Evening star., 1922-07-08

A shot from policeman's revolver
ended the life Of Wiifred Michaud
eighteen Years old. 4S2 Manor place
northwest, graduate of Eastern High
School, at . o'clock this morning, wher
he and Bernard Francis Casson, nine
teen years old, AS Newton place
northwest. were cornered by two Off
GERS in the rear Of Sanitary Grocery
store at S05s Mount Pleasant street
which it is charged the two men
were attempting to burglarize.
When Policemen NJ. j. Mahaney and
D. A. Gourley of the tenth precinct
closed in on the two men. calling on
them to surrender. Michaud drew a
revolver and pulled the trigger. The
weapon jammed. and Michaud fell
mortally wounded, when the police
men fred.
Casson, unarmed, threw up his hands
and surrendered.
Dies in Patrol Wagon.
Shot in the left side. Michaud died
in the patrol wagon while on his way
to a hospital. When he reached the
police station Casson talked freely OF
the burglaries he said he and his
companion had committed and told
of two automobiles they had taken,
The youths met on Georgia avenue
and walked to 18th and F streets,
Casson said. There they took an
automobile owned by Benjamin Liv-
ingston. Chastleton apartments. 18th
and r streets. and rode about the city
until about 1880 o'clock, when they
went to the Mount Pleasant street
store, which. he said, they already
had planned to rob.
worker in the personal tax division
Of the District government. heard
noise in the store and telephoned the
police.
Policemen Mahaney and Gourley
took positions in rear of the build
ing. and Policemen H. H. Hodge and
W. A. Reith went to the front.
Michaud and Casson. still in the store.
saw the patrol wagon when II ap
pearcd at the corner and darted out
of the store.
Cornered by Policemen.
Scaling the fence to the south OF
the building they found themselves
cornered By the two policemen. A
command to Throw up your hands"
met with ready response on part OF
Casson. but his armed companion.
probably thinking he could shoot his
way to freedom, proceeded to shoot.
Noise of the clicking of the hammer
was heard by the policemen. who
fired.
Michaud. mortally wounded. fell to
the ground The two policemen
closed in on Casson and placed him
under arrest Hodge and Reith. in
of the shots and hurried to the scene.
Livingston's automobile. found
nearby, also was taken in charge by
the police.
Reveals Many Robberies.
A crowbsr six feet long was used
to force open the door of the store,
and when the pair had entered they
proceeded to attack the safe. Using
a hatchet found in the store, they
hammered on the knob and broke
it off. They did not succeed in get
ting the door open. however.
Casson was charged with house
breaking and joyriding. He said he
met Michaud about five months ago
and that they had entered two grocery
stores 4 drug store, two moving pic
ture theaters and a lunchroom prior
to last night but was unable to recall
Just what sums of money they had
stolen.
Left School This Year.
Michaud attended Central High
School three years and graduated
from Eastern High School this year,
the police were told. Casson said he
was q clerk, but had not been emS
ployed recently. He lived with his
widowed mother. Michaud lived with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Michaud. The father is a government
employe. !
Casson told the police he and Mi
chaud took an automobile owned by
Louis Williams. III 18th street, june
&c, abandoning the machine in Sol
diers' Home grounds. Places OF bush
ness he said they robbed included 4
grocery store in Chevy, Chase: drug
store In Brookland; Old Dutch Market.
14th street near the Capital Traction
carbarn; Carolina Theater, 11th street
and North Carolina avenue south
east, and American Theater. Rhods
island avenue near LIST street.
The prisoner today accompanied the
police to places where he said he and
hk companion had discarded stolen
Casson will appear at the norgue
this afternoon and give testimony ~
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