The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-01-16
(By Associated Press. }

which resulted in his arrest in
france and an International scan.
Gal growing out of his attempts tc
purchase or corrupt French newspa.
pers In the interest of Germany, Bo
&c Pasha enjoyed a meteoric career
in Costa Rica.
Having received considerable
commercial reputation based large
N on credit obtained from Costa
Rican business men, Bolo became
the apparent owner of beautiful
farm and handsome residence in the
suburbs of Carriage There he enter
tanned on lavish scale until he be-
came enamored of a French actress
lavished presents upon her and final
ly fled with her, leaving his creditors
to seize his princely estate only to
discover that it had not been paid
for.
Bolo is said to have abandoned the
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 trav-
cling salesman for important and
well established manufacturing and
commercial firms in France. He was
ALWAYS seen well dressed, spoke sew
eral languages, had a most interest
ing conversation and good manners,
was gambler and quite fond Of
laying attention to women. He
soon made numerous friends and be-
ing plunger and hustler soon OBJ
tanned credit and launched into bus
iness He became the owner of
c9mmissaries and stores at different
places which he stocked full OF
goods purchased on credit from the
Wholesale houses in this city. His
business places soon doomed as the
result of his loquacity and facility
t. make friends and once he had es-
tablished a good trade for them he
sold one at a good profit. In these
transactions he formed the basis Of
Ills capital as it is a well-known
fact that when Bolo came to Costa
RIGA he did not have farthing to
his name.
III the purchase and sale Of these
business places he made several
thousand dollars but the climate OF
the Atlantic zone did not agree with
him and he was often troubled with
fever and malaria. Furthermore, his
longing for the easy and apparently
happy life Of bar-rooms and hotels,
enjoying the company Of beautiful
women and numerous friends, spur
red him constantly to come to this
city.
A Columbian by the name OF
Mozquera, who lived on a banana
farm quite close to one of the stores
owned by Bolo, became his very
close friend Visiting his friend,
Bolo made the acquaintance OF his
daughter, charming young girl cf
sixteen with whom at first sight he
became infatuated. The girl was
rare specimen of tropical beauty;
dark complexioned, tall, slender and
graceful; her eyes as dark as night
and her cheeks as red as roses. Fond
MS Bolo was of women he immediate
Nv went crazy over the girl but "Old
Man Mosquera" AS the father was
generally called, an affectionate and
faithful guardian of his daughter,
veteran of many a Colombian revo-
luton and a ready man to handle
a razor soon put stop to the love
affair
Soon afterward Bolo sold out all
mic stores in the Atlantic zone and
took refuge in this city where he
remained in hiding until he heard
that Mosquera in turn had also sold
mis- properties and sailed for Colon
bia. Once Bolo had overcome his
worry and anxiety over Mosquera, he
decided to engbge in agricultural
enterprises. This was in the latter
part of the year 1896 and it was
then that he purchased beautiful
farm, located in the suburbs of the
citv of Cartago and belonging to a
wealthy Costa Rican.
One of Bolo's first steps was to.
build himself a palatial residence on
the place and then actively proceed
Cd TO start various civilizations. His
residence was furnished in a princely
wey: the wine-room was stocked
with the best of liquors, among
which champagne was common
drink and frequently he invited his