned for by his former chief
NJ. Hltrovo. and made dragoman OF the
/ legation In Bucharest Here he was
required to act as secret intermediary
between the bulgarian refugees In Rou-
mania and Russia and their fellow
conspirators al home and To distribute
subsidies among them.
II has been proved beyond an ques.
lion that he helped to organize the
plots against the life OF NJ Stambulon
aud. later. against Prince Ferdinand
ana assisted In the smuggling OF arms
and ammunition. Including dynamite
.rto Bulgaria. In a word. he tool
upon himself the dirtiest work Of th'
Russian propaganda. the funds fo
which we're placed az the disposal %
f HltrOyo and 80 useful were hil
cryiccs considered that the As.atil
apartment. AZ well as the SlayoniD
Benevolent society. entered into dlrec
correspondence with him Tie was a
one time within an ace OF receiving
Russian honors and distinctions. th
lppointment to a representative post ID
the east having been distinct.
promised 10 him. But. unfortunatel,
for his prospects he Quarreled will
NJ Hiirovo over tho subsidies 10 an
refugees aud the money sent from 81
Petersburg. OF which. he asserted.
considerable portion found rs way int
his chiefs pockets. while be- himsel
vas expected to render q detailed aC
count The quarrel lasted long onoug
20 give him time 10 prepare for hi
ultimate dismissal Ills preparation
consisted In taking copies of docu
ments la the archives OF the legation
, in some cases only hasty copies. While
accounted for the errors In dates an
names that were afierward single
ont IN a Russian reply 90 his bool
But. Il not an. at least 30 p,
cent OF the 900 documents he subs'
! qucnily published were genuine. an
, they told q tale oi Russian methods
, sgi,atlon at that time which deserved
i brought that power into coniemp
: with a number OF original document
o which he purlolncd and with copies
u the rest. Jacobson LET, Roumania e
y London. where he made offers TO
= publisher that were declined. Them
y he went To Vienna and Belgrade m
, finally to Sofia. where I'm NJ StamhulC
ne found the man who could apprec' q
him and his manuscripts al their on
value. The first six OF his papers We
a published by the Syoboda and made
/, sensation throughout E,.opc bcio
!, the remainder were put together
I, book form and published In Bulgart
and French. He was promised 1919
francs By the editor Of the Syohoda
that Is to say. by Samhuloh but new
received more than about 5000 fran
y being compensated with a small pc
~ under the Bulgarian government !
I" real position. however. was that OF
y government spy whose duty Il was
!" nnd out and give warning Of plo
y and not only did he more than on
~ save the lives OF Prince Ferdinand a
NJ stambuloff. but he even enabled
latter to warn the King Of Serv
Indeed. thanks to his vigilance a
OF acuteness. the secret police Of b
20 garia was at tina, time the best
~. Europe.
oil N. stambulofl fell. and with him