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Bolo Pasha, originally named Paul Bolo, was a Frenchman who was a Levantine financier, a traitor and a German agent.〔〔 He led a life of adventure: "he circumnavigated the globe, engaged in various curious occupations, participated in many shady schemes."〔〔 The French secret police and Scotland Yard tried and failed to collect enough evidence to convict Bolo Pasha, but eventually he was convicted of treason with the help of evidence collected by the New York Attorney General. He was executed by firing squad on April 17, 1918.〔 ==Early life== Paul Bolo was born in Marseille to highly respected, law-abiding parents.〔 Bolo's older brother was "an eloquent French prelate,".〔 Starting in his youth, Paul was the black sheep of the family. He changed occupations frequently. His first place of employment was a barber's shop, where he worked as an assistant.〔 After a few months, Bolo became the owner of a small soap shop.〔 After his soap business collapsed, Bolo decided to sell lobsters.〔 "For many months all went well. The sales were large, but the expenditures were greater than the receipts, and the venture went 'to the wall.'"〔 After that failure Bolo left Marseille, and it was rumored that he was involved with a silk manufacturing company in Lyon.〔 Later Bolo ran a photographic shop, taking pictures of customers belonging to various sectors of society, but this business also was short-lived.〔 His next stop was Paris, where he quickly became "a man about town".〔 Easy-going and intelligent, he became a frequent guest "in the convivial circles" of Paris. Soon Bolo married a woman who was both beautiful and charming. She was older and much richer than he was, but apparently the marriage was a love match rather than a confidence trick. When his wife died and left her fortune to him, Bolo was ready for new adventures, this time in Egypt.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bolo Pasha」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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