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Kiester Bank Robber Given 15 Years in State PrisonMINNEAPOLIS UF — A brawny Wisconsin railroad worker who told the court he returned to crime because he was atraid of losing his job was sentenced to 15 years in prison today for the 117,700 robbery of the First National Bank of Kiester, Minn.Robert E. McDonald, 42, formerly of Altoona. Wis., drew the sentence in U.S. district court here after pleading guilty a month ago to bank robbery and interstate transportation of a stolen car.Judge Gunnar Nordbye imposed a 15-year term on the robbery charge and 5 years on the other but stipulated that the sentenceswill run at the same time. McDonald could have drawn a maximum of 30 years.Arrested In TexasMcDonald w as arrested in Hous- ! tom, Tex., a little BMN than a month after he took $4,800 in cash and $12,900 worth of t r a v-elers checks from the bank at Kiester in extreme south central Minnesota.He previously served eight years in Stillwater prison for bank robbery.Gesturing vigorously with his hands as he explained his story to Nordbye, the graying, pudgy-faced defendant said he was afraid he couldn't pass a physical examination this fall and therefore would lose his job as engineer and fireman with the Omaha railroad.His court - appointed attorney, Irving Nemerov, explained McDonald is color blind.Sorry For RobberyI'm sorry I did It now,” McDonald shrugged, “but 1 guess its all over the dam now.He admitted he had squandered all the cash he stole on gambling and high living In California and Las Vegas.“I never actually counted the money, he told Nordbye, “They said It was around $4,800 but 1 don’t think it was that much.The FBI said It had recovered approximately $9,150 In travelers checks, plus McDonald's getaway car, which he stole from a Minneapolis parking lot and left for storage in Kansas City.McDonald whistled casually In (Concluded on page 141
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Albert Lea Evening Tribune
Albert Lea, Minnesota, US
Wed, Sep 04, 1957
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