The Clovis news., 1921-06-30
BANDIT QUEEN
TELLS OF LIFE
Reveals ROmances Which Led to
Her Arrest as lnStigatOr Of
$4,000 Robbery.
HELD IN CORD OF CRIME
Left Home at 13 and Since Then Has
Struck Out Against World-Rivals
Fought for Her Hand When She
Was kitchenmaid.

Lead, S. D.-E'rom the life Of
ktchenmaid In Lead to the role Of
an alleged bandit queen, who inspired
the S23,0OO bank robbery which 0c-
cured In Denver recently has been
the experience of Edna Book, who
passed several years here.
The girl Is twenty-three years old
While she was living in Lead several
fights were started between young men
who were rivals for her hand.
After leaving Lead the girl contin-
ued her romantic COnqueSts, and II Is
said man was killed in Minneapolis
last fall because of her. The S23,0W
bank robbery in Denver was brought
on because Of the cXtravagunt tastes
Of the girl aud the man with whom she
M.a uaW been living They were ar
rested in fashionable Denver resi-
deuae.
An interview published in the Den
yer Post follows.
Edna Carroll, the alleged bandit
queen" who answers to three other
names equally drr,Sy including that
of mickey" i, tHcnly-threc years old
Hustled Living.
For ten years this girl, companion
" Thomas ] Coleman. one Of the
,hrce men who robbed StockyardS Ma
tionul bank employees Of S23,0OO, has
been what she calls "huStling" liv.
ing AMI in those ten years she has
added tn inherited memories Il mass
Of wisdom concerning good and evil
At tw,nIy.thrcp this girl with the
bright coorng black hair and level
gazing eyes has the lives Of two men
linked 10 her own with the cord of
crime the police say
one Of these, r. Il. Cavanaush, she
thought 50 much Of that she bought
the wedding ring for the third finger
Of her left hand aud wore II when
she consented to beat the town ana
20 away with him for better or worse"
CayanuuGh, q mechanic was killed In
MnncapOll, last year and Miss car.
roll her wedding ring still cleaning
from her finger, returned to Denver.
"rheu met Coleman" she said
"lIr sat at the same table with me In
restaurant and, since in my set we
doui wait for introductonS. we be-
gan 10 talk, and as he was the second
man I've met that | wanted 10 marry
. | agr.'d 10 give up my business and
90 with him. We had great plans.
These plans included thing, | had
never Thought of before"
FlN Edna "MI.kcy" Carroll d.
gre. l1d told what llfr had been up
Coz t.r time She met Coleman 'hp dap
per- dandy coil broker" at the cafe
"Firt of wish 10 rcuarS that
have mo- use for women" she ,nil with
Thin smile that challenged q re'orl
81 never knew one tnat would not
doublc.rro,, you sooner or later u.l
+ mo>r aINHy, soW. 'ly aunt -Nr mr
uy first mprn, D 1i what v.lur
nally are iu. u. J.. South lNI d.
. ia au' llt tired of living a. bonn, and
az th,rt'u ID. and went To Lead TO
work a- % hou-uwf
"Thcrr / earned ,'5 q month and
60 roasted for everything | did and
uI not do
Took Easiest Way
81 decided lhai this sort NJ work
didn't agree with mr, and as had not
been educated 'o dp amy other kind
took the easiest Vly'
"Ea,jcst| was asked.
"Nol always, most times terribly
hard she answered
81 made lot of money and saved il,
and sometimes shared It with a sick
pal But by the time met Coleman |
the automobile they're making So much