The Washington times., 1922-04-24
Z " WON| { n.
HELD WITH.
DESPERATE.
$4,000 in Loot Recovered
From Baltimore Address by
D. c. Detectives.

Additional arrests are expected
10 be made this afternoon in con-
nection with the theft of more
than 100000 worth of gems,
jewelry, Liberty bonds and other
negotiable securities by Joseph
Charles Lauzon. thirty-three years
old, expert jimmy thief and safe
blower, who boasted following his
arrest here on Saturday that he
had entered at least 200 apart
ments in the Capital.
Women Also Held.
Held at the First precinct police
station with LauZon, in connection
with the wholesale thefts, are Mrs.
Olive Margaret kubitz, twenty-nine
years old, who admits living with
him for more than year as com
mon-law wife, and Mrs. Virginia
Betty Carroll, twenty-seven, claiming
to be an actress. While both or the
women admit acquaintanceshtp with
Lauzon, each denied at police head
quarters this morning that they were
aware that he was the thief who had
been sought for more than a year by
every detective in Washington and
Baltimore. The trio are docketed at
the police station as held for in
Vestigation."
Yesterday afternoon Detective Ser
Reants Ira Keck, James Springman
and Lynn, went TO Baltimore and re-
covered three trunks in which there
is said to have been gems and jewelry
and furs valued approximately at
$35, 900, and which Lauzon claims
were stolen in Washington. With
the recovery of the gems, many
Washingtonians whose apartments
were looted, will be able to recover
some of the articles stolen from them.
Detective Keck returned TO Bal
timore this morning and he will
have the trunks of jewelry, includ-
ing rings, bracelets, scarf pins, cuff
links, in gold and platinum, pearl
and sapphire breastpins, more than
a dozen pearl necklaces, watches,
gold and silver mesh bags, mount.
ings from which the stones had
been removed, and hundreds of dia-
monds, in most instances, and other
things brought here to be identified
by the Washington victims of the
thief. A number of furs also were
found in the trunks.
Following Lauzon's arrest and
his confession to Inspector Clifford
L. Grant, chief OF detectives, 1t was
learned that he lived in Baltimore,
and that he ran three homes there.
Trailing Lauzon TO an apartment
house at 21O2 North Calvert street,
Baltimore. detectives, on informa-
ton furnished them by Inspector
Grant, found two Of the trunks,
containing much OF the loot recent
ly stolen. From the Calvert areet
address they traced Lauzon to 101
PULASKI street, where Mrs. Kubitz,
posing as the jimmy thieTs wife,
lived. The officers seized another
trunk there. Two suitcases also
were found and opened.
In one OF the suitcases, the de-
tectives found complete safe
blowing outfit. There was enough
nitro glycerine in the bag to blow
MP the house, the police say. They
also found in the bag an electric
drill, soap" and other tools used
by safe blowers in ripping open any
type OF safe or vault.
In his confession to Inspector
Grant on Saturday, Iauzon admitted
that he formerly had been a safe
blower, declaring he found II too
work OF jimmying apartment doors.
The detectives also found a ''di-
ploma" from a Los Angeles school
which trains youths to work for
employment with safe companies,
stating that Lauzon was fitted 20
work for any safe company; that
he was proficient at the work
Expert Safe Man.
"'rba haarer 10 fop,u{or xvitI,
every type OF safe" the diploma
reads.
One OF Lauzon's schemes to de-
Ceive a would-be victim should he
be caught operating in an apartment
was to display police badge. When
captured, he had two badges, one
from the police department of Cleve.
land, and another from the depart
ment OF Milwaukee. Wis.
A Jimmy thief who worked in Mil.
waukee. using a police badge, was
known to the police there as Slip
perry Jim" Cushway. The authori-
ties Of Milwaukee believe that Lau-
zon is the same thief and they have
been seeking him for over two years
after he is alleged to have Cleaned
up" several hundred thousand dol
lars worth of jewelry in apartment
house robberies.
Lauzon did not confess to In.
spector Grant Immediately follow.
ing his arrest. 1t was not until
he was taken to the Bureau of
Identification to have his finger
prints and photograph taken, that
he, knowing he would quickly be
identified because of his past record
as thief, said he would talk to
INSPECTOR Grant