Riverdale State Bank - Riverdale, KS

Episode Information

Episode UID: 83131771497
Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Bank ID: 8313177 routing
Routing Number: 83-1317
Start Date: September 1, 1924*
Location: Riverdale, Kansas (37.372, -97.390)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest: f0a4446538105cdf

Response Measures

None

Description

Closure appears related to embezzlement/shortage by the cashier; bank described as defunct.

Events (2)

1. September 1, 1924* Suspension

Cause: Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details: Cashier C. E. Swartzendruber (alias) disappeared late September; admitted taking $800 and a $2,500 shortage was found in accounts
Newspaper Excerpt: the defunct Riverdale State bank ... had been closed for investigation
Source: newspapers

2. December 22, 1924 Other

Newspaper Excerpt: C. E. Swartzendruber ... missing cashier of the defunct Riverdale State bank ... was arrested in Moberly shortly before noon today; he admitted he took $800 ... and that later a shortage of $2,500 was found in the accounts.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. December 22, 1924 The Parsons Daily Sun Parsons, KS

Article from The Parsons Daily Sun, December 22, 1924

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Article Text

Missing Cashier Is Found on Farm MOBERLY, Mo., Dec. 22.—(A. P.)—C. E. Swartzendruber, alias Frank Howard, alias C. E. Simpson, missing cashier of the defunct Riverdale State bank of Riverdale, Kan., was arrested in Moberly shortly before noon today. He had been working for the past two months as a corn shucker on a farm near Prairie Hill. Swartzendruber admitted he was wanted in connection with the closing of the bank. He admitted also to local newspaper men that he took $800 at the time he left the bank, which had been closed for investigation and that later a shortage of $2,500 was found in the accounts. The fugitive was arrested when he tried to cash two American Express company travelers' checks. After leaving Riverdale, the latter part of September, Swartzendruber went to Kansas City. After staying in Kansas City a short time, he came to Prairie Hill and secured employment on a farm near that place.