George "Dutch" Anderson (born Ivan Dahl von Teler; c. 1880 – October 31, 1925) was a Danish-born criminal who helped lead an early Prohibition-era gang in the United States from 1919 until the mid-1920s.
Sentenced to five years for burglary in Auburn State Prison, Anderson became acquainted with bank robber Gerald Chapman.
On October 21, the three men forced a U.S. Mail truck to stop at gunpoint on Leonard Street, taking with them $2.4 million in cash, bonds and jewelry.
They were eventually arrested by United States Postal Inspectors William Doran, Jim Doyle and William Cochraine on July 3, 1922, after Chapman attempted to sell Argentine gold notes (stolen during the Leonard Street mail robbery) to an undercover Postal Inspector posing as a stock broker.
[citation needed] Chapman, wanted in the killing of Connecticut police officer James Skelly,[4] was recaptured on January 18, 1925, in Muncie, Indiana, due to a local informant Ben Hance.