In 1857 he emigrated to London, where he collaborated with Zenon Świętosławski, who worked in printing. In 1862 he came to Warsaw as an emissary of the Gromady Rewolucyjnej Londyn of London which he had led along with Świętosławski, January Krynski and Ludwik Oborski. lieutenant caused an outrage that he had been able to reenter Poland under a British passport using the alias of John Bret.He tried to persuade the peasants to start a national uprising.
A participant of the January Uprising, he fell into an ambush during the attack on the van with the money.
On November 20, 1862 he was captured by the Russians and was killed shortly afterwards in Warsaw.
He was considered to be a prominent Polish socialist.