6298. Winfield Mortgage & Trust Company (Winfield, KS)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
trust
Start Date
January 1, 1894*
Location
Winfield, Kansas (37.240, -96.996)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
ec5972753ddac63b

Response Measures

None

Description

Articles report that the Winfield Mortgage & Trust Company had been placed in receivership in 1894. The 1906 articles describe an expert's report accusing the receiver F. K. Robinson of diverting large sums. No articles describe a depositor run or reopening; the key event is the receivership/closure dating to 1894. OCR typos corrected (e.g., 'recelver' -> receiver).

Events (2)
1. January 1, 1894* Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
The receivership was granted in 1894.
Source
newspapers
2. January 19, 1906 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
report of H. B. Patterson, expert accountant, of his examination of the accounts of F. K. Robinson, receiver of the Winfield Mortgage & Trust company, filed in the District court today, declares that the receiver has diverted to his own private use $30,000 to $50,000 of the trust company's money.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (4)
1. January 20, 1906 The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City, UT
Article from The Salt Lake Tribune, January 20, 1906

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Article Text

RECEIVER HAS A SNAP Expert Says He Has Appropriated Not Less Than $30,000. WINFIELD, Kas. Jan. 19-The report of H. B. Patterson, expert accountant, of his examination of the accounts of F. K. Robinson, receiver of the Winfield Mortgage & Trust company, filed in the District court today, declares that the recelver has diverted to his own private use $30,000 to $50,000 of the trust company's money. The company did business in loans in Kansas and at Spokane, Wash. The receivership was granted in 1894. The report cites thirty or forty instances of claims being settled and profits accruing being diverted to Robinson's private account The receiver admitted to the accountant that his profit was probably $29,000.

2. February 6, 1906 Wausau Pilot Wausau, WI
Article from Wausau Pilot, February 6, 1906

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Brief News Items. Dr. Sergei de Besselitsky of Chicago has been elected to the chair of modern languages at Vincennes university. The American Breeders' Association met in conjunction with the Nebraska Corn Improvers' Association in Lincoln. John Singer Wallace, army chaplain, who was appointed by President Lincoln in 1863, died at Alameda, Cal., aged 74. W. R. Brandt, a wealthy politician, shot and killed his wife and Justin Adams, her alleged paramour, at Otsego, Minn., and committed suicide. Fire at Ashland, Ohio, caused a loss of $100,000 at F. E. Myers & Brothers' implement and tool works. William Leonard was probably fatally injured by falling walls. Reform, the most sweeping ever attempted in a large city, has been begun in the police department of St. Louis, where grafters and tools of corrupt politicians are to be discharged from the force. A trust fund of about $500,000 for the poor of Cincinnati is provided for in the will of Joseph Earnshaw, a civil engideer, in the event that his widow does not dispose of the estate or dies intescate. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., told his New York Bible class that a doctor should sacrifice the life of his patient rather than lie. President Eliot of Harvard predicted n an address at Cambridge, Mass., that n 100 years the United States will be :he most democratic country the world ever has known. F. K. Robinson, receiver of the Winield Mortgage and Trust Company of Winfield, Kan., since 1894, is said by H. E. Patterson, who completed his reports of Robinson's accounts the other day, to ave appropriated for his own use from $30,000 to $50,000 of the company's money.

3. February 8, 1906 The Plymouth Tribune Plymouth, IN
Article from The Plymouth Tribune, February 8, 1906

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Article Text

Brief News Items. Dr. Sergei de Besselitsky of Chicago has been elected to the chair of modern languages at Vincennes university. The American Breeders' Association met in conjunction with the Nebraska Corn Improvers' Association in Lincoln. John Singer Wallace, army chaplain, who was appointed by President Lincoln in 1863, died at Alameda, Cal., aged 74. W. R. Brandt, a wealthy politician, shot and killed his wife and Justin Adams, her alleged paramour, at Otsego, Minn., and committed suicide. Fire at Ashland, Ohio. caused a loss of $100,000 at F. E. Myers & Brothers' implement and tool works. William Leonard was probably fatally injured by falling walls. Reform, the most sweeping ever attempted in a large city, has been begun in the police department of St. Louis, where grafters and tools of corrupt politicians are to be discharged from the force. A trust fund of about $500.000 for the poor of Gincinnati is provided for in the will of Joseph Earnshaw, a civil engineer, in the event that his widow does not dispose of the estate or dies intestate. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. told his New York Bible class that a doctor should sacrifice the life of his patient rather than lie. President Eliot of Harvard predicted in an address at Cambridge, Mass., that in 100 years the United States will be the most democratic country the world ever has known. F. K. Robinson, receiver of the Winfield Mortgage and Trust Company of Winfield, Kan., since 1894, is said by H. E. Patterson, who completed his reports of Robinson's accounts the other day, to have appropriated for his own use from $30,000 to $50,000 of the company's money.

4. February 8, 1906 Wood County Reporter Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Article from Wood County Reporter, February 8, 1906

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Article Text

Brief News Items. Dr. Sergei de Besselitsky of Chicago has been elected to the chair of modern languages at Vincennes university. The American Breeders' Association met in conjunction with the Nebraska Corn Improvers' Association in Lincoln. John Singer Wallace, army chaplain, who was appointed by President Lincoln in 1863, died at Alameda, Cal., aged 74. W. R. Brandt, a wealthy politician, shot and killed his wife and Justin Adams, her alleged paramour, at Otsego, Minn., and committed suicide. Fire at Ashland, Ohio, caused a loss of $100,000 at F. E. Myers & Brothers' implement and tool works. William Leonard was probably fatally injured by falling walls. Reform, the most sweeping ever attempted in a large city, has been begun in the police department of St. Louis, where grafters and tools of corrupt politicians are to be discharged from the force. A trust fund of about $500,000 for the poor of Cincinnati is provided for in the will of Joseph Earnshaw, a civil engineer, in the event that his widow does not dispose of the estate or dies intestate. John D. Rockefeiler, Jr., told his New York Bible class that a doctor should sacrifice the life of his patient rather than lie. President Eliot of Harvard predicted in an address at Cambridge, Mass., that in 100 years the United States will be the most democratic country the world ever has known. F. K. Robinson, receiver of the Winfield Mortgage and Trust Company of Winfield, Kan., since 1894, is said by H. E. Patterson, who completed his reports of Robinson's accounts the other day, to have appropriated for his own use from $30,000 to $50,000 of the company's money.