The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-14
HEARST ENTERTAINED BOLO.
STATES ATTORNEY ACCUSES
NEW YORK PUBLISHER.
French Traitor and Notorious Ger
man Frequent Visitors ut EDITORS
Home, Says Official.

New York, Aug. 11.-Merton E
Lewis, States attorney general, de-
| clared in statement tonight that he
could show by series Of af1idavits
that William Randolph Hearst, the
newspaper publisher, had received a.
his home, at the same time, on two
OR more occasions, Bolo Pasha, who
was recently executed by France fol
treason, and Count Won BernStorff
the former German ambassador tc
the United States.
Moreover, Mr.. Lewis asscrt:I, he
was prepared to show, b. l-tany affi-
davits, that Count Won l:v "nStorff was
frequent visitor at the Hearst home
at about the time of Bolo's visit to
New York in the spring Of 1915, when
Bolo obtained $1,683,000 from Won
Bernstorff with which to carry on the
same German peace propaganda in
France that Hearst was then conduct
ing in America.
Mr.. Lewis claimed that it had been
shown "by the testimony Of Hearst's
Paris correspondent, Bertelli, given on
the trial of Bolo for treason, that, in
stead Of Hearst meeting Bolo only
once, he met him three times" These
meetings, according to Mr.. Lewis, oc-
Cured when Hearst entertained Bolo
at luncheon; Bolo entertained Hearst
tertained Bo1o at theater party and
supper"
Included in the statement were cop
les of nine affidavits regarding visits
to the Hearst apartment house alleged
to have been made by Bernstorff and
Bolo. Some of these affidavits were
made by chauffeurs who said they had
driven Bernstorff, Bolo, or both, to
the Hearst home at 1877 Riverside
Drive, on one or more occasions,
while others included those by the
door man, superintendent and eleva
tor boy at the apartment house.
An affidavit by Harry Block, a form
,er taxi driver, now employed at the
Brooklyn navy yard, said: ION one
and possibly two occasions remem-
Der distinctly driving Count Won Bern
.storff to No. 137 Riverside Drive in
company with a stranger whose photo
graphs are shown annexed" and
waited for them about 40 minutes"
(These exhibits were said by Mr..
Lewis to be photographed Of Bolo.)
Carl J. Fredriksen, another chauf-
feur, deposed that he could identify
photographs of Bernstorff and Bolo
as those Of two men he had driven
together to the Hearst home during
1916" They remained there two
hours, according to the affidavit.
Alexander P. Gazollo, now a private
in the National Army at Camp Dew
ems, in his affidavit said he was an
elevator boy at 1877 Riverside Drive,
asserted he took Bernstorf to the
Hearst apartment five or six times and
Bolo three or four times, and recalls
distinctly taking Bolo to the Hearst
apartment once when BernstorR was
still there"
Asserting that employees Of the
house had nicknamed Bernstorfi
Duke de la Brew and Bolo Duke de
Ia Car," the Gazollo affidavit added
that the testator remembered seeing
an invitation to Bolo for a costume
parry gwen III tiAo iio1i 81 iioiiiS' Wv
that he did not know whether he at
tended the party for the guests ar
rived in fancy Dress
Charles H. Jerome,s superintend-
ent of the apartment house, stated in
his affidavit he recognized 'the man
shown in the photograph as a gentle
man who called upon Mr.. Hearst on
at least two occasions to my knowl-
edge, and was known as The Pasha."