Chaudon Lon

French criminal, sentenced to death and executed in France. On the night of 24-25 July 1921, on a Paris-Marseille train, between Dijon and Lyon, he and his accomplice Antoine Véruni assaulted and robbed passengers in first class compartments, stealing at least 30,000 francs in cash and jewelry. They fatally shot one man in the chest. On 27 July, Chaudon was arrested in Paris, and his accomplice shot dead by police. Sentenced to death on 5 March 1951, Chaudon was executed by guillotine in Marseille on 8 December 1951, dying at 5:35 a.m. Read less