Octave Fariola: Belgian mythomaniac freebooter, gwarzon yakin Amurka, ɗan tawayen Irish kuma injiniyan Siamese

Octave Fariola

Ba na bukatar in gaya muku haka sosai Farang Waɗanda ko ta yaya suka ƙare a Tailandia, a ce aƙalla, adadi ne masu launi. Daya daga cikin mafi yawan hasashe babu shakka Octave Fariola, dan kasar Belgium globetrotter wanda rayuwarsa ta sha'awa ta kusan kama da wani littafi na picaresque.

An haifi Octave Fariola a ranar 30 ga Mayu, 1839 a Liège a cikin dangin Louis François Fariola, mai biyan kuɗi a cikin sojojin Belgium tare da Swiss-Italian. Tushen da Marie Marguerite Octavia Libert, mace mai cin gashin kanta. Lokacin da Octave yana da shekaru 13, mahaifinsa ya mutu, wanda a halin yanzu ya zama mai mulki. Ya kasance kamar yaron kungiyar don yin karatu a cikin kudin kasar Belgium a makarantar da za ta shirya shi don horar da jami'ai a Makarantar Soja a Brussels. Bayan shekaru biyar, Octave ya sauke karatu daga KMS a matsayin farkon ajinsa. A matsayinsa na sabon Laftanar, ya shiga cikin rundunonin carabiniers a kan dawakai, rukunin sojan doki mai nauyi.

Ranar 15 ga Oktoba, 1861, ya auri Jeanne Catharina Neukind a Schaarbeek kuma ma'auratan sun kasance kamar suna da kyakkyawar makoma a gaba. Bayan shekara guda, a ranar 1 ga Oktoba, 1862, amma abin mamaki Fariola ya yi murabus daga aikin soja. Ba a bayyana abin da ya kasance a tsakanin wannan rana da lokacin rani na 1863 lokacin da ya yi hijira zuwa Amurka ba. Shi da kansa ya sha bayyana cewa shi mamba ne na sirri carbonaroal'umma sun yi yaƙi tare da jajayen riguna na ɗan juyin juya halin Italiya Guiseppe Garibaldi a wannan lokacin. Duk da haka, labari Scotland Yard Bayan 'yan shekaru baya, amma abin da aka ba da wani lokacin halin mythomania na jarumin mu, yana da kyau a ɗauka da ƙwayar gishiri…

Lokacin da ya sauka a New York a ranar 27 ga Yuli, 1863 tare da matarsa ​​da 'yarsa Octavia Frances 'yar watanni shida, ma'auratan sun bayyana wa hukumomin shige da fice na Amurka cewa an haife su a Ingila kuma sun ba Fariola.makadi' A matsayin sana'a… Shi ne na farko kuma ba ko kaɗan ba ne karo na ƙarshe da wannan ɗan ƙasar Liège zai keta gaskiya a Amurka. Sun kare ne a cikin kasar da yakin basasa ya wargaza tsakanin kungiyar (Arewa) da kungiyar (Kudanci). Mai sha'awar kasada, Fariola kusan nan da nan ya shiga aikin sa kai na yaki a cikin sojojin Tarayyar. Ya ɗauki aiki a ranar 10 ga Agusta, 1863, a matsayin ma'aikacin ma'aikaci a cikin gidan Janar Nathaniel Prentice Banks, ɗan siyasan Republican wanda Lincoln ya mai da shi babban janar. Bankuna, wanda bai yi wani tasiri sosai a farkon watanni na yakin ba tare da mugun halinsa a cikin kwarin Shenadoah, yana a lokacin a New Orleans inda ya kasance babban jami'in Sojojin Gulf ya shagaltu da shirye-shiryen ɗaukar rafin kogin Mississippi.

Corps de Africa

A halin da ake ciki dai an samu karin girma zuwa kyaftin din Fariola, wanda zai fi dacewa a ce shi mutum ne mai kokari, ya nema kuma ba da jimawa ba ya samu canjin wuri kusa da gaba. Ya ƙare da ɗaya daga cikin raka'a masu launi na farko, 5^th Rundunar Sojojin Afirka, wanda daga baya ya zama 77^th Rundunar Sojojin Amurka Launi ya zama. Yin hidima a cikin naúrar launi ba ta da haɗari. Kungiyar ta Confederates ta yi barazanar kashe jami’an farar fata da ke ba da umarnin wadannan rukunoni idan sojojin Confederate suka kama su…. Domin a sauƙaƙe cewa ƙananan jami'an farar fata sun ji an kira su don yin aiki a irin waɗannan sassan, waɗanda suka yi za su iya dogara ga ci gaba da sauri.

A ranar 1 ga Maris, 1864, Octave Fariola ya zama Laftanar Kanar kuma kwamandan 96. ^th Sojojin Sojojin Amurka Masu Launi, rukunin da aka kafa a tsakiyar watan Agusta 1863 a matsayin sashin injiniya. Sojojinsa sun fi yin aikin ginawa da kula da gadoji da hanyoyi, amma kuma sun shiga ayyukan kewaye kamar su Fort Blakely na Sipaniya da Fort Blakely a Mobile Bay, Alabama. A cikin wannan aikin yaƙi na ƙarshe ya sami kusanci da wani ɗan ƙasar, Colonel Victor Vifquain. Wannan ɗan ƙasar Brussels ya umarci 97^th. Jami'an Tsaro na Illinois kuma, saboda halinsa mai ban sha'awa a cikin tashin hankali na Fort Blakely a ranar 9 ga Afrilu, 1865, za a yi masa ado da kayan ado. Lambar yabo.

Bayan da sojojin na Confederate suka kama, Fariola ya samu nasarar korar shi daga rundunar a ranar 29 ga Janairu, 1866. Ya yi ƙoƙarin yin rayuwa a matsayin mai shukar auduga a Louisiana. Amma tsohon jami'in da ba ya hutawa ya zama ba za a yanke shi ba don bucolic, zaman ƙazanta a matsayin manomi na ɗan adam. Kusan shekara guda bayan haka, ba zato ba tsammani ya tashi a birnin Paris, tare da dan uwansa kuma tsohon shugaban kungiyar Tarayyar Turai Vifquain da kuma dan wasan Faransa Gustave Cluseret, ya shiga cikin shirye-shiryen kungiyar juriya na Irish karkashin kasa. Feniyanci don tayar da makami.

Gidan yarin Kilmainham a Dublin

Ta hanyar amfani da sunan Eugéne Libert, ya tafi Ireland a ƙarshen Janairu 1867, inda a cikin Maris ya shaida fiasco na Feniyantawaye zai iya faruwa. Rashin shiri da ma muni da makamai, wannan tawaye ga mulkin Birtaniyya a kan tsibirin Green Island ya lalace tun ma kafin a fara shi. Ya gudu zuwa Landan inda aka zarge shi kuma aka kama shi jim kadan bayan isa wurin da yake buya a titin Oxford akan kudi fam 100. A ranar 15 ga Yuli, 1867, an daure shi a gidan kurkukun Kilmainham na Dublin saboda cin amanar kasa. Ya shafe watanni shida a bayan gidan yari kuma ya bayyana Via Dolorosa, azabar da ya sha a cikin mako-mako na Faransanci. La Liberte.

Ba wai kawai ya tabbatar da cewa mai kula da gidan yarin Henry Price ya baje shi ga maziyartan masu sha'awar samun kuɗi ba, amma haƙurin nasa kuma an gwada shi sosai ta hanyar ziyarce-ziyarcen da wani limamin coci mai kishin addini ya yi wanda ya fi nuna damuwa game da ceto Fariola. Duk da haka, babban azabar da ta same shi ita ce ana ta karanta littafai akai-akai waɗanda ba su dace da ingantaccen ɗanɗanon adabinsa ba… zamansa a bayan gidan yari ya zaburar da tunaninsa mai ban sha'awa domin ba wai kawai ya yi ƙoƙarin yaudarar Scotland Yard cewa shi ɗan Swiss ba ne amma kuma. cewa mahaifinsa kirga ne kuma daya daga cikin kawunsa bishop wanda ya kasance makusancin Paparoma Gregory na XNUMX.

Ranar 20 ga Disamba, 1867, an sake shi daga kurkuku bayan, kamar wasu da dama Feniyanci, an yanke masa hukuncin kora zuwa Australia. Duk da haka, akwai wani abu na musamman game da wannan mataki a rayuwar Fariola, domin babu sunan sa a cikin jerin mutanen da aka yanke wa hukuncin. Don haka yana yiwuwa Fariola ya fusata, wanda ya ji ƴan jamhuriyar Ireland sun yi watsi da shi, zai iya musanya da dama. Feniyanci cin amana kuma an ba shi izinin gina sabuwar rayuwa a Ostiraliya tare da taimakon Birtaniya. Sanarwar da aka tabbatar da cewa an sake ta ta hanyar Richard Burke, 6 ^th Lord Mayo da Sakataren Gwamnati na Ireland, ba wai kawai sun biya kudin shiga Australia ba, har ma sun karbi kudin aljihu £ 35. Magani daban-daban fiye da tsoffin abokan aikinsa Feniyanci wanda aka riveted a cikin baƙin ƙarfe a ƙarƙashin bene…. Kasancewar a lokacin da Fariola yake gidan yari an tabka muhawara a majalisar dokokin Amurka akan nasa.take hakkin 'yan kasa' da gwamnatin Biritaniya tare da rubutaccen shawarwarin da William Fielding, sannan shugaban ma'aikatar sirri ta Burtaniya ya bayar don 'a hankali da wanda ake tuhuma', ƙila kuma ya ɗan yi tasiri.

Jim kadan bayan isowarsa Australia, Fariola ya maye gurbin takobi da garmawan. Kuma a fili wannan ya biya. A cikin ƴan shekaru ya mai da Magnolia Plantation a cikin Wide Bay, Queensland, zuwa labari mai nasara. Ba wai kawai ya noman kadada 250 na mafi kyawun rake a duk yankin ba, har ma ya samu nasarar bullo da aikin noman zaitun a yankin da ke kewaye da itatuwan citrus da peach. Duk da haka, ba nasarar da ya samu a fannin noma ba ne ya kawo shi ga manema labarai a shekara ta 1874, amma batun kisan aure mai ban sha'awa. Bayan haka, matarsa ​​ta zarge shi - daidai - da zina da zalunci. A lokacin shari'ar, jama'a da ke fama da rashin kunya sun yi wa jama'a barka da zuwa lokacin da aka bayyana cewa Fariola ta auri Jeanne Neukind a lokacin tana da 'yar shekara goma sha shida, wanda hakan ya sa wannan auren ya sabawa doka… zargin zina da Neukind kuma ya nemi diyya £2.000. Babu tabbas ko da gaske akwai kisan aure, amma yana da tabbacin cewa (tsohon) matarsa ​​ta koma Turai kuma ta mutu a Marseille a 1890.

Fariola a hukumance ya kira kansa Don Octavius ​​​​Louis Francis Stephen Fariola dei Rozzoli de Libert. Yana fama da matsalolin kudi saboda kamuwa da cutar fungal da ta yi barna a dukiyarsa da kuma aure cikin rugujewa, ya bar duk ayyukan noma a shekara ta 1877. A matsayinsa na Frank S. Fariola de Rozzoli, an bashi lasisi a matsayin mai binciken a Sidney. Fariola ya zama a gida a duk kasuwanni kuma a cikin 1879 ya zama marubuci. Bayan haka, a waccan shekarar tunaninsa, ba tare da wani fantasy ba, ya birgima daga manema labarai a ƙarƙashin taken ruri da ban mamaki.Daga cikin Fenian'.

Ko ya sami damar jin daɗin nasarar da ya samu a matsayin marubuci na dogon lokaci yana da shakku, domin bayan ƴan shekaru sai gajimare masu duhu suka sake taruwa bisa kansa. Fariola ta sake shiga cikin wani abin kunya lokacin da wata Susan Elizabeth Frazer ta bayyana shi a matsayin uban 'ya'yanta guda biyu. Takardar aure daga New South Wales Civil index ta goyi bayan ikirarinta. Wataƙila don hana ƙarin matsaloli, mun sami Fariola jim kaɗan bayan haka a New Zealand da Borneo, inda a wannan karon ba tare da kamfani mata ba - ya kasance injiniyan farar hula a ayyukan share gandun daji da gina gadoji, hanyoyi da layin dogo.

Babu tabbas ko a cikin 1890 ko 1891 ne Fariola ya taka kafa a Bangkok. Tabbas, ko da yake, tun kafin ƙarshen 1891, an ɗauki Sarki Chulalongkorn aiki a matsayin mai kulawa da mai tsara ayyukan najasa a babban birnin Siamese. Daga aiki 'Iko, Identity da haɓakar Gine-ginen Zamani daga Siam zuwa Thailand "Na Noobanjong Koompong ya riga ya bayyana cewa Fariola ita ma za ta dauki nauyin hakar klongs iri-iri da sauran ayyukan magudanar ruwa. A bayyane yake aikinsa ya ci gaba kuma an nada shi babban injiniyan birnin Bangkok. A cikin wannan matsayi, tare da haɗin gwiwar Chulalongkorn ta amintaccen Phraya Thewetwongwiwat, an ba shi babban ra'ayi don sabunta babban birnin Siamese. Ba wai kawai ya inganta aikin samar da ruwan sha ba, har ma ya dauki nauyin gina bandakunan jama'a. A matakin birni, ya magance batutuwan tsara sararin samaniya kuma shine farkon wanda ya raba Bangkok zuwa yankuna daban-daban. Octave Fariola ya kuma fara haɓaka sashen tsara birane mai cikakken iko da manufofin ba da izini. Tare da injiniyan Italiya Carlo Allegri, ya kasance tare da alhakin fadada Dusit da gina gidan teak na Wimanmek.

Kusan babu makawa, 'Jarumin' namu shima ya fadi saboda fara'a na Siamese mai kyau a Gabas Mai Nisa. A cikin Oktoba 1894 ya auri Aun Arudeng. A wannan watan, ma'auratan sun ƙaura zuwa wani katafaren gida da ba shi da nisa da Kogin Chao Phraya a kan titin Charoen Krung. An haifi 'ya'ya biyu daga wannan aure: Louis a ranar 5 ga Yuni, 1897 da Margarete a ranar 3 ga Nuwamba, 1901. Ta tabbata cewa Fariola yana aiki a gwamnatin Siamese akalla har zuwa farkon 1904, amma kuma an sake samun gibi a kansa. tsarin rayuwa. Shin ya rasa tagomashi, ya sake samun matsalar aure, ko kuwa ya yi ritaya?

A cikin kaka na 1905 ya koma Amurka, ba tare da matarsa ​​da 'ya'yansa. Wataƙila Aun Arudeng ya riga ya mutu a lokacin, saboda a ƙidayar Amurka na 1910 an jera shi a matsayin. bazawara, kodayake maganganun da Fariola ya yi ba koyaushe suke gaskiya ba… Ya fara zama a matsayin masauki tare da wata mata 'yar Italiya a Gundumar Columbia, Washington wacce ke kula da gidan kwana ga zawarawa. Sa'an nan kuma mu same shi a cikin daya na 'yan shekaru Gidan Soja a cikin gundumar Elizabeth City a Virginia. Saboda rashin abin dogaro da kai, ya bukaci gwamnati ta kara masa kudin fansho na soja. Saboda ba zai iya yin aiki ba saboda raunin lafiyarsa da kuma la'akari da matsayinsa da cancantar sa, Majalisar Dattawan Amurka ta amince da 'Bill na sirri' mai kyau wanda ya kara masa fensho daga $12 zuwa $30 a wata.

A cikin Janairu 1912 ya koma New Jersey City, New Jersey inda a ƙarshe ya mutu shi kaɗai ranar 17 ga Satumba, 1914. Umarnin Soja na Rundunar Sojojin Amurka ya biya tare da shirya jana'izar sa tare da tabbatar da cewa bayan yawowar da ya yi, mai girma Laftanar Kanar Fariola ya samu hutun karshe a makabartar karramawa ta Arlington ta kasa.