10498. Citizens Bank (Nevada, MO)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
October 1, 1893*
Location
Nevada, Missouri (37.839, -94.355)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
dc5839ae

Response Measures

None

Description

Newspaper articles (Oct 1893) describe the Citizens' Bank of Nevada, MO as 'defunct' and report the ex-cashier E. O. K. Caldwell arrested for receiving money when the bank was insolvent. No run is described; the bank appears to have failed and is closed. OCR-corrections: name 'E. O. K. Caldwell' appears as 'Caldwell' in both items; bank described as defunct.

Events (3)

1. October 1, 1893* Suspension
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Bank was insolvent; ex-cashier arrested for receiving funds while knowing bank was failing (suggests malfeasance/insolvency).
Newspaper Excerpt
Ex-Cashier Caldwell of the defunct Citizens' bank ... arrested ... for receiving money when he knew the institution to be in a failing condition.
Source
newspapers
2. * Other
Newspaper Excerpt
Described as the defunct Citizens' bank; reports of arrest of ex-cashier on larceny and receiving money when bank was failing—indicates failure and legal action following closure.
Source
newspapers
3. * Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
Article refers to the defunct Citizens' bank and arrest for receiving money when the bank was insolvent (implies failure and post-closure legal/administrative actions).
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)

Article from The Wichita Daily Eagle, October 11, 1893

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Article Text

ARRESTED FOR FRAUD. NEVADA, Mo., Oct. 10.-Ex-Cashier Caldwell of the defunct Citizens' bank, who was rearrested last night on two charges, one for larceny of funds deposited with the bank and the other for receiving money when he knew the institution to be in a failing condition, today gave two bonds for his appearance, one for $800, and the other for $2,400. DENVER, Oct. 10.-Bank Examiner Lazear, who had charge of some of the banks in this city following the panic of last July, is under arrest at Del Norte, on the charge of receiving stolen goods. Lazear was engaged in examining the condition of the Del Norte National bank before it failed a month ago. A certain deed deposited in the bank recently disappeared, and later was found by the cashier in an attorney's office. It Was taken possession of and again placed in the bank. At once charges were instituted against the bank and Examiner Lazear. The matter will come up in court tomorrow.


Article from Mexico Weekly Ledger, October 12, 1893

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Article Text

News Items of linterest. Morocco. Spain is still forwarding troops to The Supreme Court began its October term. A destructive fire occurred at the Cortodon mines at Carthage, Mo. Debate in both branches of Congress temper. was marked by a show of illThis week a battle royal will be waged in the Senate on the silver question. Great crowds are already in Chicago to take part in "Chicago Day" at the World's Fair. An Alabama mob shot to death a negro who had attempted to outrage a white woman. A. M. Daivs, the oldest merchant of Jonesboro, Ark., was killed in a runaway accident. The steamship Russia from Hamburg with six deaths from cholera at sea arrived at New York. At Norton, Kas., a merchant murderously assaulted his partner and then attempted suicide. Indians in Northwestern Wyoming areon the rampage, killing the settlers' stock and starting fires. Most of the House committees will be kept busy during the present week considering various measures. A 7-year-old somnambulist was shot and killed near Valley Furburglar. nace, W. Va., being mistaken for a Two deaf and dumb young women were killed yesterday by a train near Bluffs, III., on the Wabash Railroad. A Big Four train struck a loaded street car near Cincinnati, killing one person and probably fatally injuring two others. Governor Lewelling has offered a reward of $300 for the arrest and conviction of the assailant of Miss Burr at Fort Scott. John Woods, aged 76 years, died yesterday at his home near Tipton, Mo., from the effects of injuries inflicted by a pet ram. The Ways and Means Committee is working on the new tariff bill with the object of making protection incidental to raising revenue. The Republicans of Iowa are becoming more and more dissatisfied with Jackson and the Republican satisfaction. press is openly echoing the disThere are about 800 cases, several of them important, to be disposed of at the next term of the Supreme Court which convenes at Jefferson City to-day, e 0. K. Caldwell, ex-cashier of the defunct Citizens' Bank of Nevada, h Mo., has been arrested on a charge of receiving money when he knew e the bank to be insolvent. The commission and Board of y Experts investigating the business methods of the various departments with a view of bettering them have d made substantial progress. The 500 miners who have been 8 e on a strike in the East Tennessee mining districts for 18 months e have consented to a 10 per cent reduction and gone to work. g A mob forcibly ejected Jim Dunn from a lot in Pawnee, Ok., which he n had settled on during the temporary absence of Miss Blake who had e made a 15-mile run and secured it. y It has been discovered that Cole onel William F. Switzler is ineligi0 ble to the office of curator of the State University, to which he was 5 recently Stone. appointed by Governor Jackson, candidate of the Repubh licans for Governor of Iowa, has proposed to the State Committee 8 to withdraw his name on account of the pension scandal attached to his name. Last Thursday night a young man at Memphis, Tenn., committed suicide because his fiance broke her engagement with him. Saturday the young lady took morphine and was barely saved from death. Mass meetings were held in many cities of Great Britain, at which sympathy was expressed for the striking coal miners and the Gov.