First National Bank (Springville, NY)

Episode Information

Episode UID
289201161
Episode Type
Run โ†’ Suspension โ†’ Closure
Bank Type
national
Bank ID
28920 national
Charter Number
2892
Start Date
September 26, 1896
Location
Springville, New York (42.508, -78.669)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
7dbcb86e70f58e74

Response Measures

Full suspension

Receivership Details

Depositor recovery rate
31.2%
Date receivership started
1896-10-03
Date receivership terminated
1905-12-27
OCC cause of failure
Fraud
Share of assets assessed as good
7.8%
Share of assets assessed as doubtful
72.2%
Share of assets assessed as worthless
20.0%

Description

Initial run and temporary suspension (Sept 26, 1896) preceded appointment of a receiver (Oct 5, 1896) and later criminal charges against the president.

Events (6)

1. February 26, 1883 Chartered
Source
historical_nic
2. September 26, 1896 Run
Cause Details
Heavy withdrawals because the bank could not readily convert securities/collect funds to meet demand (liquidity squeeze).
Measures
Closed doors / suspended payments temporarily
Newspaper Excerpt
There was a run on the First National bank Saturday, which compelled the officers to close the doors.
Source
newspapers
3. September 26, 1896 Suspension
Cause Details
Suspension caused by inability to convert securities/collect assets to meet heavy withdrawal demands.
Newspaper Excerpt
The First National Bank at this place was obliged to close temporarily this morning. The suspension was due to a run and the inability of the bank readily to convert securities into cash to meet the demand.
Source
newspapers
4. October 3, 1896 Receivership
Source
historical_nic
5. October 5, 1896 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
Comptroller Eckels today appointed W. A. Douglass, of Buffalo, N. Y., receiver of the First National Bank of Springville, N. Y., recently failed
Source
newspapers
6. April 6, 1897 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
W. O. Leland, president of the First National bank of Springville, was arrested ... charging him with wrecking the bank.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (18)

Article from New-York Tribune, September 27, 1896

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A WESTERN NEW-YORK BANK SUSPENDS. Springville, N. Y., Sept. 26.-The First National Bank at this place was obliged to close temporarily this morning. The suspension was due to a run and the inability of the bank readily to convert securities into cash to meet the demand. The bank is one of the most substantial in Western New-York and is considered solvent.


Article from The Scranton Tribune, September 28, 1896

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Bank Closed Temporarily. Springville, N. Y., Sept. 27.-The First National bank at this place was obliged to close temporarily yesterday. The cause of the suspension was due to a run and the inability of the bank readily to convert securities into cash to meet the demand. The bank is considered solvent. The champion Baltimore team will play the Scranton club this afternoon * at Athletic Park at 3 o'clock.


Article from The Providence News, September 28, 1896

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Slow Collections. Springville, N. Y., Sept. 28.-There was a run on the First National bank Saturday, which compelled the officers to close the doors. The cause was given that the bank was not able to collect money fast enough to meet the demand. It is expected that the depositors will be paid in full. The capital of the bank was $50,000.


Article from Delaware Gazette and State Journal, October 1, 1896

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# IN GENERAL. James Munroe, ex-Mayor of Annapolis, Md., died Sunday night. Senator Vilas is quoted as saying that Wisconsin will go anti-Bryan by 50,000. Peter Kemm murdered his wife in Buffalo on Friday and then committed suicide. Arthur J. King of R. G. Dun & Co. died at Bloomfield, N. J., Monday morning. The building of the Northern Illinois College was destroyed by an incendiary fire Saturday. Elkins Bros.' grist mill elevator, at Chicago Junction, Ohio, was burned Sunday. Loss, $100,000. The Cincinnati brokerage firm of William E. Hutton & Co. is reported to be financially embarrassed. Harry Conway of Clinton, Ia., was killed in Chicago Thursday by Grace Clark, who also killed herself. The Populist-Democratic fusion agreement in Louisiana gives the former party four of the electors. The International Loan and Trust Co. of Kansas City has filed a deed of trust for $96,000 to protect its creditors. The wooden "elephant" at Coney Island was destroyed by fire Sunday night. The loss is estimated at $18,500. F. O. Prince has been selected by the Massachusetts Sound-Money Democrats as their candidate for Governor. Joseph Wallace, aged 81 years, of Atlantic City, committed suicide Thursday by shooting himself in the head. W. F. Kearns of Mifflin has been nominated for Congress by the Democrats of the Eighteenth Pennsylvania district. The mills of the Amoskeag Co., at Manchester, N. H., which employ 8,000 hands, started up on full time Monday. The Rev. Stanisamin Klausski of Buffalo, N. Y., has been elected bishop of the Polish Roman Catholic Church of America. Consider Risely, a farmer, of Vernon, Conn., was buncoed out of $6,000 Saturday by "two men who called to buy a farm." William Moque, a brakeman, was killed in a freight wreck on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, near Hyattsville, Md., Sunday. The Missouri Populist State Committee Saturday, by a vote of 17 to 10, accepted the terms of fusion proposed by the Democrats. The First National Bank of Springville, N. Y., suspended Saturday in consequence of a run. The bank is believed to be solvent. Three children of Carrie Dobson, colored, were burned to death Saturday in their home in Brookland, a suburb of Washington, D. C. Ex-Attorney General Kirkpatrick was nominated for Congress Monday by the Republicans of the Eighth Pennsylvania district. A Springfield, Mass., dispatch says that Mount Holyoke College was entirely destroyed by fire last night. Loss, $50,000 to $75,000. It is announced that senator Gorman will take the stump in Maryland for Bryan and Sewall. He will confine his speaking to his own State. The Democrats of the Second New Jersey Congressional district have nominated Dr. A. E. Conrow of Burlington county for Congress. The Prohibitionists of the First New Jersey Congressional district have nominated Rudolphus Bingham of Camden county for Congress. An Austin, Tex., dispatch says that reports from all sections of the State indicate that the cotton crop has been seriously damaged by heavy rains. Sylvans Middlebrook, aged 80, of Redding, Conn., was burned to death in a fire that consumed his house, Sunday night. Foul play is suspected. William L. Penick, a prosperous farmer of Yazoo City, Miss., was arrested Monday on a charge of murder committed in 1866 at Russellville, Ala. In New York City Saturday the rear wall of an apartment house, under construction on Madison avenue, collapsed, killing one man and injuring six others. The Otis Co.'s cloth mills at Ware, Mass., which have been running on half time for six months, started up on full time Monday, employing 1,800 hands. Wolf Brothers' dry goods establishment in Little Rock, Ark., has been closed by attachments. Their liabilities will reach $500,000. The assets are placed at $475,000. A surf boat, coming ashore from the stranded steamer De Barry, off Kitty Hawk, N. C., struck a bar and capsized Saturday. Thomas Thomas, aged 38, a native of Swasea, Wales, was drowned. Jare Dotts was found dead on the tracks of a trolley road near Norristown, Pa., Sunday morning, under circumstances indicating that she had been murdered and thrown on the track. Prof. George H. Markoe, one of the originators of the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, was found dead Friday morning in a laboratory in Boston, having probably died from a paralytic stroke. # The New York Silver Democratic State Committee The New York Silver Democratic State Committee Monday nominated William F. Porter for Governor and Frederick C. Schraule for Lieutenant-Governor. Count Von Goetzen, first lieutenant of Uhlans of the Imperial Guard, and well known as an African explorer, has been appointed military attache of the German embassy in Washington. Bourke Cockran addressed a great meeting in Baltimore Saturday evening and aroused much enthusiasm when he declared: "For my part, I stop at no half measures; I vote for William McKinley." At Cleveland, O., Thursday, Richard Davis, a young business man, and Bart Taylor aged 14 years went on a fish.


Article from The Evening Times, October 5, 1896

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Receiver for New York Bank. Comptroller Eckels today appointed W. A. Douglass, of Buffalo, N. Y., receiver of the First National Bank of Springville, N. Y., recently failed


Article from The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 6, 1896

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A Michigan Bank Suspends. Washington, Oct. 5.-The comptroller of the currency has received a telegram announcing the failure of the First National bank of Mount Pleasant, Mich. It is reported that the bank owes depositors $67,000. The comptroller has expressed the opinion that the suspension is due to general incompetency in the management and inability to collect assets. The comptroller has appointed William A. Douglass, of Buffalo, receiver of the First National bank of Springville, N, Y.


Article from The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, October 6, 1896

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National Bank Falls. WASHINGTON, D. C.P. Oct. 5.-The comptroller of the currency has redelved a telegram announcing the failure of the First National bank of Mt. Pleasant. Mioh., the bank at the date of Its last report jowed Its depositors $67,000. Mr. Eckets expressed the opinion that the stispension of the bank was due to the general Incompetency of its management and inability to collect assets. The comptroller has appointed William A. Douglass to Buffalo, N. Y., receiver of the First National Bank, of Springville, N. Y.


Article from Deseret Evening News, October 6, 1896

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Bank Failures. WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.-The comptroller or currency DBB received a tele. gram announcing the failure of the First National bank of Mount Pleasant, Mich. At the date of its last report the bank owed the depositors $67,000. The comptroller expressed the opinion that it was due to the Incompetency 01 the management and inability to collectthe assets. The comptroller has appointed Wm. A. Douglas of Buffalo, N. Y. receiver of the First National bank of Springville, N. Y.


Article from Rock Island Argus, December 31, 1896

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assigned; aggregate liabilities, nearly 000. The Chicago Consolidated Iron and Steel Co. assigned; liabilities, about $800,000. 8. Hilton, Hughes & Co., successors to A. T, Stewart & Co., New York. made a general assignment and closed business; liabilities over $1,000,000. C1. The Kings County Elevated Railway Co. of Brooklyn placed in hands of a receiver. SEPTEMBER. 4. The First National bank of Helena, Mon., failed, with heavy liabilities. 26. The First National bank of Springville, N. Y., suspended. Wolf Bros. dry goods establishment in Lit$500,000. tle Reck closed by attachments; liabilities, OCTOBER. 6. The Car and Lumber Co. of Tyler, Tex., failed: liabilities, $250,000. John Maclean & Co., wholesale millinery, failed in Montreal; liabilities, $175,000. B. L. Price & Co., clothing manufacturers, failed; liabilities, $125,000. 7. The failed. First National bank of Ithaca, Mich., 14. The Marine National bank of Duluth failed. 15. The Bank of Commerce of Buffalo closed its doors. 16. Merchants' National bank of Atlanta failed. 19. .The Western New York Preserving Co., at Buffalo, seized by the sheriff for debt; 11abilities, $167,323. Charles Bortrand & Co., merchants, of Isle 000. Verte, Que., failed. with liabilities of $285,29. The Mecosta County Savings bank, at Big Rapids, Mich., suspended. NOVEMBER, 20. The failed. First National bank of Sioux City, Ia., 23. The Dakota National bank of Sioux Falls failed. SO. The Missouri National bank. at Kansas City, passed into the hands of the comptroller of the currency. The failed. First National bank of Tyler, Tex., DECEMBER. 1. Gage & Felton, bankers and brokers, failed in Boston.


Article from St. Johnsbury Caledonian, January 1, 1897

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assigned; aggregate liabilities, nearly $500,000. The Chicago Consolidated Iron and Steel Co. assigned; liabilities, about $300,000. B. Hilton, Hughes & Co., successors to A. T. Stewart & Co., New York, made a general assignment and closed business; liabilities over $1,000,000. 31. The Kings County Elevated Railway Co. of Brooklyn placed in hands of a receiver. SEPTEMBER. 4. The First National bank of Helena, Mon., failed, with heavy liabilities. 26. The First National bank of Springville, N. Y., suspended. Wolf Bros.' dry goods establishment in Little Rock closed by attachments; liabilities, $500,000. OCTOBER. 6. The Car and Lumber Co. of Tyler, Tex., failed; liabilities, $250,000. John Maclean & Co., wholesale millinery, failed in Montreal; liabilities, $175,000. B. L. Price & Co., clothing manufacturers, failed; liabilities, $125,000. 7. The First National bank of Ithaca, Mich., failed. 14. The Marine National bank of Duluth failed. 15. The Bank of Commerce of Buffalo closed its doors. 16. Merchants' National bank of Atlanta failed. 19. The Western New York Preserving Co., at Buffalo, seized by the sheriff for debt; 11abilities, $167,323. Charles Bertrand & Co., merchants, of Isle Verte, Que., failed, with liabilities of $235,000. 29. The Mecosta County Savings bank, at Big Rapids, Mich., suspended. NOVEMBER. 20. The First National bank of Sioux City, Ia., failed. 23. The Dakota National bank of Sioux Falls failed. 30. The Missouri National bank, at Kansas City, passed into the hands of the comptroller of the currency. The First National bank of Tyler, Tex., failed. DECEMBER. 1. Gage & Felton, bankers and brokers, failed in Boston.


Article from The Weekly Thibodaux Sentinel and Journal of the 8th Senatorial District, January 9, 1897

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BUSINESS TROUBLES. Firms and Corporations Which Succumbed to the Financial Stress of the Period. MARCH. 6. Dan Taimage's Sons, rice dealers, failed in New York city. AUGUST. 4. Moore Bros., speculators, suspended in Chicago. 7. C.H. Fargo & Co., wholesale boot and shoe firm, assigned in Chicago: liabilities, $300, 000. 11. Security bank of Duluth closed its doors. The Murray Hill bank, one of the oldest state banks of New York city, closed its doors; deposits, $1,250,000. 15. George O'Berne & Co., leather dealers; II. M. Hosick, wool dealer, and the Chicago and Western Sonp works, three Chicago firms having close financial connections, assigned: aggregate liabilities, nearly $500,000. The Chicago Consolidated Iron and Steel Co. assigned; liabilities, about $300,000. 26. Hilton, Hughes & Co., successors to A. T. Stewart & Co., New York. made a general assignment and closed business; liabilities over $1,00 000. 31. The King County Elevated Railway Co. of Brooklyn laced in hands of a receiver. SEPTEMBER. 4. The First National bank of Helena, Mon., failed, with heavy liabilities. 26. The First National bank of Springville, N. Y., suspended. Wolf Bros. dry goods establishment in Little Rock closed by attachments; liabilities, $500,000. OCTOBER. 6. The Car and Lumber Co. of Tyler, Tex., failed; liabilities, $250,000. John Maclean & Co., wholesale millinery, failed in Montreal; liabilities, $175,000. B. L. Price & Co., clothing manufacturers, failed; liabilities, $125,000. 7. The First National bank of Ithaca, Mich., failed. 14. The Marine National bank of Duluth failed. 15. The Bank of Commerce of Buffalo closed its doors. 16. Merchants' National bank of Atlanta failed. 19. The Western New York Preserving Co., at Buffalo, seized by the sheriff for debt; liabilities, $107,323. Charles Bertrand & Co., merchants, of Isle Verte, Que., failed, with liabilities of $235,000. 29. The Mecosta County Savings bank, at Big Rapids, Mich., suspended. NOVEMBER. 20. The First National bank of Sioux City, Ia., failed. 23. The Dakota National bank of Sioux Falls failed. 30. The Missouri National bank, at Kansas City, passed into the hands of the comptroller of the currency. The First National bank of Tyler, Tex., failed. DECEMBER. 1. Gage & Felton, bankers and brokers, failed in Boston.


Article from The Copper Country Evening News, April 6, 1897

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Bank President Arrested. Buffalo, N. Y., April 6.-W. O. Leland, president of the First National bank of Springville, was arrested Monday under an indictment found in the United States court at Utica, charging him with wrecking the bank. He was subsequently admitted to bail in $10,000. The Springville bank is in a bad condition. The depositors have claims for $175,000; the receiver has about $50,000.


Article from The Evening Herald, April 6, 1897

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Arrested for Bank wreeking. Buffalo, N. Y., April 6.-W. O. Leland, president of the First National bank, of Springville, was arrested yesterday under an indictment found in the United States court at Utica, charging him with wrecking the bank. He was subsequently admitted to ball in $10,000. The Springville bank is in bad condition. The depositors have claims for $175,000, and the receiver has only about $50,000. The depositors will be lucky if they get more than a third of their deposits.


Article from The Topeka State Journal, April 6, 1897

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HE WRECKED THE BANK It is Charged and W. O. Leland is Arrested for It. Buffalo, N. Y., April 6.-W. O. Leland, president of the First National bank of Springville, was arrested today under an indictment in the United States court from Utica, charging him with wrecking the bank. He was subsequently admitted to bail in the sum of $10,000. The Springville bank is in a bad condition. The depositors have claims for $175,000; the receiver has about $50,000. The comptroller of the currency ordered a 100 per cent assessment on the stockholders, but a large part of this is uncollectable, as the Lelands hold a majority of the bank stock. Depositors will be lucky if they get more than a third of their deposits.


Article from Evening Journal, April 6, 1897

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Arrest of a Bank President. Buffalo, April 6.-W. O. Leland. president of the First National bank of Springville, has been arrested and released under bail in the sum of $10,000 by United States Commissioner Fitzgerald. Mr. Leland was indicted at the Utica term of the United States court for wrecking the Springville bank. The charges against him are similar in part to those against Henry Durk, cashier of the Niagara Falls bank. The Sprin ville bank is in bad condition. The โ‚ซ positors have claims for $175,000, and t receiver has only about $50,000. T comptroller of the currency ordered 100 per cent assessment of the stockholders, but a large part of this is uncollectable, as the Lelands hold a majority of the stock.


Article from The Wilmington Daily Republican, April 6, 1897

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Arrested for Bank Wrecking. Buffalo, N. Y., April 6.-W. O. Leland. president of the First National bank. of Springville, was arrested yesterday under an indictment found in the United States court at Utica, charging him with wrecking the bank. He was subsequently admitted to bail in $10,000. The Springville bank is in bad condition. The depositors have claims for $175,000, and the receiver has only about $50,000. The depositors will be lucky if they get more than a third of their deposits.


Article from The Copper Country Evening News, April 7, 1897

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THE NEWS IN BRIEF. The sweetheart of J. A. Jenkins, a young merchant at Savannah, Mo., died of measles. He almost went mad, and, after a long spell of weeping, shot himself through the heart. Ira F. Hendricks, receiver of the First National bank of Griswold, Ia., has filed petitions in the United States circuit court against the president of the bank, Thomas H. Brown, and his brother, T. P. Brown. Attachments have been issued against their property. The committee of the Pennsylvania senate has set $550,000 as the limit of cost of the new state capitol. Executions aggregating $31,000 were issued against W. C. Bernardi, proprietor of the largest dry goods and general store on the south side in Pittsburg. The city council of Des Moines, Ia., directed a committee of three to draft articles of impeachment against Police Judge Frank Phillips. He was found by experts to have failed to turn over $1,300 in fines. After the report he turned in the money. Eli Albertson, one of the oldest merchants in Hannibal, Mo., executed a deed of trust for the benefit of his creditors. Albertson claims that his assets will exceed his liabilities. Richard H. Clark, formerly of Atlanta, a son of the late Judge Richard Clark, was shot and killed by Joe Brown Irby. Clark went to Irby's home with the intention of killing him. But four counties in the state of Iowa are without creameries. The Iowa dairy interests have been developed into one of the most important subsidiary branches of its agricultural pursuits. Wheat grown in the north of France has from 11 to 26 per cent. less nitrogen eous elements in it than that raised there fifty years ago. W. O. Leland, president of the Firs S National bank of Springville, N. Y., wa arrested under an indictment found i) I the United States court at Utica charg S ing him with wrecking the bank. H was subsequently admitted to bail i $10,000. e The Ohio Torrens real estate law is a length to be argued before the suprem court of the state on April 16.


Article from Little Falls Weekly Transcript, April 9, 1897

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Arreated for Bank Wrecking. BUFFALO, April 7.-W. O. Leland, president of the First National bank of Springville was arrested under an indictment found in the United States court at Utica, charging him with wrecking the bank. He was subsequently admitted to bail in $10,000. The Springville bank is in a bad condition. The depositors have claims for $175,000; the receiver has about $50,000. Sundry Civil and Indian Bills. W ASHINGTON, April 7.-The sundry civil and Indian appropriation bills were reported to the senate during the day by the committee on appropriations. The only change of importance made restores to the Indian bill the provision for opening the Uncompahgre reservation in Utah.