London, Dec. 12.
According to a New York corres-[pondent, a unique robbery was perpetrated at Buda, a small town near }Austin, Texas, yesterday, by a bob-haired slender brunette of 20, who walked into the Farmers Exchange Bank and told the manager that she was a newspaper correspondent} writing a series of articles on Buda. 'He furnished her with a table, chai and typewriter. After writing for half an hour, the girl astonished the manager by' producing a revolver and foreing him and a bookkeeper into the vault. "Dig that money' out!" was her next command. The manager handed her two packets, each containing $1,250. The girl then slammed the door and locked it, leaving the bank officials inside, and drove away in a motor-car.
Later she was arrested at Austin and identified as Rebecca Bradley, a young typist in the office of Mr. Tan Mooney, Attorney-General and Governor-elect of the State of Texas.
When charged with the bank robbery, the girl smiled and said] nothing.
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