The sun., 1918-04-17
Bolo's Career Checkerea.

Aateef SheckefG0s
The career of Paul Bolo. possessor Of
a questionable Egyptian title and one of
the central figures in the greatest inter-
| national intrigue OF modern times. reads
like creation of the fctionist Dumas
As much rs II does OF actual and cur
| rent world events.
Bolo's rise from obscurity and his
| fl-st employment as \ Earcon co.ffeur or
| BARRIERS assistant. As the vocation would
| be described in America. to become the
associate of the deposed khedive Of
Egypt, the possessor Of q fortune. the
! intimate Of men in high places In three
or four European countries and his SUBJ
seouent conviction for treason after he
had become the subject Of terrible public
oAiun In, his Mature land. Dssss. . tsls
that equals in sensat atiOnalism any N the
long list Of criminal sensations. In the
history Of France.
The mans consummate nerve. through
the exercise Of which he obtained large
.credita from some OF the greatest bank.
Ing houses In the world and upon which
! he attempted TO buy the French newspa.
per lie Journal and collect the money
from German agents later, seems TO
have been the Anpeillnx influence in his
! makeup.
Boio IL sa!dto have been born In Mar
se!lles. where he began life as . barber q
assistant when but boy in his teens
, Tonsorial artistry apparently did not
offer wide enough field for the am.
bi'ious and adventurous youth and
he soon gave 1t up to become
interested in certain form OF
lottery then more or less popular In
France. He began In a small way with
| wheelbarrow AS \ stand but soor
business was 80 good that he was able to
acquire aInall shop. He offered for
| sale large quantities OF soap In small
cakes for Ave cents each. He alver.
] tised that in several OF the cakes there
vera concealed ten franc gold pieces
Business was good until the gendarmst
!nterfe.ed and confiscated his stock.
Failed In Lobster Business.
The barber and the soap enterprises
seem to be about the only clean occupa.
tions that Bolo engaged in. When he
was forced to abandon his soap lottery
he engaged in the lobster business with
a partner. but In about q year tho busi-
ness collapsed. The partner was ru
ined. but Bolo turned up at Lyons vel
supplied with funds Hnd organized a
Photographic establishment. The life
time OF the last enterprise was short
and Bolo was next heard Of as ar
| agent lot WlHeb anu IlQueuTS IN part
nership with II German baron named
Saalneld.
Baron Saalfeld had much the same
experience as Bolo's partner In the lob
ster business. The wine agency came "a
grief. and when numerous warrants were
| issued for BOlos arrest he moved Il
Paris. where he married a woman very
much his senior In years and possessed
Of a comfortable fortune. When she
died a short time afterward Bolo inner
tied her money.
, Bolo was now able to follow what.
ever bent his mind might fancy. He
next turned up In Egypt. that Mecca OF
men and women Of his type. II did moi
take him long to see the opportunities
there. and In n short time he had se-
cured the ear OF the Khedive. Abbai
Hilmi. whose irregularities in nnancia
matters were already becoming the
scandal OF the I.evant. Abbas saw In
the Trenchman the very man that hi
needed az a pawn or tool In the many
shady transactions that he had undel
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