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| daghka Newbie Singapore Joined 6998 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Speaks: English | Message 1 of 1 08 November 2005 at 12:28am | IP Logged |
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Found this in wikipedia...real interesting life..
Emilio Kosterlitzky, also known as Emil Kosterlitzky, (1853–1928) was a Russian-born polyglot linguist and soldier of fortune who eventually became a spy for the United States. Emil Kosterlitzky was born on November 16, 1853 in Moscow, to a German mother and Russian Cossack father. He was noted for his language ability; he spoke English, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Italian, Polish, Danish and Swedish. In his teens, Emil joined the Russian Navy as a midshipman. By 1871, at the age of 18, he deserted his ship in Venezuela. He traveled to the Mexican state of Sonora, where he changed his name to Emilio and joined the Mexican Army. During the 1880s he fought in the Apache Wars on the side of Mexico. He also assisted U.S. troops pursuing Apaches across the border under the 1882 U.S.–Mexico reciprocal border crossing treaty. Kosterlitzky became known to the U.S. troops, who called him the "Mexican Cossack." In 1885, Kosterlitzky became a member of the gendarmería fiscal or customs guard for the Mexican government. In 1913, Kosterlitzky was captured in Nogales, Sonora, by revolutionaries during the Mexican Revolution. He was jailed until 1914, when he, his wife, Francesca, and two daughters moved to Los Angeles, California, in the United States. He became a translator for the U.S. Postal Service. During World War I, he pretended to be a German physician. He returned to Mexico in 1927 to investigate a plot against the government of the state of Baja California. Kosterlitzky died in Los Angeles in 1928 and is buried in Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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