Du Quoin Bank (Du Quoin, IL)

Episode Information

Episode UID
70036971380
Episode Type
Suspension โ†’ Closure
Bank Type
private
Bank ID
7003697 routing
Routing Number
70-0369
Start Date
December 30, 1914
Location
Du Quoin, Illinois (38.011, -89.236)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
c55f9f1488c825d3

Response Measures

None

Description

Articles allege cashier misappropriation and creditors sought a receiver; bank reported closed in news brief.

Events (3)

1. December 30, 1914 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
asked Circuit Judge Crow to appoint a receiver for the private institution owned by the late Henry Horn of DuQuoin, III.
Source
newspapers
2. December 30, 1914 Suspension
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Creditors alleged cashier Henry Horn Jr. misappropriated bank funds and estate insolvent; petition sought receiver.
Newspaper Excerpt
Creditors ... asked Circuit Judge Crow to appoint a receiver for the private institution owned by the late Henry Horn of DuQuoin, III.
Source
newspapers
3. January 1, 1915 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
DUQUOIN. III.-The Duquoin Bank, with deposits estimated at between $350,000 and $400,000 was closed.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)

Article from The Cairo Bulletin, December 30, 1914

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Article Text

Father Eschmann, who was formerly pastor of the St. Patricks church of this city, but now of Du. Quoin, one of the executors of the estate of the late Henry Horn at that place, had with the other executor made objections to the a.p. pointment of a receiver of the private bank of Horn. Creditors of the DuQuoin Bank et Henry Horn, who appeared in Belleville yesterday and asked Circuit Judge Crow to appoint a receiver for the private institution owned by the late Henry Horn of DuJuoin, III., alleged in their petition that Henry Horn. Jr. cashier of the bank, misappropriated the bank's funds. The petition did not charge Cashir Horn with misappropriating any specific amount. It charged that he owns real estate and personal property which he purchased with the bank's funds. Creditors asked Judge Crow to enjoin him from disposing of that property. Henry Horn's estate, the creditors allege, is insolvent, and no one has power to continue his business. A receiver for the bank was asked because, it was alleged, the interests


Article from Putnam Patriot, January 1, 1915

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Article Text

WORLD'S NEWS IN CONDENSED FORM TACOMA, Wash.-Tenders for twenty million feet of ties for delivery in England have been asked of Northwest mills by J. F. Neame & Co., of London, through the firm's local agent. The order will be placed after January 1. PARIS.-The well known Cafe Americain, near the Opera, which has been closed since the early days of mobilization, has been reopened. WASHINGTON. - General Villa's forces have suspended their attacks on Ebano, near Tampico, and have concentrated their operations against the seaport of Tuxpam. KANSAS CITY.-A wooden canopy over the walk for the protection of pedestrians on one side of the new Muehlebach Hotel crushed to the ground, burying nine men beneath the ruins. Three men were killed, Walter S. "Rube" Dickinson, 40 years old, a monologist, and two workmen. DUQUOIN. III.-The Duquoin Bank, with deposits estimated at between $350,000 and $400,000 was closed.