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70 him. then proceeded to a paint
shop two blocks away where he OBJ
tanned the use of a team.
With an employe OF the paint
store to help him, Lauzon said. he
returned to the apartment house,
1raded the safe On the wagon and
drove off He and the emplOyc then
drove to a clUmp OF bushes at the
north end Of the District line where
the safe was unlOaded. There. &C
Cordin- to hrs story. LauzOn sent
the emplOye and the team away and
proceeded to break open the safe.
He obtained from it. Lauzon said.
$50 in Liberty bonds and 5000 in
jewelry.
Quits Night Work.
This was very small job"
Lauzon declared to the police. But
really thought it was funny. As
a rule l never leave an apartment
without obtaining jeweIry which
will ret me at least $500"
I.auzon talked for five hours. He
said he had sworn of Of jimmyinS
apartments in the night time since
an experience he had recently in
Richmond, Va. Talking on this in
-cident he said:
Il had climbed d fire escape to the
third floor of an apartment i'll that
citv when a shot rang out. The
bullet struck me on the left arm
and hurled me down three stories
to the ground. As a result, | re-
ccived a broken collar bone and
was confined to the hospital for
several months. That drop taught
me a lesson. and although I man
aged TO evade the police on the Oc-
CasioH. decided that although /
would continue my jimmy business
would do all my work during the
day"
During his story Lauzon took
occasion to pay a compliment to
e policeman from the Tenth pre-
Gnct who once shot at him. He
did not know the officers name.
Compliments Policeman.
Il had obtained fair quantity
Of jewelry and was leaving IN
style when the officer approached
me-" said Lauz6n. on refusing To
comply with his command to halt.
he opened fire on me. Both shots
went through my hat. 1t was Il
. lucky escape for me, but now that
kou have me ] think it is no more
than proper that | hunt up the
policeman and compliment him"
Washington is an easy city to
rob. according to Lauzon.
All I had to do here" he said.
was to pick out the places. when
I rang a doorbelI and somebody re-
srOnded posed - magazine
agent md attempted to sell a sub
scription. Of course. | made prac
:icaIIv no money this way. when
~" one answered the door 7 pro-
rcCded to jimmy my way inside. !
usually carried a number of skele-
ton k-ys. but these were practically
useless"
Escapes Three Prisons.
Lauhon told the police he was
he said. he started robbin= apart
ment houses i'll Chicago. After
several years Of success he was
caught and sent +" the Illinois state
reformatory. from which he es-
capped year later. In 1919 he was
once more arrested in Chicago and
sentenced To- twenty years in tn"
state pCnitcntiary at Joliet. Again
Ne CSC pea ana went 10 l'tlTtll
There. too. he was arrested and
civcu five years at Jackson. Mich.
Tie escaped this time also and
headed cast, finally settling in
Washington.
For three months. LauzOn de-
/ clarcd. he toured the Atlantic coast.
| Finally. he said. he found things
so good in Washington. Richmond
! and Baltimore. that he decided to
/ cUnfiue his activities exclusively to
these three cities.
Married Last Year.
| Lauzon was married in Baltimore
| last year and made his home at
| 1907 Eutaw place. His wife. he
| declared. was entirely ignorant of
| the nature of his profession. be-
? iieving him to be an automobile
/ salesman.
During the past four months two
details Of detectives have been cons
| stantly on watch for Lauzon in the
apartment house district.
| Last week he, was seen leaving
d house on Monroe street. Although
7 they were Unable to capture him
[ at that time the detectives obtained
his automobile. license number and
in that manner established his
identity. A more thorough watch
was then set for him which resulted
in the arrest yesterday.
Ready. to Shoot.
Lauzon told. the police last night
that the two detectives who cap
tured him owe their lives to the
actress who was accompanying him.
When the police forced him into the
curb, he said he reached for his
gun and "was' about to fire when
the woman took told of his hand
and forced the revolver down.
The woman gave her name as Vir 9.
ginia Betty Carroll. 81 years old
of Baltimore. Md. and was sent to
the House OF Detention to- be held
for investigation. Police believe
that she can probably assist in
clearing up some of the robberies.
although they believe she was in
no way connected with any of them
1t will be many days before the
exact extent of LamZon's depfeda-