Peoples Bank - Seymour, MO

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: July 1, 1933*
Location: Seymour, Missouri (37.146, -92.769)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: be4f2cce652dea92

Response Measures

None

Description

Article (Springfield Leader and Press, 1933-09-14) states the bank is 'now closed' following a robbery in July 1933 in which $838 was taken. No mention of a depositor run is present. OCR errors in the article (e.g., duplicated words) were corrected in interpretation. Closure appears permanent as described; no reopening mentioned.

Events (1)

1. July 1, 1933* Suspension

Cause: Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details: Robbery of the bank in July 1933 in which $838 was stolen; article indicates the bank is 'now closed' after the incident.
Newspaper Excerpt: he the son Marion Hart, president the now closed People's Bank Seymour.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. September 14, 1933 Springfield Leader and Press Springfield, MO

Article from Springfield Leader and Press, September 14, 1933

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Article Text

Montrose Hart's Until October Preliminary hearing for Montrose Hart, 22, charged with grand larceny in connection with the robbery of his father's bank at Seymour, July continued until October was was called in the justice court of Johnson at Marshfield today. The continuance was secured by agreement of attorneys and young Hart $5000 bond Hearing will be at 10 o'clock morning. October Hart arrested September after reported to Prosecutor Homer Chaffin of Webster county that strange tipped him off Springfield theater concerning whereabouts of the $838 taken the bank robbery. found at the spot Hart had designated, and the boy arrested. He the son Marion Hart, president the now closed People's Bank Seymour.