11476. Chadron Banking Company (Chadron, NE)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension โ†’ Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
April 12, 1896
Location
Chadron, Nebraska (42.829, -103.000)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
b65107c96d9b39e3

Response Measures

None

Description

The bank 'closed its doors' on April 12, 1896 and a receiver was appointed April 30, 1896. Subsequent reports describe insolvency and arrest of president A. C. Putnam. No article describes a depositor run prior to suspension; sequence is suspension followed by receivership/closure.

Events (2)

1. April 12, 1896 Suspension
Cause Details
Bank abruptly closed its doors; officers declined to give estimate of resources and liabilities, indicating insolvency.
Newspaper Excerpt
The Chadron Banking Company, the oldest banking institution in this city, closed its doors yesterday morning.
Source
newspapers
2. April 30, 1896 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
Judge W. H. Westover to-day appointed A. A. Record of this city receiver of the Chadron Banking Company. The report of the bank examiner shows that a number of persons owe the bank, which will probably be lost. The deposits amount to $20,000, of which there is $4000 county funds.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (12)

Article from New-York Tribune, April 13, 1896

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TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. Akron, Ohio, April 12.-John Smith, the self-confessed murderer of the Stones, was arraigned in the jail here yesterday afternoon by Justice A. W. Hall. Smith entered a plea of "not guilty." The preliminary examination was set for next Tuesday. Chadron, Neb., April 12.-The Chadron Banking Company, the oldest banking institution in this city, closed its doors yesterday morning. A. C. Putnam is president. Officers of the bank decline to give any estimate of the resources and liabilities. Corning, N. Y., April 12.-Walter E. Bidler, aged ten years, living at Cooper's, a few miles west of here. committed suicide last night. He took a double-barrelled shotgun and put the charge through his side. The day before he told his schoolmates that It was his last day of school, as he intended to kill himself. Louisville, Ky. April 12.-The Lexington and Carter Mining Company. owning 10,000 acres of land in Carter County and capitalized at $300,000, was yesterday placed in the hands of the Columbia Finance and Trust Company as receivers, on application of employes, who are suing for wages, said to be overdue. The debts, it is said, will reach $50,000. but the receivers expect to put the concern on its feet in a short time. Cleveland, April 12.-At 2 o'clock this morning fire broke out in the Gehring apartment-house, on Murison-st. Forty families live in the building. and as they rushed pell-mell for the fire escapes and stairways, a wild scene of confusion ensued. Mary Cox, a waitress, aged seventeen. was cut off from the fire-escape. With her nightgown and hair in flames she jumped to the sidewalk, breaking her arm and receiving other severe injuries. Mrs. John Berlotuccia jumped from the second story and was badly bruised. James Kinswater fell through a burning floor and was seriously injured.


Article from The San Francisco Call, May 1, 1896

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Receiver of a Bank. CHADRON, NEBR., April 30.-Judge W. H. Westover to-day appointed A. A. Record of this city receiver of the Chadron Banking Company. The report of the bank examiner shows that a number of persons owe the bank. which will probably be lost. The deposits amount to $20,000, of which there is $4000 county funds.


Article from Kansas City Daily Journal, May 18, 1896

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Nebraska Banker Arrested. Chadron, Neb., May 17.-A. C. Putnam, president of the Chadron Banking Company, which went into a receiver's hands recently. was arrested to-day for receiving money when he knew the institution was insolvent. Creditors declare that Putnam has wealthy relations at Fredonia, N. C., who are ready to make good all losses.


Article from San Antonio Daily Light, May 18, 1896

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Bank President Arrested. CHADRON, Neb., May 18.-A. C. Putman, president of the Chadron Banking company, which went into a receiver's hands recently has been arrested for receiving money when he knew the insolvency of the institution. Creditors declare that Putman has wealthy relatives at Fredonia, N. Y., who are ready to make good all losses.


Article from The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 18, 1896

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Insolvent Banker Arrested. Omaha, May 17.-A special to the Bee from Chadron, Neb., says: A. C. Putnam. president of the Chadron Banking Company, which went into a receiver's hands recently. was arrested today for receiving money when he knew the Institution was insolvent. Creditors declare that Putman has wealthy relatives at Fredonia, N. Y., who are ready to make good all losses.


Article from The Salt Lake Herald, May 18, 1896

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formation as to the object or result of the conference. OMAH, May 17.-A special to the Bee from Chadron, Neb., says: A. C. Putnam, president of the Chadron Banking company, which went into a receiver's hands recently, was arrested today for receiving money when he knew the institution was insolvent. Creditors declare that Putnam has wealthy relatives at Fredonia, N. Y., who are ready to make good all losses.


Article from New-York Tribune, May 19, 1896

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TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. Chadron, Neb., May 18.-A. C. Putnam, presiden: of the Chadron Banking Company, which went into a receiver's hands recently, was arrested yesterday charged with receiving when he knew the that institution Putnam was has insolvent. wealthy money relatives The creditors at Fredonia, declare N. Y., who are ready to make good all losses. Tacoma, Wash., May 18.-In Beaver Prairie, Clab lam County, in the dense fir forest. seventy miles from a telegraph office, last Tuesday, "Charlie" Paul, of Wisconsin, killed David McConchie and his wife and then took his own life. The tragedy was happened at the home of the McConchies. Paul a discarded lover of Mrs. McConchie. Catskill, N. Y., May 18.-At a christening is the Italian colony here yesterday Guiseppe Caserta was shot and killed by his cousin, Pasquale Caserta, n n is alleged. The shooting was done at about o'clock in the house of the murdered man.


Article from Evening Star, May 19, 1896

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Bank President Arrested. A. C. Putnam, president of the Chadron, Neb., Banking Company, which went into a receiver's hands recently, has been arrested for receiving money when he knew the institution was insolvent. Creditors declare that Putnam has wealthy relations at Fredonia, N. Y., who are ready to make good all losses.


Article from The Madison Daily Leader, May 19, 1896

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Nebraska Banker Arrested. CHADRON, Neb., May 19.-A. C. Pitman, president of the Chadron Banking company, which went into a receiver's hands recently. has been arrested for receiving money when he knew the institution was insolvent.


Article from The Pioneer Press, May 28, 1896

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Miscellaneous. Rockford (Ill.) society women, in the interest of charity, ran all the electric cars of the city for a day. Gov. Morton has signed the bill of Assemblyman Austin authorizing an increase in the New York police force of 600 patrolmen. Mrs Catherine Alice Tingley of New York is now the recognized successor of the late W. Q. Judge as the head of the Theosophical society. Dresser & Goodrich, commission merchants of New York, through their lawyers, have attached the Goodrich Rubber company, Newport, R. I., for $168,000. A. C. Putnam, president of the Chadron Banking company of Chadron, Neb., which went into a receiver's hands recently, was arrested for receiving money when he knew the institution was insolvent. J. C. McNew of Kokomo, Ind., bought a suit to be buried in. Before reaching home the same evening he was injured by a horse and he died from the wounds. He was 87 years old and a prominent citizen. Morris Pront, the 19-year-old son of Herman Pront of 205 Delancey street, New York, has been unconscious, apparently sleeping, for the past twenty-one days, and so far shows no signs of awakening. Among the passengers on the steamship China, bound for San Francisco, is a special commission from the Mikado of Japan to study the working of electrical power and the telephone systems in the United States.


Article from The Princeton Union, May 28, 1896

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# Miscellaneous. Rockford (Ill.) society women, in the interest of charity, ran all the electric cars of the city for a day. Gov. Morton has signed the bill of Assemblyman Austin authorizing an increase in the New York police force of 600 patrolmen. Peter McNabb, a fern gatherer of Columbus, Ohio, found in his wanderings through a forest what seems to be the petrified remains of a man. Mrs Catherine Alice Tingley of New York is now the recognized successor of the late W. Q. Judge as the head of the Theosophical society. Sixteen hundred dollars was raised in St. Louis in one day among the business men of the city for the relief of those who had suffered from the cyclone in Texas last week. Mrs. B. F. Young of Cincinnati has passed the examination required by the United States government for a first mate's license. She is the only woman with this distinction. Dresser & Goodrich, commission merchants of New York, through their lawyers, have attached the Goodrich Rubber company, Newport, R. I., for $168,000. The twenty-fifth annual meeting of the American Fisheries society, which is composed of members of the fisheries commissions of the various states, began in New York. A. C. Putnam, president of the Chadron Banking company of Chadron, Neb., which went into a receiver's hands recently, was arrested for receiving money when he knew the institution was insolvent. J. C. McNew of Kokomo, Ind., bought a suit to be buried in. Before reaching home the same evening he was injured by a horse and he died from the wounds. He was 87 years old and a prominent citizen. John Clarke, an employe of the Illinois Eastern Hospital for the Insane at Kankakee, has received word from his solicitors in England that he had fallen heir to an estate valued at over $100,000. While Dr. A. H. Bradford of Mont Clair, N. J., was offering prayer in Bettell chapel, Yale, a beautiful green snake, about three feet long, created a scene in the center aisle. Students had placed it there. Morris Pront, the 19-year-old son of Herman Pront of 205 Delancey street, New York, has been unconscious, apparently sleeping, for the past twenty-one days, and so far shows no signs of awakening. Among the passengers on the steamship China. bound for San Francisco, is a special commission from the Mikado of Japan to study the working of electrical power and the telephone systems in the United States.


Article from The Jasper Weekly Courier, January 15, 1897

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Mar. 9.-Sherman county, Goodland, Kan. Bloomfield (Neb.) State Commercial and Savings, San Jose, Cal. Mar 27-Midway (Ky.) Deposit. Mar 30-First national, Morris, Minn. Apr. 4--Farmers', Decatur, III. Apr 11-Chadron (Neb.) Banking Co. Apr. 16-First national, and Liberty savings. Bedford City, Pa. Apr. 22-American national, Denver, Col., $865,231. Apr. 24-Grand Forks (N. D.) national May 1-City savings, Hot Springs, Ark.... Bank of Fairland, III. May 7-Citizens', Union City, Ind. May 14-Sumner national, Wellington, Kan May 19-Citizens', Edwardsburg, Mich. May 26-National, Jefferson. Tex. May 28-Bank of New England, Manchester, N H. June 2-Bank of Maroa, Ill. June 3-Farmers' deposit, Creighton, Mo. June 11-John A. Thompson's bank, Edinburg. Ind First national. Larned, Kan. June 16-First national, and Bank of Cheney Cheney, Wash. June 25-Security savings, Winchester, N. Hinsdale (N. H.) savings. H July 13-Peot It's savings. Lansing, Mich. July 16-First national, Hillsboro, O. July 23-German savings, Omaha July 27-Farmers' bank, Rock Valley, Ia. July 29-Denison (O.) deposit. Aug. 6-American national, New Orleans Conkling Bros, Nevada (Mo.) bankers Banks at Bronaugh and Richards, Mo. Aug. 7-Lake county, East Chicago, Ind. Inghar: county savings, Lansing, Mich. Aug. 11-Security, Duluth, Minn.: $800,000 Murray Hill, New York, $500,000. Aug 12-Bank at National City, Col. Aug 14-State bank. Peru, Ill. Aug 19-Bank of Argentine, Kan. Aug. 21-Bank of Wymore, Neb. Aug 24-Church & Son's state bank at Lowell, Mich Aug. 28-Sioux national, Sioux City, Ia., $900.000 Sept 1-First national, Beatrice. Neb. Sept 2-Manufacturers' bank, West DuJuth, Minn State Loan & Trust Co. bank. Ogalalla, Neb. Sept. 4-First national. Helena, Mont. Sept. 5-Jackson county, Black River Falls, Wis. Sept. 10-Mutual national, New Orleans. Sept. 11-Bankof Commerce, New Orleans. Sept. 14-Bennett national, New Whatcom. Wash Sept. 16-Midland state, Omaha, Neb. Sept 17-Shellsburg (Wis.) bank. Sept. 19-National, Troy, N. Y.; $449,000. Sept. 22-Pawnee (III.) bank. Sept. 23-Mapleton (Minn.) bank. Sept. 25-Argonia (Kan.) state bank. Sent. 26-Tribune (Kan.) bank. Oct. 5-First national, Mount Pleasant, Mich Oct. 7-First national, Ithaca, Mich. Oct. 10-Security Trust Co., Nashua, N. H. Oct. 12-First national, Eddy. N. M. Oct. 14-Marine national, Duluth, Minn Second national, Rockford, Ill Bank of Commerce. Buffalo, N. Y. Bank Oct. 16-Merchant's, Atlanta, Ga of Pukwana, S. D. Oct. 19-Marion (0.) Deposit. Oct. 28-At Big Rapids, Mich., Mecosta savings. Nov. 5-Marine national, Duluth, Minn. Nov. 10-Iowa savings, Sloux City First national, Decorah, la. Nov. 14-La Harpe (III.) bank. Nov 19-First national, Sioux City, Ia Sioux City, Ia. Nov. 22-First national, East Saginaw Mich. Nov. 23-Dakota national, Sloux Falls, S D. Nov. 24-Davis County Savings associa tion Gallatin, Mo. Nov. 28-Citizens' bank, Midlothian, Tex Mis Nov. 30-First national, Tyler, Tex souri national. Kansas City: $1,131,000. Dec. 1-German-American, Portage, Wis Bank of Westport, Mo. Dec. 5-Baxter, of Baxter Springs, Kar Henry county, at Clinton, Mo. Dec. 10-Harlan (Ia.) state Jonatha Easterly, Columbiana (O.) bankers. Dec. 11-National Bank of Commerce Duluth, Minn First national, Niagara N.Y. Dec. 14-First national. Holidaysburg Pa Banks at Martinsburg and William burg, Pa. Dec. -National bank of Illinois, at Ch cago-E. S. Dreyer & Co., Chicago, $1,200,80 Wasmansdorff, Heinemann & Co. Dec. 22-Bank of Minnesota, and Unio stockyards bank, at St. Paul. Dec. 23-Bank of West Superior, Wis American Banking & Trust Co., Aubur Me. Dec. 24-Calumet state bank, Blue Islan III. Dec. 26-Security Mortgage & Trust Co Dallas, Tex.: $2,000,000-Atlas national, Ch cago. Dec. 28-Bank of Superior. Wis Sca dia, at Minneapolis McCoy Banking C Independence, Mo. LARGER COMMERCIAL CONCERN INVOLVING LIABILITIES OF $500,0