The Washington times., 1922-05-07
DAPPER JOE 8 .
POLICE ALLY
NOW SOUGHT
Baltimore Sergeant Will Be
Brought Here to Confront
Jimmy Thief.

Identity Of the Baltimore police
sergeant who, It is charged. graft.
cd more than $4,000 from Dapper
Joe Lauzon, while the million dol
lar jimmy thief and professional
cracksman as looting Washing
ton apartments, has been estab-
lished.
tification. the Baltimore officer will
confronted by Lauzon. who Is held
at the District Jail on charges OF
stealing more than s25O.O0O worth
Of gems and Liberty bonds In the
Capital.
Should Lauzon identify the Of.
fiCer-he already has said he would
hesitate to do sO--the sergeant will
he stripped of his police equipment
and locked up on charges of aid.
ing and abetting the Jimmy thief
Identity of the police sergeant and
his connection with Lauzon came
about through a letter received by
Inspector Clifford l.. Grant. chief
of detectives. As soon as Inspec-
tor Grant received the letter. con.
tanning the police officers name.
he sent IL TO Deputy Marshal of
Police George G. Henry. OF the
Baltimore police department.
II developed yesterday that the
police sergeant not only knew that
Lauzon was looting the National
Capital. the homes OF members of
Congress. Of the Diplomatic Corps
and other distinguished and lesser
lights of the Capital. but was
aware that the notorious and dar.
ing Jimmy thief was fugitive from
Joliet and Jackson. Mich. prisons
"Should Get Twenty Years"
"If it can he proven that the
police sergeant accepted bribes
from Lauzon. knowing him to be
an escaped convict and a daring
! jimmy thief and all-around robber
he should go to Jail for twenty
years" declared Inspector Grant.
IF Lauzon's story is true. Lhis
officer tolerated him to come to
Washington and loot more than 25C
apartments when II was his duty
to arrest him. Instead. II appears
the officer was so unsCrupulous
that he sacrificed his character and
public trust in allowing the jimmy
| thief to operate as we'll az to re
main out Of prisons for other
crimes he had committed against
the people"
Lauzon said that the Sergea nj
learned that he was an escaped
convict and started TO lock hin,
up.
II offered him 500 IL he would
not lock me up" said Lauzon. "ant
! he accepted the money. After that
every time he saw me he dema ndeC
money threatening that II ! refused
he would lock me up and turn me
| back to prison. OF course. I pa
| up every time he asked for money
"One night I was in CraT
| game on his post. He came into
! the room and called me aside. Joe.
he said. i need $500 badly. You'll
| have to help me along | tolc
/ him could not spare the casf
then. I've got to have it, that's
all there is about it, he said
Here take this diamond ring fol
security
Robbed by Policeman.
/ IT looked at the ring. Being AT
expert in Judging stones. ! saw 4
was worth nothing like $500. but
| put 1t in my lower waistcoat poke
and handed him the $500.
| Il did not seem TO have much luCl
| in the game after that and starttt
| home. As neared the corner, two
/ policemen came up and called m,
! Don't he alarmed they said: 'koor
cool. They backed me up against
the wall and one of them put hi'
! fingers in my waistCoat pocket anC
extracted the ring. or course, h
had been told by the sergeant JUS
where | had put the ring after h,
had give il to me as security for tn,
$500. The sergeant admitted to M
! that the ring was not actually worth
$500, but he so valued it because o
sentimental reasons.
The fellow began to get on my
nerves after a while. | got so tha
when I saw him coming down tn,
street I would put my hand in m,
| pocket and hand him a $40 or 81,
note. How he learned | had escaped
| from Joliet ] do not know. | sup
pose one of my enemies tipped hin
off. but he sure made the best of II, :
1t was not until yesterday that THE
| Baltimore police authorities Learned
of the identity of the police officer
Lauzon had referred as graftinl
n him because he knew the jimmy
thief was operating in Washington
and was an escaped convict. He SAID
the sergeant told him he would moi
bother him as long as he paid up ard
did not pull any Jimmy jobs In Bal
timore. This is one of the reasons
Lauzon did not operate in Baltimre
preferring to, drive almost daily tc
Wasbipotnp to loot tWo pr fhre,
apartments.