Dahlgren Bank - Dahlgren, IL

Episode Information

Episode UID: 70100671607
Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: private
Bank ID: 7010067 routing
Routing Number: 70-1006
Start Date: November 1, 1933
Location: Dahlgren, Illinois (38.198, -88.685)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest: 79315bba99600c89

Response Measures

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Description

Article states the bank was placed in receivership Nov. 1, 1933.

Events (2)

1. November 1, 1933 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: The Dahlgren bank was placed in receivership Nov. 1, this year, and Wilkerson was hired as a clerk to assist the receiver Nov. 20, It was announced.
Source: newspapers

2. November 1, 1933 Suspension

Cause: Government Action
Cause Details: Bank was placed in receivership by authorities on Nov. 1, 1933
Newspaper Excerpt: The Dahlgren bank was placed in receivership Nov. 1, this year
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. December 6, 1933 Belleville Daily Advocate Belleville, IL

Article from Belleville Daily Advocate, December 6, 1933

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Article Text

Advocate Exposes Receiver's Clerk As An Ex-Convict (Continued from Page One) of embezzling funds from the Mt. Vernon bank. The receiver declined to elaborate on his statement other than to say the dismissal of Wilkerson was on orders of the comptroller. The Dahlgren bank was placed in receivership Nov. 1, this year, and Wilkerson was hired as a clerk to assist the receiver Nov. 20, It was announced. Wilkerson was sentenced in federal court in East St. Louis by Judge Fred L. Wham in May, 1931, after pleading guilty in federal court in Danville to charges of making false entry in violation of the federal bank code. At the time of his sentencing in East St. Louis, department of justice officials charged a shortage of $26,835.30 in Wilkerson's books. Wilkerson was later paroled from the penitentiary.