Arizona republican., 1918-08-12
HEARST RECEIVED BOL0 AND GERMAN
 ENVOY SAYS LEWIS
Republican A. p. Leased Wire1

NEW YORK. Aug. 11.-Merton E. Lewis. state attorney general, declared in a statement tonight that he could show by a series of affidavits that William Randolph Hearst. the news paper publisher had received at his home. at the same time. on two or more occasions. Bolo Pasha, who was recently executed by France for trea- son. and Count von Bernstorff. the former German ambassador.
 Moreover Mr. Lewis asserted that he was prepared to show. by many affi- davits, that Count von Bernstorff was a frequent visitor al the Hearst home at about the time of Bolo's visit to New York in the spring of 1916, when Bolo obtained S1,6S3,000 from von Bern stoTff with which to carry on the same German peace propaganda in France that Hearst was then conducting in America"
 MT Lewis claimed that it had been shown by the testimony of Hearst S Paris correspondent, Berte1li, given on the trial of Bolo for treason, that. in stead of Hearst meeting Bolo only once. he met him three times" These meet ings, according to Mir Lewis, occurred when Hearst entertained Bolo at luncheon: Bolo entertained Hearst at Sherry dinner and Hearst enter tained Bolo at a theater party and supper
 Affidavits Taken Q. Included in the statement were copies 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 137 Riverside drive on one or more occasions. while others | included those by the doorman, super intendent and elevator boy at the apartment house.
 An affidavit by Harry Block. ( former taxicab driver, now employed at the Brooklyn navy yard. said that lon one and possibly two occasions remember distinctly driving Count vor
 Bernstorff to No. 137 Riverside driv,
 in company with stranger whose pho
 tographs are shown annexed an,
 "waited for them about 40 minutes"
 (These exhibits were said by Nil
 Lewis to be photographs of Bolo)
 Carl J. Fredriksen. another chauf
 feur, deposed that he could identif
 photographs of Bernstorff and Bolo a
 those of two men he had driven to l gether to the Hearst home "durin , 1916.' They remained there two hour. } according to the affidavit.
 } Alexander F. Gazollo, now a privat 7 in the national army at Camp Deven } in his affidavit. said he was an eleva
 tor boy at 137 Riverside drive. as serted he took Bernstorff to the Hears r apartment five or six times and Bol three or four times and recalls dis : tinctly' taking Bolo to the Hear l apartment once when Bernstorff wa
 still there"
 { Duke de La Brew" Asserting that employees of the hou: e had nicknamed Bernstorff Duke ( 5 La Brew" and Bo1o Duke de La Car Gazollo's affidavit added that he r,
 membered seeing an invitation sent !, Bolo for costume party given in Il | Hearst apartment but that he did n, y know whether he attended the part \ for the guests arrived in fancy dress Charles H. Jerome, superintendel e of the apartment house. stated in h r affidavit that he recognized the ma d shown in the photographs as a gentle 1t man who called upon Mir. Hearst ( l. at least two occasions to my sknow . edge and was known as "the pasha.' e Heast Issues Statement Il MT. Hearst late tonight issued
 statement in which he declared tn; 1T "the intimation that Count von Berr 1T storff and Bolo Pasha met at n
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