Bank of Bath - Bath, IL

Episode Information

Episode UID: 70186171523
Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: private
Bank ID: 7018617 routing
Routing Number: 70-1861
Start Date: November 1, 1926*
Location: Bath, Illinois (40.193, -90.141)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest: 43d93f49afdc02df

Response Measures

None

Description

OCR errors in article; corrected obvious text (missing officer, $30,000 shortage).

Events (2)

1. November 1, 1926* Suspension

Cause: Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details: Audit after president disappeared found a $30,000 shortage suggesting embezzlement/defalcation.
Newspaper Excerpt: The bank ... was closed down ... When an audit the bank's was made shortage of $30,000 was
Source: newspapers

2. January 25, 1927 Other

Newspaper Excerpt: president of the Bank Bath, Ill., who disappeared November ... surrendered today to his lawyers at Lincoln.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. January 25, 1927 The Sioux City Journal Sioux City, IA

Article from The Sioux City Journal, January 25, 1927

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Article Text

MISSING BANK OFFICER HAS SURRENDERED Springfield, Jan. Laxative president of the Bank Bath, III., who disappeared November voluntarily Bromo surrendered today to his lawyers at Lincoln. The bank of which Travers was closed down three after Quinine his When an audit the bank's was made shortage of $30,000 was tablets