Bank of Ellensburg - Ellensburg, WA

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: January 13, 1911
Location: Ellensburg, Washington (46.997, -120.548)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 196bf6e8d62e6956

Response Measures

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Description

The January 12, 1911 newspaper docket lists a civil case Hadley as receiver vs. Bank of Ellensburg (hearing Jan 13), indicating a receiver had been appointed for the Bank of Ellensburg. The article does not mention any depositor run or describe a prior suspension explicitly, but the receivership implies the bank closed and was placed in receivership. No evidence of a run or reopening is present in the provided article.

Events (1)

1. January 13, 1911 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: January 13-Hadley as receiver vs. Bank of Ellensburg and Hadley vs. Clark.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. January 12, 1911 The Ellensburg Dawn Ellensburg, WA

Article from The Ellensburg Dawn, January 12, 1911

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Article Text

JANUARY TERM COURT DOCKET Superior court will convene on the 16th with a jury. The cases to be heard are as follows: The criminal docket has been arranged as follows: January 16-State vs. Richard Henry the negro of shooting fame who this time is to be tried on a charge of assaulting his wife. January 17-State vs. Jack Connors, who is up on a grand larceny charge. Connors is held on a charge of robbing several hotels. January 18 the case of George Wilson will be heard. He is charged with robbing the Coble lodging house. January 18 P. M. Leo Cimmia, charged with grand larcency from the Cle Elum State Cank, will be tried! January 16 George Renton will be tried for wife desertion and Paul Morgan will be tried for forgery. January 20 John Smith and John Henderson will be tried on charges of grand larcency and robbery, respectively. January 21 Ira Betts will be tried on a robbery charge. January 23 Charles Rosecranz will be tried on statutory charge. John Riley will also be tried the same day for a statutory offense. January 24 Lawrence Leonard and Fred Barnes will be tried on charges of burglary and grand larceny, respectively. The civil court docket follows: January 12-Peterson vs. Peters and Scammon vs. Scammon. January 13-Hadley as receiver vs. Bank of Ellensburg and Hadley vs. Clark. January 10-Miller vs. Schlotfeldt. January 15-Thomas vs. Washington National Bank. January 25-White vs. Dixon and Cle Elum State Bank vs. Cimmia. February 1 Armour Co. vs. Kinney, February 13 Sundquist vs. Altice and Coppock vs. A. C. Butler Co.