The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-04-27

E0l0 PaSha was shot AZ spot re-
served for The shooting of traitors 10
france i'm the forest Of FincenneS. just
outside Paris. Day after day since he
frs; announced after the hour Of the
execution OF the death sentence had
been fixed that he wished 10 make
statement, EOlu had STAYED off The IA
tai moment by making further revela-
lions. Each day AT the end of his
statement tho examining magistrate
had asked:
is that all?"
Each day Bolo, sick in heart, and
brain, had forced himself 10 SAY:
No, no, it is not all-tUmorrow |
will tell you something else.
Solo hoped his life would b. spared,
although it was universally felt that IN
spite of the light which he at the last
moment threw on the cases against en-
Premier CaillauX and Senator Hum
bert, his doom was fixed
Il shall not be shot" he told his
guards confidently even the day before
his death "At the last moment some
thing unexpected will happen.
The condemned man gave his guards
the impression that he expected GER
! lain Spanish bank 10 intervene vita
proof that he had million francs de-
posted there and that the German en-
prror would arrange for this fact 10 be
! proved in order 10 save his life.
| All these fantastic hopes vanished at
! :, the morning of his death. when Bolo
, was awakened by the governor of the
rriSon enI arinp his cell
: Have courage. Rolo,' said the gov
! crnor. You must preparc Yourself
Realized His Fate.
| Bolo Slalumcred: What? WHAT
! Then. when he realized the awful
truth, he fell hopelesSly back upon
his bed Ry supreme effort he
pulled himself together and put on a
new suit of clothes which his brother
Mgr Bolo, The famous. preacher. had
brought him previously. Automatlcal-
~ he adjusted his white tie. smoothcd
out the, folds Of his coat, put on soft
felt hat and white gloves and quietly
declared himself ready.
Bolo was placed in motor car and
WAS driven rapidly out 10 NinccnneS.
Al the entrance Of the ancient castle.
; Eolo was taken out Of the car and
handed over by the prison governor 10
the military authorities.
He was obviously all in and would
have fallen had no not been held up by
q guard. His face was the color Of
chalk When he was called on TO sign
The register he was able TO take of
his glove. bur tho signature. sprawlinG
all across the pag''. gave evidence OF
his frantic state of mind.
The condemned man was then led
back 10 the car. which. surrounded Oy
an escort of cavalry at sharp trot.
was driven rapidly off to the shooting
post in the forest nearly mile from
the fort.
His Last Request.
Bolo reached the fatal post one min
ute before t o'clock. The firing party
already was drawn up. 1t was COM
posed Of three Sorgoants, three cor
poralS and six private soldiers, all
armed with rifles and under command
Of a lieutenant with. a drawn sword.
Bolo was taken out of the acr and
led TO the post, where the sentence Of
the court.mariia was slowly read to
him. He listened like man already
dead. and seemed not to hear a word
of the grim phraSroloGy.
Soldiers attached his inert body TO-
the post with straps, and he was asked
if he wished to have his eyes ban
daged. Rolo made another desperate
effort 10 pull himself together. and
succeeded in nodding his head in the
affirmative. As a soldier was tying Il !
blue handkerchief over his eyes, Bolo
said in 4 voice from which all tone
had gone:
Don't tie it so tightly"
4 moment later the lieutenant IN
command OF the firing party lowered
his sword, and twelve rifles spoke as
che Bolo died instantly.
The body WAS placed upon the floor
of a military wagon. and surrounded F:
by the escort OF trotting cavalry with ,
jingling squire and rafting swords. the !;
vehicle numbered Off rapidly into tho !
woods