17621. Guaranty Savings Bank & Trust Company (Mount Vernon, OH)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Run → Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
trust company
Start Date
July 28, 1911
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio (40.385, -82.475)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
f849775c

Response Measures

Full suspension, Books examined

Other: State superintendent closed the bank and a liquidating officer was to be appointed; depositors to be paid in full.

Description

Newspaper dated 1911-08-01 reports a depositors' run on the previous Friday and the bank was closed by state Superintendent's order and a deputy remained in charge until a liquidating officer arrived. Publication date used to infer event dates (Friday = 1911-07-28; Saturday closure = 1911-07-29). No reopening mentioned; closure appears permanent with liquidating officer.

Events (2)

1. July 28, 1911 Run
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Depositors lost confidence after state department identified conditions to be met; a steady drain escalated into a run.
Measures
Directors had agreed to subscribe remaining capital and arranged to meet department's conditions; superintendent sent deputy who took charge and ordered closure.
Newspaper Excerpt
there commenced a constant strain on the funds of the bank and by noon it had assumed the form of a depositors' run on the bank.
Source
newspapers
2. July 29, 1911 Suspension
Cause
Government Action
Cause Details
State Superintendent of Banks ordered the institution closed after the depositors' run and because certain conditions previously cited had not been met; chief deputy remained in charge until a liquidating officer arrived.
Newspaper Excerpt
CLOSED Was The Guaranty Savings Bank & Trust Co. Saturday By Order Of State Department ... The above sign was posted on the door of the Guaranty Savings Bank and Trust Company, corner Main and Vine streets, Saturday morning, thus signifying to the public that the institution had closed its doors.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)

Article from The Democratic Banner, August 1, 1911

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Article Text

nk was capitalized at $50,alf of which had been paid rs that when the state bank. tment first commenced an on into the financial affairs titution that it was positive. that the bank should meet ral requirements and that d be complied with at once. hat the directors should pay stitution the balance of the tock, which amounted to like $25,000. At a meeting ectors last week this money tically subscribed by the as a sort of voluntary subeach director agreeing to share of the stock with the of one. The matter of seS fund was left to a comnsisting of two of the did the sum of $24,000 was n cash and this has been and is now in the big vault k's safe. It was the intenel board of directors to turn y over next Monday as the the bank. ording to the statement of el directors "the public has dence in the institution," iday the drain on the funds nenced by the depositors. , close of the banking hours leveloped into a depositors' onsequently there was nothdo, but to inform the state t of the condition of afng to the statements of seve directors made to the Banday morning it is their poson that not a depositor will t of money. "The bank is condition financially than 'e," remarked one of the dia an interview during the aranty Savings and Trust has been in existence in Mt. r several years. Later the 1 absorbed the Farmers' & s' National bank and was 1 one of the sound financial is of the city. nk up until its failure on morning was the depository y funds. In addition to this e depository for the city education, the trustees of ownship and several other in the county and likewise itory for the Sinking Fund Commission. The last stateved that there was deposited stitution $102,000 in various ds, but at the present time nt is somewhat lower. One


Article from The Democratic Banner, August 1, 1911

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Article Text

CLOSED Was The Guaranty Savings Bank & Trust Co. Saturday By Order Of State Department After A Depositors' Run On Friday Afternoon Due To A Lack Of Confidence In The Bank Stated That Depositors Will Be Paid In Full CLOSED By F. E. Baxter, Superintendent of Banks. The proper legal notice will be given in due course of time to all creditors. The above notice was posted on the door of the Guaranty Savings Bank and Trust Company, corner Main and Vine streets, Saturday morning, thus signifying to the public that the institution had closed its doors. George Walters, chief deputy superintendent of banks, arrived in Mt. Vernon at 7 o'clock Friday evening and a lengthy conference was held with the directors of the institution as to the financial condition of the bank. On Saturday morning the above sign was posted and the doors of the bank closed. Mr. Walters, the deputy, was seen by a Banner representative at the bank Saturday morning. He stated that the condition of the bank had been carefully watched since the filing of the last statement and that a bank examiner had been at the institution only recently. The state department had informed the directors that certain conditions would have to be met with or otherwise it would be necessary for the department to close the institution. Everything was going well until Friday. It was then learned by the superintendent of banks that the directors had arranged to take care of all conditions pointed out by the department, but on Friday morning there commenced a constant strain on the funds of the bank by the depositors and by noon it had assumed the form of a depositors' run on the bank. The state department was not long in finding out this fact and Chief Deputy Walters arrived on the evening train. After the conference with the directors in the evening he found that the condition in reference to the depositors' run was true and for the best interest of all depositors he considered it advisable to close the institution. After communicating with Superintendent of Banks Baxter an order came that the bank be closed and that Mr. Walters remain in charge until liquidating officer arrives to