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i Kiester Bank Robber Gets 15-Year Term(Continued from Page 1)I * Ia jury box chair while waiting forNordbye to enter the courtroombut grew tense under questioning.Forced Into BankruptcyHe had to go into bankruptcy last year,he said, because bills kept piling up on him. He told of quarrels with his wife, “who seemed to want to wear the pantsI in the family.”On June 5 he walked into the bank at Kiester, near where he had hunted pheasants several years ago, and leveled a gun at President Donald Elwcll.He held Elwell captive for 30 minutes, telling the official he “hated to do it” but that his creditors were after him. He scooped up the checks after herding Elwell, 10 employes and a lone i customer into a bookkeeping room.Letter Helps FBI A letter found near Kiester, addressed to McDonald, put the FBI on his trail.McDonald had lived within the | law after being released from j Stillwater Prison in 1946. He served eight years fn- holding up a bank at Gilman. n.He admitted to f e he alsowas jailed for a ho. in Casper,Wyo., and pulled sev -ral savingsand loan stickupi in Minneapolis during the late 30s.McDonald will be committed to a federal penitentiary designated by the attorney general.In the courtroom were severr.1 of his relatives, some of whom | wept as sentence was pronounced. ; They declined to give their names.
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Albert Lea Evening Tribune
Albert Lea, Minnesota, US
Wed, Sep 04, 1957
Page 14
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