13082. Gretna State Bank (Gretna, NE)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
October 17, 1891
Location
Gretna, Nebraska (41.141, -96.240)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
8ea61ea7

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None

Description

Multiple contemporaneous newspaper dispatches (Oct 17–20, 1891) report the Gretna State Bank suspended after its vice-president A. N. Hancock (Hancook/Hancock OCR variants) decamped with securities. Articles state a receiver will be appointed and that the bank is 'wrecked' or 'in very bad shape' — indicating permanent closure with receiver involvement.

Events (2)
1. October 17, 1891 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
A receiver will be appointed and the affairs settled up at once.
Source
newspapers
2. October 17, 1891 Suspension
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Vice-president A. N. Hancock decamped with (stolen) securities/mortgage collateral after Hancock & Co. was closed on a mortgage held by the bank; bank affairs described as 'in very bad shape.'
Newspaper Excerpt
immediately after the store was closed the bank suspended. The wildest excitement reigned all the afternoon when it was learned that the vice president had decamped with some of the securities.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (9)
1. October 18, 1891 Omaha Daily Bee Omaha, NE
Article from Omaha Daily Bee, October 18, 1891

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Bad Bank Faiture. GRETNA, Neb., Oct. 17.-|Special Telegram to THE ВЕЕ.|-Напсоск & Co., dealers in general merchandise, were closed today on a mortgage for $10,500 held by the Gretna State bank. The mortgage was given by A. N. Hancock, vice president of the bank, and immediately after the store was closed the bank suspended. The wildest excitement reigned all the afternoon when it was learned that the vice president had decamped with some of the securities. THE BEE correspondent interviewed Charles Key, president of the bank, who said the affairs of the bank are in very bad shape. The treasurer said that there were ample securities to pay all depositors in full if properly handled. A receiver will be appointed and the affairs settled up at once.

2. October 19, 1891 The Providence News Providence, RI
Article from The Providence News, October 19, 1891

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A Bank Suspend.s GRETNA, Neb., Qct. 19.-The Gretna State Bank has suspended and it is rumored that the vice president, A. N. Hancock, has decamped with some of the sureties.

3. October 20, 1891 New-York Tribune New York, NY
Article from New-York Tribune, October 20, 1891

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THE VICE-PRESIDENT STOLE SECURITIES. Chicago, Oct. 19.-A dispatch from Gretna, Neb., says: "Hancock & Co., dealers in general merchandise, were closed Saturday night on a mortgage of $10,500 held by the Gretna State Bank. The mortgage was given by A. N. Hancook, vice-president of the bank, and immediately after the store was closed the bank suspended. The greatest excitement prevailed when It was learned that the vice-president had fied with some of the securities. Charles Key, president of the bank, said that Its affairs were in bad shape."

4. October 22, 1891 Burlington Weekly Free Press Burlington, VT
Article from Burlington Weekly Free Press, October 22, 1891

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THE WORLD IN BRIEF. ALL SUMMARY OF THE NEWS FROM OURS. PARTS OF THIS EARTH OF the Notes From all Parts of Dark Interesting Pithily Presented-Many Deeds Globe Give no Indication of the Millennium. on Tax rate in Brooklyn, N. Y., $2.56 immigrants. *100. There were landed at New York Sunday 1300 Ex Gov. Hale of New Hampshire was buried at Alger Keene denies Monday. the report that he has for this been Gen. offered the war portfolio. army cost of the German The is estimated at $80,979,733. must John He dafies year E. Redmond says Gladstone that Parnell be avenged. the actress, has George B. 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Malcolum with Forbes of Boston. has committee in on Portugal iron goods doubled A revisory the customs duties all kinds of machinery. fair are and want them and The tired board of Mayor of control Hand, removed. of and the world's Ben Butterthe Pickerel worth Salmon are multiplying rapidly driving all in the Hudson river. of the Adirondack lakes. Its trout out Gretna, Neb. State bank. with is closed. some of The president has decamped vice and the bank is wrecked near its funds the explosion of a locomotive an engineer, By Pa., last evening killed. Pottsville, fireman and brakeman were the London A from Paris 2 per to cent of the Times has been alloted to is still Russian despatch estimates loan that only committee Russia. di The Frenca Senate of American pork. vided of its dehiberations in The result over the question tariff law doubt. which Mexican meeting with goes The new November 14 is the reinto strong effect opposition in many parts of public. Dwight L. 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5. October 22, 1891 Delaware Gazette and State Journal Wilmington, DE
Article from Delaware Gazette and State Journal, October 22, 1891

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IN GENERAL. H. C. Wintermayer was arrested Monday, at Middletown, Pa., and committed on the charge of passing counterfeit money, some of which was found on him. Detectives employed by the American Express Company have found the bonds stolen from the train. and some of the jewelry, in a ravine near Utica, N. Y. An organized effort is said to be under way among the various farmers' organizations of the country to secure from Congress free mail delivery in country towns, The Owen Hutchinson Lumber Company of Saginaw, Michigan, has been placed in the hands of a receiver. The liabilities are about $90,000 and the assets $80,000. The resignation of Governor Steele of Oklahoma Territory, has been followed by a lively competition among the towns of Guthrie. Oklahoma City and Kingfisher, for the appointment of the new governor. Pension Commissioner Raum, apropos of a rumor that he had resigned and that Governor Steele of Oklahoma would succeed him, said Monday that he had not resigned, and had no intention of doing so, A Philadelphia and Reading railroad locomotive exploded Monday morning, between Port Carbon and St. Clair. killing the engineer, Henry Wagner, brakemen Charles Hornicker and Mahlon Keith, and fatally injuring Charles Bowers. Jonathan Stewart of Trenton. N. J., Monday made an assignment to George R. Whittaker. His liabilities are $329,000 and the assets $135,000. The liabilities include numerous endorsements of the Trenton China Star Rubber Company, which failed a few months ago. A Cincinnati dispatch says that Dr. Francis Rivers and Signor Carios Del Rio, late of the military staff of President Bal maceda of Chili, passed through that city on Sunday on their way to New York They said that "Balmaceda was not dead, all reports of suicide to the contrary not withstanding, and that they expected to meet him either in New York or ir Europe." S A dispatch from Ottawa, Ont., says: "I is stated in reliable quarters that Premie Abbott holds in his hands the resignation of every member of his cabinet, his misis r ters having tendered their portfolios it view of the contemplated reconstruction o n his ministry. While these resignation r have not been accepted, it places Premie Abbott in a position to act freely when the e time for reconstruction arrives.' a e The Pacific Mail Steamship Company has decided to issue $3,000,000 debentur n bonds for the purpose of building thre new steamers for the China trade, provide the company obtains the contract for mai service from the government. Negotia tions are said to have been closed between the Pacific Mail and the Occidental and e Oriental Company by which the latter i to have the Pacific mail alone in the field n Hancock & Co., dealers in general mer chandise, in Gretna, Neb., were closed or n Saturday night on a mortgage of $10,500 e held by the Gretna State Bank. The mort d gage was given by A. N. Hancock, vice 1president of the bank, and immediately in after the store was closed the bank sus nended The ntt

6. October 24, 1891 Passaic City Record Passaic, NJ
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South and West. COMMODORE NATHANIEL DUNCAN INGRAHAM, formerly of the United States Navy, died at Charleston, S. C., aged eighty-eight. He was born in Charleston and entered the Naval service at the age of nine years. THE boiler of the steamer Evangel, plying between Port Townsend, Washington, ant Whitcomb, exploded, killing Gus Carlson and William Biggs, deckhands, and Julius Flint, fireman. Five others were severely scalded. THE bodies of 900 soldiers who fell in the battle of Fort Recovery, Ohio, including the body of General Butler, were interred with impressive ceremonies in one immense grave at the cemetery set apart by the Govern ment for that purpose. More than 50,000 people were on the grounds. Judge Samuel Hunt, of Cincinnati, delivered the address. WILLIAM ROSE was hanged at Redwood Falls, Minn. He murdered Moses Lufkin, who objected to his attentions to his (Luf. kin's) daughter. Aleck Morris was hanged at Madison, Ga., for the murder of Daniel Lockett, an aged colored man. J. R. STEVENSON, aged thirty-eight, Professor of Astronomy in the Quincy (III.) High School, committed suicide. No cause for the act is known. HENRY HON slew the father and uncle of Miss Otte at McGregor, lowa. Now he threatens the woman because she repulses him. MRS. MARY THURMAN, wife of Judge Allen G. Thurman, died at her home in Columbus, Ohio. Her maiden name was Dun, and she was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1811. ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY men, employed on the Electricity Building at the World's Fair grounds, Chicago, III., quit work because their foreman, William Irving, had been told to accept a position at forty cents an hour or quit. GOVERNOR STEELE tendered his resig nation as Governor of Oklahoma to President Harrison, who accepted it. The cause of Governor Steele's resignation was not known. HANCOCK & Co., dealers in general mer. chandise at Gretna, Neb., were closed on a mortgage of $10,000 held by the Gretna State Bank. The mortgage was given by A. N. Hancock, Vice-President of the bank, and immediately after the store closed the bank suspended. The wildest excitement reigned all the afternoon when it was learned that the Vice-Prosident had decamped with some of the securities. JOHN RUSH, a young white man, was lynched at Columbia, La., for the murder of Hagar Sterling, an old colored went AT the Norton beet sugar factory at Norfolk, Neb.. Lloyd Cobb, son of one of Norfolk's leading business men, fell into one of the carbonation tanks and was overcome by the carbonic acid gas, which is used in the manufacture of sugar. Cobb died soon after being taken out. Jules Vigeraux, who tried to rescue him, was fatally injured.

7. October 29, 1891 Barton County Democrat Great Bend, KS
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Skipped With the Securities. GRETNA, Neb, Oct. 20.-Hancock & Co., dealers in general merchandise, were closed on a mortgage for $10,500, held by the Gretna state bank. The mortgage was given by A. N. Hancock, vice-president of the bank, and immediately after the store was closed the bank suspended. The wildest excitement reigned all the afternoon when it was learned that the vice-president had decamped with some of the securities. Charles Key, president of the bank, said the affairs of the bank are in a very bad shape. The treasurer says there are ample securities to pay all depositors in full if properly handled.

8. October 30, 1891 Fisherman & Farmer Elizabeth City, Edenton, NC
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South and West. COMMODORE NATHANIEL DUNOAN INGRAham, formerly of the United States Navy, died at Charleston, S. C., aged eighty-eight. He was born in Charleston and entered the Naval service at the age of nine years. THE boiler of the steamer Evangel, plying between Port Townsend, Washington, and Whitcomb, exploded, killing Gus Carlson and William Biggs, deckhands, and Julius Flint, fireman. Five others were severely scalded. THE bodies of 900 soldiers who fell in the battle of Fort Recovery, Ohio, including the body of General Butler, were interred with impressive ceremonies in one immense grave at the cemetery set apart by the Govern ment for that purpose. More than 50,000 people were the grounds. Judge Samuel Hunt, of Cincinnati, delivered the address. WILLIAM ROSE was hanged at Redwood Falls, Minn. He murdered Moses Lufkin, who objected to his attentions to his (Lufkin's) daughter. Aleek Morris was hanged at Madison, Ga., for the murder of Daniel Lockett, an aged colored man. J. R. STEVENSON, aged thirty-eight, Professor of Astronomy in the Quincy (III.) High School, committed suicide. No cause for the act is known. HENRY HON slew the father and uncle of Miss Otte at McGregor, lowa. Now he threatens the woman because she repulses him. MRS. MARY THURMAN, wife of Judge Allen G. Thurman, died at her home in Columbus, Ohio. Her maiden name was Dun, and she was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1811. ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY men, employed on the Electricity Building at the World's Fair grounds, Chicago, III., quit work because their foreman, William Irving, had been told to accept a position at forty cents an hour or quit. GOVERNOR STEELE tendered his resignation as Governor of Oklahoma to President Harrison, who accepted it. The cause of Governor Steele's resignation was not known. HANCOCK & Co., dealers in general merchandise at Gretna, Neb., were closed on a mortgage of $10,000 held by the Gretna State Bank. The mortgage was given by A. N. Hancock, Vice-President of the bank, and immediately after the store closed the bank suspended. The wildest excitement reigned all the afternoon when it was learned that the Vice-Prosident had decamped with some of the securities. JOHN RUSH, a young white man, was lynched at Columbia, La., for the murder of Hagar Sterling, an old colored woman. AT the Norton beet sugar factory at Norfolk, Neb.. Lloyd Cobb, son of one of Norfolk's leading business men, fell into one of the carbonation tanks and was overcome by the carbonic acid gas, which is used in the manufacture of sugar. Cobb died soon after being taken out. Jules Vigeraux, who tried to rescue him, was fatally injured.

9. November 4, 1891 The Abbeville Press and Banner Abbeville, SC
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South and West. COMMODORE NATHANIEL DUNCAN INGRAHAM, formerly of the United States Navy, died at Charleston, S. C., aged eighty-eight. He was born in Charleston and entered the Naval service at the age of nine years. THE boiler of the steamer Evangel. plying between Port Townsend, Washington. and Whitcomb, exploded, killing Gus Carlson and William Biggs, deckhands, and Julius Flint, fireman. Five others were severely scalded. THE bodies of 900 soldiers who fell in the battle of Fort Recovery, Ohio, including the body of General Butler, were interred with impressive ceremonies in one immense grave at the cemetery set apart by the Government for that purpose. More than 50,000 people were on the grounds. Judge Samuel Hunt, of Cincinnati, delivered the address. WILLIAM ROSE was hanged at Redwood Falls, Minn. He murdered Moses Lufkin, who objected to his attentions to his (Lufkin's) daughter. Aleck Morris was hanged at Madison, Ga., for the murder of Daniel Lockett, an aged colored man. J. R. STEVENSON, aged thirty-eight, Professor of Astronomy in the Quincy (III.) High School, committed suicide. No cause for the act is known. HENRY HON slew the father and uncle of Miss Otte at McGregor, lowa. Now he threatens the woman because she repulses him. MRS. MARY THURMAN, wife of Judge Allen G. Thurman, died at her home in Columbus, Ohio. Her maiden name was Dun, and she was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1811. ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY men, employed on the Electricity Building at the World's Fair grounds, Chicago, Ill., quit work be cause their foreman. William Irving, had been told to accept a position at forty cents an hour or quit. GOVERNOR STEELE tendered his resigna tion as Governor of Oklahoma to President Harrison, who accepted it. The cause of Governor Steele's resignation was not known. HANCOCK & Co., dealers in general mer chandise at Gretna, Neb., were closed on a mortgage of $10,000 held by the Gretna State Bank. The mortgage was given by A. N. Hancock, Vice-President of the bank, and immediately after the store closed the bank suspended. The wildest excitement reigned all the afternoon when it was learned that the Vice-Prosident had decamped with some of the securities. JOHN RUSH, a young white man, was lynched at Columbia, La., for the murder ol Hagar Sterling, an old colored woman. AT the Norton beet sugar factory at Norfolk, Neb.. Lloyd Cobb, son of one of Norfolk's leading business men, fell into one of the carbonation tanks and was overcome by the carbonic acid gas, which is used in the manufacture of sugar. Cobb died soon after being taken out. Jules Vigeraux, who tried to rescue him, was fatally injured.