Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-02-20
.BOLO PASTA TO
Die FOR TREASON
Convicted of Conspiring With
Germans for the Defeat
of France.
GIVE. VERDICT IN IS MINUTES
Prosecutor Closes Case by Saying That
France Has Escaped the Grav-
est Danger Since the
Marine.

Paris, Feb. 15.-Bolo Pasha was sem
fenced to death for treason.
The court-martial which condemned
BOlo to death deliberated for only Is
minutes.
Darius Porchere. an accountant.
who was codefendant was sentenced
10 three years Imprisonment.
Filirpo Cavallinie, another codefend-
ant, who is under arrest in Italy, was
| sentenced to death. although he is not
| within the courts Jurisdiction.
Captain Mornet. prosecutor, fire.
quently 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 un-
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
eye to the far future, even perhaps af-
ter the war.
This is only one instance of trea-
son in France" said NJ. Mornet. This
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 d"nger since the
Marine, Captain Mornet closed as fol-
lows:
THE eyes of our lies are on US. In
the eyes of Franceth,e are judging a
man who attempted to do in France
what has been accomplished in Rus
sia. We must show no weakness. The
world is fighting for its liberty.
''In times of peace have stood here
many times asking the death penalty
for miserable individual guilty of
murder. and ii 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. ask for death"
5oio 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 separate
peace with France, which would be fa-
vOrable TO France, in that Germany
was willing to cede a part of Alsace-
Lorraine and France to cede to Ger
many a pert of the French colonies.
He induced many TO believe that ne
was a French patriot and was endeav-
Oring 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 $1,700,000 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 Bolo's 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.