WOMAN WHO HELD UP BANK CAUGHT; $l,000 RECOVERED

May 27, 1924

Had Committed Robbery While Carrying Baby in Arms; Claims Bank Owed Her Money

PEORIA, May 27 —Norma Anderson, 18 years old, who, with a baby in her arms, held up the Steenburg bank at Farmington this afternoon, was arrested tonight at Hanna City after she had forced a taxicab driver at the point of a gun to hurry her away. Over one thousand dollars in cash which she grabbed from a teller's window was recovered.

The girl, after her arrest, claimed she held up the bank because it owed her some money. Bank officials deny this and claim they never saw the girl before.

When the girl walked into the bank and shoved a gun at the teller, he thought she was playing a joke and said: "Don't be in a hurry, I shall wait on you in a few moments."

"You'll wait on me now," the girl demanded, shoving the revolver closer to him, "hurry up and give me that money."

The teller hesitated and the girl reached inside the window and grabbed a bag containing over $1,000 in cash.

She then forced David Settles, taxi driver whom she hired to take her to Farmington, to hurry her away. The taxi driver at first refused, but complied when the girl put the revolver against his body.