LIFE OF ADVENTURE.
PRESIDENT LINCOLN’S SPY. The death is announced at Los Angeles of the gentleman-adventurer and soldier of fortune, Colonel John Someski, a direct descendant of King Jolm 111., of Poland. . , G During the American Civil Mar, bobieski acted as President Lincoln s secret agent, time and again penetrating the Confederate lines disguised as a Polish- refugee, and collecting valuable military information tor the Federal forces. _ , . , . . After the Civil War, Sobieski. went to Mexico, and enlisted in the service of Juarez. the Indian President ol Mexico, in Kis struggle against Emperor Maximilian. Sobieski was m charge of the firing party, when the Emperor, falling into his enemies hands, was shot. He was later in danger of being shot by the Mexicans himself, but was eventually pardoned on account of his gallant services . . The beautiful daughter of a Mexican "eneral rode 500 miles, after the manner of one of the characters in Ouida’s romantic novel, Under I '' ° Flagsto obtain bis pardon from the Commander-In-Chief of the Mexican Army.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 82, 17 January 1928, Page 3
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