Commercial Savings Bank - Charleston, WV

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: savings bank
Start Date: December 9, 1897
Location: Charleston, West Virginia (38.350, -81.633)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 88c069c4

Response Measures

None

Description

Newspaper (Dec 9, 1897) states the Commercial Savings Bank of Charleston has gone into voluntary liquidation and depositors are notified to collect funds. No run is described. The bank appears to close permanently under voluntary liquidation rather than by government receivership.

Events (1)

1. December 9, 1897 Suspension

Cause: Voluntary Liquidation
Cause Details: Bank went into voluntary liquidation; depositors instructed to call and get their money; bank never paid according to article.
Newspaper Excerpt: The Commercial Savings Bank of Charleston has gone into voluntary liquidation. The depositors are notified to call and get their money.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. December 9, 1897 Shepherdstown Register Shepherdstown, WV

Article from Shepherdstown Register, December 9, 1897

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Article Text

West Virginia News. A life-size oil portrait of ex-Governor MacCorkle has just been finished by C. Ayer Whipple, a New York artist, and has been placed in the Governor's reception-room at Charleston. The Commercial Savings Bank of Charleston has gone into voluntary liquidation. The depositors are notified to call and get their money. Wm. A. Ohley was president and Chas. W. Young cashier. The bank never paid. H. M. and J. H. Robinson killed three bears on Rich mountain, near Elkins. They were run into a tree by the dogs and shot before they got out. Another West Virginia farmer discovered four bears at one time in his cornfield. John F. Morgan, who murdered the Green family, in Jackson county, last month, escaped from prison at Ripley last Thursday night by fooling the jailer. He was recaptured Saturday afternoon. He is to be hung December 16th. Virgil Staley, the murderer of his brother-in-law, Lafe Adkins, escaped jail at Wayne Court-House Saturday morning after gagging Jailer Booth and locking him in a cell. He had been sentenced to five years' imprisonment, but the Supreme Court had allowed a writ of error. The trial of Col. Eastham for the killing of Mr. Thompson has been in progress at Parsons this week. The prosecution has been putting in its evidence, and it has woven a very strong net against the accused. Some of the witnesses have given very damaging evidence against Col. Eastham. Dr. D. Mayer, of Charleston, has gone for his post of duty as U. S. consul at Buenos Ayres. He presented Col. Flintlock Perry before he left with a beautiful silk hat in token of the warm affection which exists between these two old soldiers of opposite sides. It was Col. Perry's 65th birthday.-Martinsburg Statesman. Col. Perry needed the hat.