gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
167b03004b455025
Response Measures
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Description
President disappeared and safe found nearly empty; receiver appointed and assets later sold.
Events (5)
1.October 27, 1903Run
Cause
Macro News
Cause Details
Slump in Wall Street blamed for causing depositors to surround the bank and prompt action
Measures
Directors decided to apply to judge for appointment of a receiver
Newspaper Excerpt
The depositors surrounded the building until the decision of the stockholders to ask for a receiver was announced
Source
newspapers
2.October 27, 1903Suspension
Cause
Macro News
Cause Details
Slump in Wall Street believed to have caused the bank to suspend (failed to open)
Newspaper Excerpt
failed to open its doors for business this morning...the officers and stockholders decided to apply ... for the appointment of a receiver
Source
newspapers
3.October 31, 1903Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
H. E. Foster, receiver for the bank of the Chickasaw Nation, returned to Tishomingo this afternoon and will renew the attempt to open the bank's time-lock safe.
Source
newspapers
4.November 4, 1903Other
Newspaper Excerpt
Upon opening the safe...Receiver Foster found but $50, which was in silver. It is supposed that President Kirby Purdom...took the funds with him.
Source
newspapers
5.April 25, 1908Other
Newspaper Excerpt
I will proceed to sell the entire assets of the Bank of the Chickasaw Nation. For particulars address me at Ardmore, Oklahoma. H. E. FOSTER, Receiver.
Source
newspapers
Newspaper Articles (19)
1.October 27, 1903The Saint Paul GlobeSaint Paul, MN
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WAIFS OF THE WIRES. NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-The first snow of the season fell in New York, New England and Pennsylvania today. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 26.-The second annual national encampment of the Servvicemen of the Spanish War began here today and will conclude tomorrow. PERRYVILLE, Ky., Oct. 26.-Robbers ransacked the home of Robert Robinson, a wealthy farmer, near here last night and administered poison to Robinson and his wife. Mrs. Robinson will die, but her husband may recover. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 26.-The will of the late Archbishop John J. Kain was filed for probate today. It provides that all of the late archbishop's property, both of a personal and real character, shall be turned over to the diocese. ARDMORE, I. T., Oct. 26.-The bank of the Chickasaw Nation at Tishomingo, the designated depository of the Chickasaw Nation, closed its doors today. The capital stock was $50,000. A receiver will be asked for. It is stated that depositors will be paid within thirty days. TOPEKA, Kan., Oct. 26.-The police have been busy in Topeka in the past twenty-four hours. Sixty-five arrests have been made since Saturday. This includes burglars, drunkards and "jointists." The police expect to convict the proprietors of saloons which were raided law. Sunday under the anti-Sabbath tippling HONOLULU, Oct. 26.-The second and last missing boat of the French bark Constable de Richemont was picked up today by an interisland steamer. It contained the boatswain and seven of the crew of the lost vessel. All were alive, though in a starving condition, having been almost entirely without food since their separation from the other boat of survivors on Oct. 14. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 26.-The United States supreme court today ordered a reargument in the case of the United States vs. the California and Oregon Land company, involving the land granted to the state of Oregon in 1864 to aid in the construction of a wagon road from Eugene City across the Cascade mountains to the eastern boundary of the state. The case has been argued twice in the supreme court.
2.October 28, 1903New-York TribuneNew York, NY
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CHICKASAW BANK FAILS. The Slump in Wall Street Said to Have Caused the Closing. IBT TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.) Guthrie, Okla., Oct. 27.-The Bank of Chickasaw Nation, at Tishomingo, capital $50,000. failed to open its doors for business this morning. The officers and stockholders decided to apply to Judge Townsend at Tishomingo for the appointment of a receiver. The depositors surrounded the building until the decision of the stockholders to ask for a Teceiver was announced The bank was the official depository of the Chickasaw Nation. and several Chickasaws were among the directors. Governor P. S. Mosley and Marshal "Ben" H. Colbert were also directors. The directors say they expect to be able to pay all deposits within the next thirty days. The slump in Wall Street, it is believed, caused the suspension of the bank.
TIME-LOCK WAS SET. I Sensational Developments Expected From Tishominge. Guthrie, O. T., Oct. 31.-A dispatch from Ardmore says sensational developments are expected within the next fortyeight hours in connection with the failure of the Bank of the Chickasaw Nation at Tishomingo, which closed its doors on Monday. Kirby Purdom, president of the institution. has been missing from town since Tuesday. An attempt was made today by the receiver, H. E. Foster, to get into the safe of the bank, but the timelock was set. The safe is supposed to contain quite an amount of money. It has developed that the bank received money last Saturday, but for some reason could not cash checks on that day against its deposits. Ardmore parties lost quite a sum of money, having made deposits Saturday. One of the directors of the bank, B. H. Colbert, is reported to have borrowed a large amount. Colbert is United States marshal of this district. Until Receiver Foster reports the extent of the failure cannot be ascertained, but it is known that it will be heavy. Some of the most prominent Chickasaw Indian officials were connected with the institution and are heavy loosers.
4.November 2, 1903The Daily ArdmoreiteArdmore, OK
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H. E. Foster, receiver for the bank of the Chickasaw Nation. returned to Tishomingo this afternoon and will renew the attempt to open the bank's time-lock safe.
5.November 5, 1903Deseret Evening NewsSalt Lake City, UT
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Bank Safe Was Empty. Oklahoma City, Okla., Nov. 4.-Upon opening the safe of the Bank of Chick. asaw Nation at Tishomingo, which closed its doors last week, Receiver Foster found but $50, which was in silver. It is supposed that President Kirby Pardom, who disappeared at the time of the failure, took the funds with him. The bank was the official depository of the Chickasaw nation and had a capital stock of $500,000. with large private deposits. Gov. Morseley is one of the directors.
BUT FIFTY DOLLARS. It Is Supposed the President Took Funds With Him. Oklahoma City, O...T., Nov. 4.-Upon opening the safe of the bank of Chickasaw Nation at Tishominga, which closed its doors last week, receiver Foster found but fifty dollars which was in silver. It is supposed that the president, Kirby Purdom, whi disappeared at the time of the failure, took the funds with him. The bank was the official dépository of the Chickasaw nation and had a capital stock of $50,000, with large private deposits. Governor Moseley is one of Lile directors.
7.November 5, 1903The Indianapolis JournalIndianapolis, IN
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Bank Safe Looted. OKLAHOMA CITY, O. T., Nov. 4.-Upon opening the safe of the Bank of Chickasaw Nation at Tishomingo, which closed its doors last week, Receiver Foster found but $50, which was in silver. It is alleged that the president, Kirby Putidom, who disappeared at the time of the failure, took the funds with him. The bank was the official depository of the Chickasaw nation and had a capital stock of $50,000, with large private deposits. Governor Moseley is one of the directors.
8.November 5, 1903The Saint Paul GlobeSaint Paul, MN
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LEAVES BUT FIFTY DOLLARS IN SILVER President of Chickasaw Nation Bank Disappears With All Funds. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Nov. 4.Upon opening the safe of the Bank of Chickasaw Nation at Tishomingo, which closed its doors last week, Receiver Foster found but $50, which was in silver. It is alleged that the president, Kirby Putidom, who disappeared at the time of the failure, took the funds with him. The bank was the official depository of the Chickasaw Nation and had a capital stock of $50,000, with large private deposits. Gov. Moseley is one of the directors of the bank.
9.November 5, 1903The Topeka State JournalTopeka, KS
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Only $50 in Bank Safe. Oklahoma City, Ok., Nov. 5.-Upon opening the safe of the Bank of Chickasaw Nation at Tishomingo, which closed its doors last week, Receiver Foster found but $50 which was in silver. It is supposed that the president, Kirby Purdom, who disappeared at the time of the failure, took the funds with him. The bank was the official depository of the Chickasaw nation and had a capital stock of $50,000 with large private deposits. Governor Moseley is one of the directors.
10.November 6, 1903Barton County DemocratGreat Bend, KS
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Bank President Missing. Ardmore, I. T., Nov. 1.-Sensational developments are expected within the next 48 hours in connection with the failure of the bank of the Chickasha nation at Tishomingo, which closed its doors Monday. Kirby Purdom, the president of the institution, has been missing from town since Tuesday. An attempt was made by the receiver yesterday, H. E. Foster, to get into the safe of the bank, but the time lock was set. The safe is supposed to contain quite an amount of money.
Bank President Took the Funds. Oklahoma City, Okla., Nov. 5.-Upon opening the safe of the Bank of Chickasaw Nation at Tishomingo, which closed its doors last week, Receiver Foster found but $50, which was in silver. It is alleged that the president. Kirby Putidom, who disappeared at the time of the failure, took the funds with him.
12.November 27, 1903The Daily ArdmoreiteArdmore, OK
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ASK FOR HOTEL RECEIVED R SUIT IN EQUITY PERTAINING TO FISHER HOTEL H. E. Foster, Receiver, and the Mer chants and Planters Bank of Sher. man Seek to Recover From the Fisher Hotel. Tishomingo. An important action in equity was brought here today in the district court. The case is styled H. E. Foster, receiver, and the Merchants and Plánters National bank of Sherman, Texas. vs. Tishomingo Hotel company et al. The plaintiffs show to the court that H. E. Foster was appointed receiver of the Bank of the Chickasaw nation at Tishomingo, and allege that the hotel company is a corporation organized under the laws in force in the Indian Territory Other defendants mentioned are the State National bank of Denison, O. A. Wells of Ardmore and W. A. Hollenbeck of Tishomingo. For cause of action the plaintiffs allege that the hotel company is organized with B. H. Colbert president and H. L. Muldrow secretary: that in order to obtain means for the construetion of the hotel the company borrowed from the Bank of the Chickasaw Nation a large sum of money and placed as collateral with the bank. shares in the hotel company: that the bank holds 200 shares issued to B. H. Colbert, 200 issued to Kirby Purdom and 304 shares issued to H. L. Muldrow, Jr. Plaintiffs further allege that the borrowed money is long past due and none of which has been paid; that the hotel property is valuable and yields an income of $200 per month: S that the hotel company is claiming that it has transferred the property to 0 A. Wells, who claims to be sole proprietor of the hotel; that said transfer was illegal and was executed without consideration and for the purpose t. of placing the property beyond the y reach of creditors; that the Merchants and Planters bank of Sherman holds one note of $2,000 against the hotel hcompany and that the State National bank of Denison holds one note against d the same company for $1,675. It is rnot the purpose of the plaintiffs to disat turb the possession or lesse of the no1e tel, but pray the court to appoint a O. receiver to collect the rents and revernue and hold it subject to the order is of the court. y Potter, Bowman & Potter are attorre neys for Receiver Foster, and Head a & Dillard are attorneys for the bank. to The case is set for hearing next Tuesday at Pauls Valley.
13.December 2, 1903The Guthrie Daily LeaderGuthrie, OK
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BANK PRESIDENT INDICTED. A Reward of $1,000 Offered for His Apprehension. Ardmore, 1. T., Dec. 2.-It is reported here today that the Uni ed States grand jury has indicted Kirby Purdom the defaulting president of the bank of the Chickasaw nation, who left Tishomingo the day after the bank closed its doors. The direc ors of the institution have offered a reward of $1,000 for his apprehension. All efforts to locate him have proved futile, although a good description of Purdom together with his picture, have been sent broadcast I: was announced the day after the bank failed that deposi tors would be paid within thirty days but it is now believed that depositors will realize lit le, if anything. Re ceiver V. E. Foster and his assistants are still at work with the affairs of the defunct bank. The books were in such a tangled condition that they could gain but li tle from them, and it became necessary to secure the deposit books and certificates of deposi of the depositors for use in the work The receiver refuses to make any statement regarding the ins itution's affairs, and says nothing will be given out until he makes his report to the court, which he hopes to be able to make about December 10.
14.March 20, 1904The Daily ArdmoreiteArdmore, OK
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Chas. D. Wortham, Receiver.
In the case of H. E. Foster, receiver for the Bank of the Chickasaw Nation vs. the Tishomingo Hotel company, which matter was referred to Judge Hinkle, master in chancery, to take testimony. Upon the recommendation of the master the court appointed a receiver for the hotel, naming C. D. Wortham of Ardmore.
15.March 26, 1908The Daily ArdmoreiteArdmore, OK
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Notice. Notice is hereby given that in the Town of Tishomingo on the 25th day of April, 1908, I will proceed to sell the entire assets of the Bank of the Chickasaw Nation. For particulars address me at Ardmore, Oklahoma. H. E. FOSTER, Receiver. 24-1m
16.April 6, 1908The Daily ArdmoreiteArdmore, OK
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Notice. Notice is hereby given that in the Town of Tishomingo on the 25th day of April, 1908, I will proceed to sell the entire assets of the Bank of the Chickasaw Nation. For particulars address me at Ardmore, Oklahoma. H. E. FOSTER, Receiver. 24-1m
17.April 13, 1908The Daily ArdmoreiteArdmore, OK
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Notice. Notice is hereby given that in the Town of Tishomingo on the 25th day of April, 1908, I will proceed to sell the entire assets of the Bank of the Chickasaw Nation. For particulars address me at Ardmore, Oklahoma. H. E. FOSTER, 24-1m Receiver.
18.April 16, 1908The Daily ArdmoreiteArdmore, OK
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Notice. Notice is hereby given that in the Town of Tishomingo on the 25th day of April, 1908, I will proceed to sell the entire assets of the Bank of the Chickasaw Nation. For particulars address me at Ardmore, Oklahoma. H. E. FOSTER, 24-1m Receiver.
19.April 21, 1908The Daily ArdmoreiteArdmore, OK
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Notice. Notice is hereby given that in the Town of Tishomingo on the 25th day of April, 1908, I will proceed to sell the entire assets of the Bank of the Chickasaw Nation. For particulars address me at Ardmore, Oklahoma. H. E. FOSTER, Receiver. 24-1m
Bank runs are almost always and everywhere a deterioration of bank fundamentals.
But not for you.
You are the measure-zero exception: great fundamentals, solid bank, and yet the Diamond Dybvig fairy spread its rumor. Depositors woke up. Your collateral was not prepositioned. The Clearinghouse had it for you.
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