The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-02-15
B0L0 MUST DIE,
MILITARY COURT
QUICKLY RULES
Traitor Found Guilty After
Only Fifteen Minutes Of
DelibclatiOn.
VERDICT Is CHEERED
Accused Merely -ShrNgs
When Judges Announce
Unanimous Decision.
PROBABLY WILL BE SHOT
Attorney Attacks Raking Up
of Pasha'S Career in Days
Before War.
VERDICT Is CHEERED
PROBABLY WILL BE SHOT

raRts, Feb. i4--Bolo rasha was adj
juCged guilty of treason to-day and was
sentenced to death. probably before tho
firing squad, by the court-martial which
has been trying him on charges that he
conducted widespread propaganda in
which he purchased interests in French
papers with money supplied by Germany
for the purpose of weakening the morale
OF the French people and bringing about
"A separate peace between France and
Germany.
The court took only fifteen minutes
for deliberation. as the conviction of the
traitor was rendered almost certain by
evidence furnished by the American
state Department and Merton II. Lewis.
Attorney General OF tho state of New
York.
Hears Verdict without Trc cmOr.
Bolo heard Col. Noycr President OF
tho court-martial. pronounce the sem
tence OF death without the slightest
tremor amid an impressive silence in
the courtroom Merely shaking his head
and Struggling his shoulders as If to
say that II was hopeless to fight agairxt
the odds Bolo returned to his cell.
Awed by the soldiers with fixed bayo-
nets. those who had gathered in the
courtroom retrained from all demonstra-
ton. but the great crowds outside the
courthouse emitted q terrific roar ana
cheer of approval as word Of the sen
tence reached them. plainly showing the
favor which the sentence of death found
among the French people.
swiftly the news OF the coming execu-
ton Of Bolo spread throughout the city
Col. voyer had not completed reading
| Ibe sentence, when the cheers of the null
titdde outsftle drowned his voice '''.'-'r
The court-mavtial was unanimous il,
condennng Bolo. II stood for n time
four TO three against conviction Of Por-
chcre. bat finally compromised. six To
one. on conviction on the charge OF
commerce with the enemy carrying q
lighter sentence.
Technical Appeal Expected.
An appeal will he entered on n tech
ncality, but the general trend OF conf
nent heard in legal. journalistic and POD
ltical circles is: with Bolos deatiN
Boloism will die
Darius fo-ch-re. an accountant who
was 4 co-defendan; was sentenced to
three years imprisonment,
I'ilppo Caval.iui. another co-defend-
ant. who i' under arrest III Italy. was
sentenced to death. although he is not
within the courts jurisdiction.
When the trial opened to-day Alber:
SALES, the attorney for the Levantine
hnancier. made final plea for his
clients lie. He declared the trial of
Bolo Pasha had raised distinct doubts
a. to his guilt and charged an "abom-
Unable press campaign against Bolo"
with being largely responsible for the
almost general belief in France, pr!or
10 the trial. that his client was guilty
This press Clmpaign. he asserted. had
been instituted deliberately by Senator
Charles Humpcrt, former owner of Lel
Journal. after the Senator had failed to
induce Bolo to sell back the stock In Lc
journal at half the price BOlo had paid
for H.
NJ. Salles went lengthily into Bolo's
personality and severely criticised the
authorities. including Gen. Dubail. mill
tary governor Of Paris, for what ha
termed the pre5udgment OF the cnss
Before it came to trial!
Not on Trial for Rignmy.
The attorney scored the prosecutor.
Cant. Mornet. and Capt. Bouchardon OF
the Paris military court for raklng up
Bolos past and insisted that the pris
oner was not on trial for bigamy or
theft, but for treason.
so far as this court-martial is con
cerned," he said, "Bolo Pasha WAS born
In 1914"
Then followed a scathing arraignme:.t
OF all those prominent men and women.
once glad to be Bolo's guests who had
deserted him
In closing he pleaded, DO not con-
denim Bolo Pasha to satisfy public opin-
ion. DO not condemn him TO satisfy
public passion. DO not be guilty OF
miscarriage of justice that will be bit
terly regretted in nfter years
Bolo appeared to he depressed during
the latter part of NJ Salles's address
lie did not even brighten UP rs his at
torney attacked Adolph PaVenstedt, for-
iner head OF AmsinCk 4 Co. of New
York. for his deposition, or when
he characterized the German Embassy
at Washington as IA manufactory OF
perjuries." OF which Count Won Bern
storfr, the former Ambassador. was gem
eral manager and Pavenstedt his as
sistant
Salles thanked the American Govern
ment for the help it had given France,
but asserted that the good faith OF
Americans had been imposed upon by
I a. m irving tn