Article Text
ASK RECEIVER FOR bank. PERU, Ind., Oct. 12.-Auditor of State Klauss has applied for receiver for the defunct State Bank at Amboy, closed upon discovery of shortage of near $100,000, alleged to be due to defalcation of missing cashier.
5419. State Bank (Amboy, IN)
Bank Information
- Episode Type
- Suspension → Closure
- Bank Type
- state
- Start Date
- October 12, 1918
- Location
- Amboy, Indiana (40.601, -85.929)
Metadata
- Model
- gpt-5-mini
- Short Digest
6dd7ab57
Response Measures
None
Description
Articles (dated 1918-10-12) report the State Bank at Amboy closed after discovery of a shortage (~$100,000) attributed to defalcation by the missing cashier John Kendall; the State Auditor applied for a receiver. No run is mentioned.
Events (3)
1.
October 12, 1918
Other
- Newspaper Excerpt
- Auditor of State Klauss today applied for a receiver for the defunct State Bank of Amboy; John Kendall, the missing cashier, whose alleged defalcation...will reach more than $100,000, is still missing.
- Source
- newspapers
2.
October 12, 1918
Receivership
- Newspaper Excerpt
- Auditor of State Klauss has applied for receiver for the defunct State Bank at Amboy ... the case will be heard Thursday.
- Source
- newspapers
3.
October 12, 1918
Suspension
- Cause
- Bank Specific Adverse Info
- Cause Details
- Bank closed after discovery of a shortage of about $100,000 alleged to be due to defalcation by the missing cashier John Kendall.
- Newspaper Excerpt
- Auditor of State Klauss has applied for receiver for the defunct State Bank at Amboy, closed upon discovery of shortage of near $100,000, alleged to be due to defalcation of missing cashier.
- Source
- newspapers
Newspaper Articles (3)
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Article Text
BIG BANK DEFALCATION. PERU, Ind., Oct. 11.-Auditor of State Klauss today applied for a receiver for the defunct State Bank of Amboy, and the case will be heard Thursday. John Kendall, the missing cashier. whose alleged defalcation It is said will reach more than $100,000. is still missing. His friends suspect that he probably intended suicide, for his wife has tendered the bank his note for $100,000. payable after his death or on October 7. ITe left Amboy on October 9. going to the neighboring village of Galveston. Since that time nothing has been heard or seen of him.
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KLAUSS APPLIES FOR RECEIVER OF BANK PERU. Ind., Oct. 12.-Auditor of State Klauss today applied for a receiver for the defunct state bank of Amboy and the case will be heard Thursday. John Kendall, the cashier, whose alleged defalcation, it is said. will reach more than $100,000, is still missing. His friends suspect that he probably intended suicide. for his wife has tendered the bank his note for $100,000 payable after his death or on Oct. 7. He left Amboy on Oct. 9. going to the neighboring village of Galveston in an automobile borrowed from the Rev. E. E. Kennedy of Amboy. Since that time nothing has been heard of or from him.