The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-02-15
DUEL BETWEEN
FRENCH SL[UIHS.
ONE THE AGENT OF TERRORIST
ORGANizATlON-ALL PARIS
THRILLED.
FACT FIvALS FICTION
ment When Sent to Mines
Made His Escape
Memoirs Published.

F.! Paris. Feb. 14.-Paris is witnessing
one of those sensational Iuels he
tween detectives, which SENS to be
long more properly to fiction than to
fact
One one side is Azey, the Keenest,
most Jaring man in the Russian Sc
cret Service. This master of dis
guise, wno for 12 years risked his
life hourly among the revolution'sts,
wos only 35 years old when he Joined
the force, and was sent as a spy
among the Terrorists. Not until
1905 did they wholly trust him so
that, though he knew the death
sentence had been passed on Crank
Duke Serglus, he was unable to pre-.
vent the assassination.
The next year he was made a
member of the executive committee
of the Terrorist organization, and
thwarted the attempts to kill Grand
Duke Nicholas and the Czar.
Azev lived in the Boulevard Ras-
pail. Paris, with his wife and child
in a very modest way. Indeed this
game in which his life was at stake
brought only $4,000 a year.
WAile Azev was betraying the
TerrorIsts they had spy in the
very heart of the secret police, who
was risking his liberty to furnish
them with inside information. This
was Bakai, slim. dark, spectacled
nan of 30 years He held an import
ant position inr thes ecret police,
being paid like Azev only $4,000 a
year. - -
He furnished to the Terrorists
documents containing annual police
reports. lists Of warrants and false
nas sports. In this fight of spy
against spy nc betrayed the police
department., while Azey betrayed the
Terrorists
Bakai was caught first, tried and
sent to Siberia, Bourtzer head of the
Paris police branch of the Russian
Revolutionists, organized his escane
by the underground railway from Si-
IBERIA to Paris Today the former
police agent displayed a series Of IL
In which he tells how he
played the part of Russian detec.
tive for years, while all tne time he
was working actively for the Revo-
lutionists. who were spreading ter
ror and death In Moscow. the depart.
ment which was under his charge,
In these memoirs. which began IA
today's Matin. rakai described In
great detail the treason Of Azev. He
is quite safe. for there is no way OF
extraiiting him from France.
Meanwhile that too clever detec-
tive. disowned by nis chiefs and
tracked by 100 Terrorists sworn 70
take his life. has been wandering
over Europe in various disguises. His
wife and child have been so closely |
shadowed that he dared not com
with them by letter or
even send them moned
Pcnniless. they we're forced 10 |
leave the apartment In the Boulevard
Raspail aud are now in lodgings In
a small street In the Latin quarter
Friday. while Bakai, accompanied |
leading men Of the Terrorist party |
In France, was closing arrangements |
Tor the publication Of mis- articles
Azcv accomplished probably the
boldcst feat Of his adventurous ca
-eer. when he called at his wife's
lodgings. klssel his wife and chill
iren. and left with them si0o Then
la vanished into thin air. The news
u this daring visit to Paris created
IN immense sensation In Revolution
,ry circles II Is believed that he
vent through Paris by the night
rain to Turin Bakai has sworn TO
run him down. Thus one 5000 spy |
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