Farmers & Merchants State Bank (Conroe, TX)

Episode Information

Episode UID
88192571570
Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Bank ID
8819257 routing
Routing Number
88-1925
Start Date
October 28, 1930
Location
Conroe, Texas (30.312, -95.456)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
a3c3a4dbc0496dd1

Response Measures

None

Description

Articles report the bank as failed with burned records and embezzlement charges against the cashier.

Events (2)
1. October 28, 1930 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
J. M. Griffith, cashier of the failed Farmers' and Merchants' state bank, whose records were discovered recently to have been burned, also faced a felony charge...
Source
newspapers
2. October 28, 1930 Suspension
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Bank described as failed; records burned and cashier charged with embezzlement/theft on bank's records.
Newspaper Excerpt
J. M. Griffith, cashier of the failed Farmers' and Merchants' state bank, whose records were discovered recently to have been burned, also faced a felony charge...
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)
1. October 28, 1930 Brownsville Herald Brownsville, TX
Article from Brownsville Herald, October 28, 1930

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Article Text

# Judge Charged In # Bank Investigation CONROE, Tex. Oct. 28—(P)— In addition to ouster proceedings, A. W. Morris, suspended county judge, today faced three felony charges, filed by state rangers in connection with an investigation into records of the First State Bank of Conroe. The charges accused Morris with giving false testimony to a state bank examiner with reference to the security of a note executed by the H. A. Budde, the security on several notes aggregating $6,500 executed by the Wells Kennedy Company and with concealing an $8,000 liability due W. A. Trice. Having waived examining trial, the 56-year-old jurist, whose ouster suit was continued yesterday until Monday, was released under $500 bond in each case. He refused to discuss the charges other than to say his talking would be "done during my campaign for county judge on an independent ticket." J. M. Griffith, cashier of the failed Farmers' and Merchants' state bank, whose records were discovered recently to have been burned. also faced a felony charge, which asserted he had raised a $320.51 Item in the banks' books to read $2,321,51. Previously he had been charged with theft on the bank's records and with embezzlement. He was at liberty on bond.

2. October 28, 1930 Brownsville Herald Brownsville, TX
Article from Brownsville Herald, October 28, 1930

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Article Text

# Judge Charged In # Bank Investigation CONROE, Tex. Oct. 28-(AP)- In addition to ouster proceedings, A. W. Morris, suspended county judge, today faced three felony charges, filed by state rangers in connection with an investigation into records of the First State Bank of Conroe. The charges accused Morris with giving false testimony to a state bank examiner with reference to the security of a note executed by the H. A. Budde, the security on several notes aggregating $6,500 executed by the Wells Kennedy Company and with concealing an $8,000 liability due W. A. Trice. Having waived examining trial, the 56-year-old jurist, whose ouster suit was continued yesterday until Monday, was released under $500 bond in each case. He refused to discuss the charges other than to say his talking would be "done during my campaign for county judge on an independent ticket." J. M. Griffith, cashier of the failed Farmers' and Merchants' state bank, whose records were discovered recently to have been burned, also faced a felony charge, which asserted he had raised a $320.51 item in the banks' books to read $2,321.51. Previously he had been charged with theft on the bank's records and with embezzlement. He was at liberty on bond.