Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-02-20
BOLO PASTA TO
Die FOR TREASON
Convicted of Conspiring with
Germans for the 7ef--t
of France.
give VERDICT IN IS MINUTES
Prosecutor Closes Case by Saying That
France Has Escaped the GraV-
est Danger Since the
Marine.

Marine.
Paris, Feb. 15.-Bolo Pasha was SEN
fenced to death for treason.
The court-martial which condemned
Bolo to death deliberated for only 10
minutes.
Darius Porchere, an accountant
who was codefendant, was sentenced
to three years Imprisonment.
Filippo Cavallinie, another codetenh-
ant, who is under arrest in Italy, was
sentenced to death, although he is not
within the courts jurisdiction.
Captain Mornet, prosecutor, ire
uuently punctuated his argument with
the emphatic request, Il demand SEN
tence of death"
Intrigue Over Two Worlds.
Bolo Pasha's personality paled into
insignificance as Captain Mornet I'M
raveled the tangled German intrigue
involving prominent personages IN
many countries and extending over two
worlds.
Captain Mornet dealt at length with
the question of Bolo's use of German
money he is alleged to have received.
He maintained that Germany did not
expect any immediate results from the
purchase of LIE Journal, but had an
eve to the far future, even perhaps at
ter the war.
''This is only one instance of trea-
is merely the first chapter. Other
chapters will follow"
The evidence from the United States
appeared to be the strongest card OF
the prosecutor, and on it he dwelt at
length.
He rebuked Mgr. Bolo, brother of the
accused man., for suggesting that the
American evidence was manufactured
and false.
After saying that France had es-
capped the gravest danger since the
Marine, Captain Mornet closed as fol-
lows:
'"The eyes of our allies are on us. In
the eyes of France we are judging
man who attempted to do in France
what has been accomplished in Rus
STA. We must show no weakness. The
world is fighting for its liberty.
SIN times of peace I have stood here
many times asking the death penalty
for a miserable individual guilty of
murder, and it was not without a
twinge of regret But today, without
pity or mercy, but with a sense of
stern duty to my country and our al
lies, I ask for DEATH"
BoIo Pasha's Career in U. S.
The Bolo Pasha case is of unusual
interest to Americans, as most of the
evidence on which he was convicted of
treason and as a peace propcgandist
in behalf of Germany was developed
here. He came to the United States
early in 1916 with representations that
Germany was ready for a separate
peace with France, which would be IA
vorable to France, in that Germany
was willing to cede a part of Alsace-
Lorraine and France to cede to Ger
many a part of the French colonies.
He induced many to believe that he
was a French patriot and was endeav-
orlng to mold peace opinion through
the purchase of French journals, but
testimony developed that his real pur-
pose was to obtain the French journals
on behalf of the Germans through the
transfer of Berlin gold to Paris. His
object in coming to New York was to
get into touch with Count Won Bern
stOrff.
Through Bernstorff $1,70O,0OO was
sent from Berlin to America and by
devious ways was sent to Paris, there
to be used by Bolo in promoting the
German peace propaganda.
Investigations in this country con-
Quoted for the French officials showed
that Bolos millions came from the
Deutsche Bank of Berlin to the banks
New York agent, who deposited the
money with six New York banks.
From these Bolo received $1,600,000,
which he deposited with the Morgan
bank and the Royal Bank of Canada.