First Savings Bank - Grand Forks, ND

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: savings bank
Start Date: June 3, 1924
Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota (47.925, -97.033)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: aeda91b7

Response Measures

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Description

The bank suspended payments in early June 1924 due to depletion of reserves/insolvency; it was placed on the special deposit list and, a few months later, placed in the hands of a receiver (per 1925 article). No run is mentioned in the articles.

Events (2)

1. June 3, 1924 Suspension

Cause: Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details: Depletion of reserve leading to insolvency; deposits exceeded available reserves (loans and discounts large relative to reserves).
Newspaper Excerpt: The First Savings Bank of Grand Forks suspended payments today and will be placed on the special deposit list.
Source: newspapers

2. September 1, 1924* Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: The First Savings Bank of Grand Forks suspended payments on June 2, 1924, and was placed for several months on the special deposits list. It was placed in the hands of a receiver a few months later.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)

1. June 3, 1924 Evening Star Washington, DC

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Article Text

BANK STOPS PAYMENTS. First Savings Institution of Grand Forks, N. D., on Special Deposit. GRAND FORKS, N. D., June 3.The First Savings Bank of Grand Forks suspended payments today and will be placed on. the special deposit list Tuesday, it was decided at a meeting of representatives of this bank with those of three other banks here and a representative of the state depositors' guaranty fund commission. The bankers authorized the statement that negotiations are under way, which, it is believed, will insure payment of depositors in the near future. Depletion of reserve was the chief cause of the suspension of payments. The bank is capitalized at $50,000 and its deposits amount to $296,273.27. Loans and discounts total $375,633.62.

2. November 14, 1925 The Bismarck Tribune Bismarck, Mandan, ND

Article from The Bismarck Tribune, November 14, 1925

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Article Text

GRAND FORKS BANK OFFICIAL IS ARRESTED Grand Forks, N. D., Nov. 11. (AP) W.V. O'Connor. treasurer of the defunct First Savings Bank of Grand Forks, was placed under arrest this afternoon on charges of embezziement, making of false entries and receiving deposits when the bank WPS insolvent, contained in 12 indictments returned by the grand jury which ended its session Friday. O'Connor will be arraigned this afternoon before Judge C. M. Cooley. of the 12 indictments returned against him four charge embezzlement, the total of the amount alleged to have been embezzled being $7,624.40; three charge false entries on the books of the bank and five charge receiving 01 deposits when the bank was insolvent. The First Savings Bank of Grand Forks suspended payments on June 2, 1924, and was placed for several months on the special deposits list. It was placed in the hands of a receiver a few months later.