1467. Custer County Bank (Silver Cliff, CO)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
private
Start Date
September 5, 1882
Location
Silver Cliff, Colorado (38.135, -105.446)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
c1057c8a

Response Measures

None

Description

Multiple contemporaneous newspaper dispatches (dated Sept 5–6, 1882) report the Custer County Bank 'closed its doors' / 'suspended' with liabilities $40,000 and very small assets; owners (Hartzell/Hartsell Bros.) whereabouts unknown. No explicit run described; articles describe depositor excitement but indicate a closure/suspension that appears permanent. Cause listed as bank-specific insolvency/owners missing rather than mere rumor.

Events (1)

1. September 5, 1882 Suspension
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Bank closed with liabilities ~$40,000 and very small assets; owners (Hartzell/Hartsell Brothers) whereabouts unknown; run in Salida noted but primary report describes insolvency/mysterious failure.
Newspaper Excerpt
The Custer County Bank closed its doors this morning. Liabilities, $40,000; assets very small. This bank was owned by Hartzell Brothers, and run in connection with the Bank of Salida, which suspended yesterday.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (10)

Article from Sacramento Daily Record-Union, September 6, 1882

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SILVER CLIFF, September 5th.-The - Custer County Bank closed its doors this morning. Liabilities, $40,000 ; assets very small. This tank was owned by Hartzell Brothers, and run in connection with the Bank of Salida, which suspended yesterday. Great excitement prevails among depositors in both towns. The whereabouts of the Hartzell brothers is unknown, and the cause of the failure is a mystery.


Article from The Salt Lake Herald, September 6, 1882

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Mysterious Saspension. Denver, Colo. 5.- News' Silver Cliff, Colo. : The Custer County bank closed its doors this morning; liabilities $40,000, assets very small. This Bank is owned by Hartsell Brethers, and run in connection with the Bank of Salida, which suspended yesterday. There is great excite= ment among depositors in both towns. The whereabouts of the Hartzell Brothers is UNKDOWN, and the cause of the suspension & mystery,


Article from The Salt Lake Herald, September 6, 1882

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Mysterious Baspension. Denver, Colo. 5. (-News' Silver Cliff, Colo.: The Custer County bank closed its doors this morning; liabilities $40,000, assets very small. This Bank is owned by Hartsell brothers, and run in connection with the Bank of Salida, which suspended yesterday. There is great excite ment among depositors in both towns. The whereabouts of the Hartzell Brothare is unknown, and the cause of the suspension a mystery,


Article from The Cheyenne Daily Leader, September 7, 1882

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COLORADO NOTES The accommodation (freight) train has been discontinued beween Fort Collins and Cheyenne. Colorado politics is a scriminage of candidates. No principals have thus far been mentioned in the campaign. The Denver and New Orleans required $20,000 for running into Trinidad, erecting depot, etc., and it only required twenty minutes to raise the money. Emma Abbott will soon revisit Denver. The Custer county bank at Silver Cliff has closed.


Article from Knoxville Daily Chronicle, September 7, 1882

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Bank Closed. DENVER, September 6.-A dispatch from Silver Cliff, Custer County, says : "Custer County Bank opened its doors yesterday. Its liabilities amount to $40,000, and its assets are very small. This bank was owned by Hartsell Bros., and was run in connection with the Bank of Solida, which suspended Monday. There is great excitement among depositors here and in Solida. The whereabouts of Hartsell Bros. is unknown. The cause of the sus pension is a mystery.


Article from Eureka Daily Sentinel, September 7, 1882

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TELEGRAPHIC. [SPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL.] Another Chinese Decision. WASHINGTON, Sept. -Acting Secretary of the Treasury French has decided not act upon the question whether a certificate is required of Chinese traveling from one point to another on a through ticket, and who may stop over in Canada en route, but will leave all such questions to the discretion of the custom officers to act according to law. WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.-A special agent of the Treasury has made inquiry of the Department whether a Chinaman traveling from one point to another in this country, and passing through a foreign country on a through ticket, is entitled to enter the territory of the United States without producing the certificate required by law of Chinese seeking to land from a vessel the at of our ports. No actual case of Secone kind has been presented, and Acting retary French declines to decide the Section question until & case actually arises. of the Act relating to Chinese provides 17 that no Chinese person shall be permitted to enter the United States by land without producing to proper officer of customs & that a certificate. The Act further provides certificate of identification, such as United given to Chinese laborers residing in the the States at the time of the passage of Act, and who desire to return, or a certificate by the Chinese Government that he to is not a laborer, and therefore entitled enter the United States, must be produced. not easy to determine what, if any, duties are im bosed upon the Treasury Dewith regard to Chinamen coming into partment the United States by land. The state- Treasment that the Acting Secretary of the had decided to leave all such questions is ury discretion of the customs officers to the it being the duty of the Deerroneous, partment to decide such questions actually arising in the course of its business. Adjustment of Traffic Rates. OMAHA, Sept. 6. Responsible officials of the Union Pacific state that on the recent visit of General Manager Clark and Freight Agent Shelby to San Francisco ad traffic arrangements, more equal and ever to both companies than the vantageous were consummated with before made thus permanent Central Pacific, and that peace has been established. This, it is be the lieved, will set at rest the rumors of Union Pacific being left out in the cold by other alliances made by the Central Pacific. The Royal Excursionists. CHICAGO, Sept. 6.-A special train, bearing the Marquis of Lorne, Princess Louise and party arrived about noon at the Rock Island depot. They visited Pullman early in the morning and on reaching without the city were driven direct to the hotel hotel ceremony or reception. At the for them twenty-one rooms were reserved day They have arranged to spend the San in the city, and proceed to quietly Francisco, via the Rock Island road, to morrow morning A Busted Bank. SILVER CLIFF Col.), Sept. G.-The Custer County Bank closed its doors yesmorning. Liabilities $40,000; assets, terday very small This bank was owned by the Hartsell Bros., and yas run which in connection with the Bank of Solida, suspended on Monday. There is great excitement among the depositors Hartsell in both towns. The whereabouts of the brothers is unknown. The cause the smash-up is a mystery A Tannerizing Maiden, ST LOUIS, Sept. 6 -Miss Phillipena Frengel of North St. Louis, for the last three months, has not taken a bit of solid She food, nor been able to retain liquids. has been treated by several physicians. who introduced food into the stomach with a tube, but it was immediately eject ed. She is not contined to bed. but helps the relative with whom she lives in light household duties. The Election in Vermont. BOSTON, Sept. Late dispatches from White River Junction, Vermont, say that the election of Luke Poland, in the Second District, is somewhat doubtful. There are 81 towns to be heard from in the district, thirteen of which, in Oreans County, have gone for Grant, Democrat. Edison's Electric Light. NEW YORK, Sept. 5 The long expected opening of Edison's incandescent lighting system in lower New York, was made la night. The Herald and Times offices and several hundred other buildings and stores were beautifully lighted and the entire success of Edison's light established. Rich Gold Discovery. EL PASO (Tex.), Sept. 6.--Gold-bearing quartz has been found in Oregon Mountain Mining District, fifty miles north of El Paso, which assays $10,000 to the ton. Specimens have been sent to the Bank of California, and $500,000 have been offered exists for the mine. Great excitement over the find. A Fiendish Negro Hanged. NASHVILLE (Tenn.), Sept. 6.-Mrs. Sarah J. Young, a respectable woman. aged 46, was outraged on Saturday near Union City by a negro named Winston Wade. Last night a mob of 100 men hanged him to tree Keifer in Kansas. TOPEKA (Kan.), Sept. -Keifer, late Speaker of the House of Representatives, arrived here yesterday, and will address the old soldiers on their reunion on the camp grounds on Thursday. The Election in Arkansas. LITTLE Rock, Sept. 6. The returns indicate increased Democratic majorities for the State ticket, whose majority is larger than was anticipated. The Greenback vote was very small. A Lie Nailed. HIGGINSVILLE (Mo.) Sept. No Democratic or other mob demonstration against the Postmaster occurred here, as reported from Washington last night. Eig Mass Meeting. BOSTON, Sept. A fusion mass meeting at Lake Maranacook, Maine, was opened by 8 concert of twenty-five brass bands. About 10,000 persons were in attendance. even THE water


Article from The Daily Dispatch, September 7, 1882

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A Broken Colorado Bank. DENVER, September 6.-A dispatch from Silver Cliff, Custer county, says that the Custer County Bank closed its doors yesterday. Its liabilities amount to 840,000, and its assets are very small. This bank was owned by Hartzeil Brothers, and was run in connection with the bank of Salida, which suspended Monday. There is great excitement among depositors here and in Salida. The whereabouts of Hartzell Brothers is unknown. The cause of the suspension is a mystery.


Article from The Dallas Daily Herald, September 7, 1882

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A Mystery. DENVER, COL., September 6.-A dispatch from Silver Cliff, Custor county, says The Custer County bank closed its doors yesterday. Its liabilities amount to $40,000, and its assets are very small. This bank was owned by the Hartsell brothers, and was run in connection with the bank of Salida, which suspended Monday. There is great excitement among the depositors here and in Salida. The whereabouts of the Hartsell brothers is unknown. The cause of the suspension is a mystery


Article from Burlington Weekly Free Press, September 8, 1882

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Bank Su.pended. SILVER CLIFF, Col. Sept. 5.-The Custer county bank closed its doors this morning. Liabilities $40.000.


Article from The Somerset Herald, September 13, 1882

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Anythea Collapse. DENVER, September 5.patch from Silver Cliff, Custer says: "The Custer County Bank its doors to dav. Its liab amount to $40,000. and its Very small. The bank was fire by the Hartzel! Brothers, and run in connection with the Solida, which suspended yeste: There is great excitement amou positors here and in Solida, whereabouts of the Hartzell B ers is unknown. The cause of suspension is a mystery."