16085. First National Bank (Bradford, PA)

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Bank Information

Episode Type
Run Only
Bank Type
national
Bank ID
2470
Charter Number
2470
Start Date
March 6, 1886
Location
Bradford, Pennsylvania (41.956, -78.644)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
329d311c31177c8c

Response Measures

Accommodated withdrawals, Borrowed from banks or large institutions

Description

Multiple contemporaneous newspapers (Mar 6–8, 1886) report a 'slight run' on the First National Bank of Bradford, PA, which was promptly met by $200,000 from the Seaboard Bank of New York. The run was triggered by discovery of large embezzlements by clerks (names appear in OCR as Thomas Christian/Christie and James/Horatio King); articles say clerks confessed. No suspension, receivership, or permanent closure is mentioned — bank remained functioning after outside funds were provided.

Events (3)
1. April 9, 1880 Chartered
Source
historical_nic
2. March 6, 1886 Run
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Discovery of large embezzlement by clerks (Christie/Christian and King) lost largely in oil speculation; clerks confessed, provoking withdrawals.
Measures
$200,000 advanced from the Seaboard Bank of New York to meet withdrawals.
Newspaper Excerpt
There was a slight run on the First National Bank to-day, which was promptly met by $200,000 from the Seaboard Bank of New-York.
Source
newspapers
3. March 2, 1918 Voluntary Liquidation
Source
historical_nic

Newspaper Articles (10)
1. March 6, 1886 The Indianapolis Journal Indianapolis, IN
Article from The Indianapolis Journal, March 6, 1886

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Bank Clerks Charged with Embezzlement. PITTSBURG March 5.-Thomas Christian and James King, clerks in the First National Bank of Bradford, Pa., have been arrested on a charge of embezzling $60,000 from that institution, most of which was lost in oil speculation. King had charge of the individual accounts and Christian of the correspondence and remittances. They went into collusion and invented an ingenious system of cooking the accounts, whereby drafts were issued on fictitious parties and credits made to appear much smaller than they really were. This has been kept up since last July. A large amount of currency has been laid by in anticipation of a run to-morrow. The young men are well connected. They are imprisoned in a hotel in Bradford, in default of bail. They have confessed to the cashier, and will assist in straightening the books. At the exchange yesterday 400,000 barrels of oil were bought in for their account.

2. March 7, 1886 New-York Tribune New York, NY
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RUN ON A DEFRA UDED BANK. BRADFORD, Penn., March 6.-There was a slight run on the First National Bank to-day, which was promptly met by $200,000 from the Seaboard Bank of New-York, The examination of the defaulters, Christie and King, was set for Thursday. Huntley and Johnson, under arrest, are prepared to defend themselves against the accusation of collusion with the clerks.

3. March 7, 1886 St. Paul Daily Globe Saint Paul, MN
Article from St. Paul Daily Globe, March 7, 1886

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Run on a Bank. BRADFORD, Pa., March 6.-There was a slight run on the First National bank today. which was promptly met by $200,000 from the Seaboard bank, New York. The examination of the defaulters, Christie and King, was put over to Thursday. Huntley and Johnson, under arrest. are prepared to defend the accusation of collusion with the clerks.

4. March 7, 1886 The Indianapolis Journal Indianapolis, IN
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Slight Run on a Bank. BRADFORD. Pa., March 6.-There was a slight run on the First National Bank to-day, which was promptly met by $200,000 from the Seaboard Bank, New York. The examination of the defaulters, Christie and King, was put over to Thursday. Hugtley and Johnson, who are under arrest, are prepared to defend the accusation of collusion with the clerks.

5. March 7, 1886 St. Paul Daily Globe Saint Paul, MN
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Run on a Bank. BRADFORD, Pa., March 6.-There was a slight run on the First National bank today, which was promptly met by $200,000 from the Seaboard bank, New York. The examination of the defaulters, Christie and King, was put over to Thursday. Huntley and Johnson, under arrest, are prepared to defend the accusation of collusion with the clerks.

6. March 8, 1886 The Daily Telegraph Monroe, LA
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BRADFORD, PA., March 8.-There was a slight run on the First National Bank Saturday, which was promptly met by $200,000 from the Seaboard Bank of New York. The examination of the defaulters, Christie and King, was put over to Thursday. Huntley and Sohnson, under arrest, are prepared to defend the accusation of collusion with the clerks.

7. March 8, 1886 The Argus Rock Island, IL
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A Nice Lot of Thieves. BRADFORD, Pa., March 8.-Thomas Christie, aged 21, and Horatio King, age 20, clerks in the First National bank here have been arrested for embezzling $50,000 from that institution, most of which they lost in speculation. The bank will lose about $40,000. The balance of the deficiency can be realized. A large amount of currency has been laid in in anti ipation of a run. King and Christie confessed their crime to the cashier and are assisting him in finding fraudulent entries.

8. March 13, 1886 The Panola Weekly Star Sardis, MS
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ON the 5th eight of the Hyde Park (Los. don) rioters were contenced to penal ser. vitude for terms ranging from one to five years. THE total amount appropriated by the Naval bill as referred to the committee on naval affairs is $13,645,000. THE British Foreign office has consented to make room for a number of Turkish officers in the Kgyptian army, displacing British officers. ON the 7th A mass-meeting of Mormon women assembled at Halt Lake City oprotest against federal interference with polygamy. A CONFERENCE at Berlin has been proposed by the Russian Government to fix the terms of Bulgarian unity. THE Government suits against the Bell Telephone Company are expected to be be. gun this week, probably at Columbus, 0. THE State Department has received information that affairs are quiet on the Samoan Islands, and that the recent report of an attempt on the part of Germany to seize the islands arose from a purely private controversy between the German Con. sul and the local authorities. NEARLY eleven hundred employes of the Studebaker wagon and carriage works at Soath Bend, Ind., stopped work on the 6th on account of the refusal of the company to grant an increase in wages. ON the morning of the 6th the word of command was given, and nearly five hundred employes of the Missouri Pacille shops in St. Louis quit work. The order also called out the shop hands at all other points where shops of the Gould system are located. It was said that on the 8th the command would be made to include roadmen all along the system. THE permanent annexation of Burmah, under the sovereignty of Queen Victoria, has been proclaimed by Commissioner Bernard, granting general amnesty, except to notorious rebel leaders, Dacoits and murderers of Europeans. ON the 6th there WAS a slight run on the First National Bank of Bradford, Pa., which was promptly met. THE French Senate on the 6th adopted the Madagascar treaty. FIFTY Sioux Indian girls have recently entered the Wabash (Ind.) school. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. on the a was IN the Senate Government 2d employes petition from for for the law presented compensation Eight Hour over-time passed. put An increasing In amend- since ment was reported to the bill pensions. Debate on the Educational bill a concluded the session In the House bill.,WH8 reported extending the time for filing pension arrearage claims. The Con sular and Diplomat's Appropriation bill was reported. Mr. Bland Have notice of his Intention to Instat on the expedition of business untit the Silver bill could be reached. The Pension Appropriation bill was debated the balance of the day. IN the Senate on the 3d three messages from the President were laid before the Senate A petition was presente from elit. zens of New Jersey for National le rislation for protection o' young girls Also petitions of New York savings banks for a suspension of silver coinage A resolution was to adopted calling on Senators report the names of their private secretaries. The Educational bill was then taken up and debated In the House among bills reported from committees was one by Mr. Hatch to establish agricultural experiment nations. resolution was re. ported for an Investigation of the Pension Department The Pension Appropriation bill was discussed In committee of the whole. The Army Appropriation bill was reported. IN the Senate on the 4th the report of the Board of Indian Commissioners was laid before the Senate. A number of memorials were presented, but none of particular In. terest. bill passed accepting from Mrs. Grant and W. 11. Vanderbits the Grant trophies. The Fitz-John Porter bill was taken up and several amendments adopted In the House the minority.com mitter report against Incorporating the At. Instic & Pacific ship railroad was presented. Bills were passed for a public building at Savannah, Ga and increasing the allowance for Peoria to $275,010 The House refused t lay aside the Pensions Appr printion bill, which was debated during the rest of the session IN the Senate on the 5th a petition for Gov. ernment action in behalf of American pork in Germany WAS presented. A resolution a g reed to calling on the Secretary of the Navy for information concerning the Doi phin and other vessels. The Education bill when taken up, and, after the adopt several amendm nts. passed. Mr. Edmonds resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the Ditatin case was called up and re. adopted. Two appropriation bills were In ceived from the H use and referred the House the Urgent Defleiency bill was 11s. curred at length In committee of the whole and passed by the House The private eat. endar was then taken up, and in the evening fifteen pension bills were passed IMMEDIATELY upon assembling on the 6th the House went into committee of the whole on the state of the Union and after several speeches had been made on the silver question,the committee rose and the House ad. journed. The Senate was not in session.

9. March 13, 1886 The Milan Exchange Milan, TN
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LATE NEWS ITEMS. FRANCIS O'KERFE, a prominent and wealthy farmer and stock buyer, was arrested at Cottage Grove, Wis., on the 6th on the charge of fraudulently manipulating scales while purchasing live stock and thus defrauding sellers. THE condition of the convict farm in Talaposa county, Ala., is said to be frightful, and the treat nent of convicts most barbarous. The parties involved will be prosecuted. THE statement of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company for the month of February shows gross earnings of $1,063,400, a decrease compared with the same month last year of $19,847. ABOUT 1,000 men employed in the Studebaker Wagon and Carriage Works laid down their tools and quit work on the 6th. THE first year's work of the Democratic party shows as a result over 25,000 offices filled with Democrats. IT is said that a large number of Sena tors and Representatives have agreed to remain away from the President's official receptions unless they receive formal invitations to be present. A ST. LOUIS dispatch estimates that 9,000 Knights of Labor are in the strike"on the Gould system. PERRONIER, who fired a revolver in the French Chamber a few days ago, has been sent to a mad house. CAPT. FRED. A. BLANKS, a well-known Ouachita river man, died at New Orleans on the 6th. THE grain elevator of D. Furrers, located at Easton, Ill., was burned on the 6th. Loss, $36,000; insurance, $25,000. IT is said that President Zimmerman, of the Chesapeake and Nashville road, reports that in conference with C.P. Hun tington and associates it was decided not to build a bridge across the Ohio river. THERE was a slight run on the First National Bank of Bradford, Pa., on the 6th, which was promptly met by $200,000 from the Seaboard Bank of New York. ALL the Knights of Labor at St. Louis. to the number of 400, employed on the Gould system of railroads, struck on the 6th. U. S. SENATOR JOHN F. MILLER, of California, died at Washington on the 8th. His remains will be taken to California for interment. THE House Committee on Pensions on the 8th agreed to report a bill to pension n the surviving soldiers and sailors of the Mexican war. DAVID SNOW, a prominent citizen of Camden, Ark., committed suicide on the 3th. COMMISSIONER COLMAN reports unfavoran bly on LeDuc's South Carolina tea farm, and thinks it might better be abandoned.

10. March 13, 1886 The Milan Exchange Milan, TN
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FIFTY Sioux Indian girls have recently entered the Wabash (Ind.) school. MARQUIS TSENG has left the Chinese diplomatic service and has become the chief of the Chinese Admiralty. JEM SMITH, the champion pugilist of En. gland, whom Sullivan is aching [not] to meet, was given a benefit at St. James' Hall, London. on the night of the 6th, at which he was presented with a championship belt worth $15,000. THERE was a slight run on the First National Bank of Bradford, Pa., on the 6th, which was promptly met. A FIRE at Akron, O., on the 6th, which started in Fred. Schumacher's oatmeal mills, caused a loss, before being subdued, estimated at $1,000,000. THE French Senate on the 6th adopted the Madagascar treaty.