Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-01-15
METEORIC CAREER
OF BOLO PASHA

SAN JOSE, Costa Rican Jan Is
II keeping with the financial opera
ton as q German propaganda which
resulted in his arrest in France and
ar international scandal growing out
OF his attempts to purchase or cur
rupt French newspapers in the inter-
est of German, Bolo Pasha enjoyed a
meteoric career in Costa RIGA.
Having received a considerable com
mercial reputation based largely on
credit from Cost Rican business men,
Bolo came the apparent owner of
beautiful farm and handsome residence
il the suburbs of Carriage. There he
entertained on a lavish scale until
he became enamored of French ac-
tress, lavished presents upon her and
finally fed with her, leaving his credit
or to seize his princely estate only to
discover that it had not been paid
for.
IJOlO lS SdlU W ilbfC t1buildOh~N SA|
actress in Colon, Panama, leaving her
to mourn the loss of money and jewels.
Paul Bolo, as he was known here,
came to Costa RIGA posing as travel
ing salesman for important and we'll
established manufacturing and com
mercial firms in France. He was al
ways seen we'll dressed, spoke several
languages. had a most interesting con-
versation and good manners, was a
gambler and quite fond of paying at
tention to women. He soon made
numerous friends and being plunger
and hustler son obtained credit and
launched into business. He became
the owner Of commissaries and stores
at different places which he stocked
full of goods purchased on credit from
wholesale houses in this city. His
business places soon doomed as the
result Of his loquacity and facility to
make friends and once he had estab-
l;shed a good trade for them he sold
ore by one at a good profit. In these
transactions he formed the basis of
his capital, as it is we'll known fact
that when Bolo came to Costa RIGA
he did not have a farthing TO his
name
II the purchase and sale of these
business places he made several thou
sand dollars, but the climate of the
Atlantic zone did not agree with him
and he was often troubled with fever
and malaria Furtheromre, his long
ing for the easy and apparently happy
life of barrooms and hotels, enjoying
the company of beautiful women and
numerous friends, spurred him con-
stantly to come to this city
A Colombian by the name of MOI
guerra, who lived On a banana farm
quite close to one of the stores own
ed by Bolo, became his very close
friend. Visiting his friend Bolo made
the acquaintance of his daughter, a
charming young girl of sixteen, with
whom at first sight he became infat-
uated The girl was a rare specimen
of tropical beauty dark complexion
ed, tall slender and graceful; her
eyes as dark as night and her cheeks
ac red as roses. Fone as BolO was
of women, he Immediately went crazy
over the girl, but odd Man Mosquera"
AS the father was generally called
an affectionate and faithful guardian
o. his daughter, veteran of many
Colombian revolutions( and a ready
man to handle razor, soon put
stop to the love affair.
Soon afterward Bolo sold out all
stores in the Atlantic zone and took
refuge in this city, where he remained
in hiding until he heard that Mos
ouera In turn had also sold his prop
critics and sailed for Colombia. Once
Polo had overcome his worry and anx-
ietv over Mosquera, he decided to en-
gage in agricultural enterprises. This