State Bank (Kansas City, MO)

Episode Information

Episode Type
Suspension β†’ Closure
Start Date
October 1, 1921*
Location
Kansas City, Missouri (39.100, -94.579)
Bank Type
state
Routing Number
18-0023

Metadata

Notes

Article 2 is heavily garbled and may refer to a separate 1927 event; core evidence shows the bank was absorbed in Oct 1921.

Events (2)

1. October 1, 1921* Suspension
Cause Details
Bank was absorbed by the Continental Trust Company and described as defunct.
Newspaper Excerpt
defunct State Bank of Kansas City ... absorbed by the Continental Trust Company in October, 1921.
Source
newspapers
2. January 15, 1924 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
Indictments charging irregularities approximating $150,000 in the conduct of the defunct State Bank of Kansas City were announced today ... the defunct institution was absorbed by the Continental Trust Company in October, 1921.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)

Article from The St. Louis Star and Times, January 15, 1924

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Article Text

Father and Son Indicted. KANSAS CITY, MO., Jan. 15.β€”(By I. N. S.)β€”Indictments charging irregularities approximating $150,000 in the conduct of the defunct State Bank of Kansas City were announced today against W. L. McDonald and his son, J. L. McDonald, former officials of the bank. The defunct institution was absorbed by the Continental Trust Company in October, 1921. W. L. McDonald was chairman of the board of directors and J. L. McDonald was vice president. The former is said to have moved recently from Tulsa to St. Louis while the son last was heard from in Casper, Wyo. Both are sought on warrants based on the indictments. Callao, Mo., Cashier Gone. CALLAO, MO., Jan. 15.β€”(By I. N. S.)β€”A warrant will be issued for the arrest of C. R. Jones, assistant cashier of the Farmers' Bank of Callao, who disappeared last Wednesday, W. T. Colman, president of the bank, announced today. Colman said Jones' accounts were $1,500 short, but that he believed the missing man's bond would protect the bank against loss.


Article from St. Joseph News-Press, July 22, 1927

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Article Text

KANSAS CITY BANK CLOSES. State Falls to Open Run Given Reason. KANSAS July Commercial failed The its doors The meeting tween the was not bank as the for the closing