Citizens Bank (Macon, MO)

Episode Information

Episode UID
8276370891338
Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Bank ID
827637089 hash
Start Date
June 16, 1911
Location
Macon, Missouri (39.742, -92.473)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
34517905a3508f13

Response Measures

None

Description

Cashier missing suggests possible embezzlement; commissioner placed bank in charge and a receiver followed.

Events (2)
1. June 16, 1911 Suspension
Cause
Government Action
Cause Details
Bank closed and placed under deputy commissioner after cashier Lon Hayner went missing; commissioner put in charge.
Newspaper Excerpt
With Cashier Lon Hayner missing, the Citizens bank of Macon closed its doors this morning. Deputy Bank Commissioner Plank was put in charge by Commissioner Swanger.
Source
newspapers
2. July 6, 1911 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
a new bank is being ... to take the place of the Citizens bank of Macon, which went in ... hands of a receiver.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)
1. June 17, 1911 Tulsa Daily World Tulsa, OK
Article from Tulsa Daily World, June 17, 1911

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Article Text

MISSOURI BANK CLOSES. Macon Institution in Charge of Commissioner - -Cashier Is Missing. By Associated Press. Macon, Mo., June 16.-With Cash1er Lon Hayner missing, the Citizens bank of Macon closed its doors this morning. Deputy Bank Commissioner Plank was put in charge by Commissioner Swanger. The bank has deposits of more than $150,000. As a result of the suspension the Abell Dry Goods Company's store is closed. The store is said to have been backed by the bank. Hayner is said to have been interested in a manufacturing company here. Hayner's daughter, Sue, was married at 8 o'clock yesterday morning The hour originally set for the wedding was noon, but the family moved up the time. Immediately after the ceremony Hayner left Macon and the bank officers are trying to learn his whereabouts.

2. July 6, 1911 Morgan County Republican Versailles, MO
Article from Morgan County Republican, July 6, 1911

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Article Text

ation has been received at e of the state bank commishat a new bank is being orto take the place of the Citink of Macon, which went inands of a receiver. The afthe Citizens' bank are to be d by the new bank, which lude a number of the old ders of the Citizens.