Southwestern Washington Bank

Episode Information

Episode UID: 98034271466
Episode Type: Run Only
Bank Type: state
Bank ID: 9803427 routing
Routing Number: 98-0342
Start Date: February 1, 1922*
Location: Ilwaco, Washington (46.309, -124.043)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest: cd959f12330b3623

Response Measures

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Description

Article mentions a reported run in Feb 1922 in context of a trial about falsified bank conditions; details of any withdrawals are sparse.

Events (1)

1. February 1, 1922* Run

Cause: Rumor Or Misinformation
Cause Details: Article only refers to a reported run in Feb. 1922 with no specific trigger described; context includes alleged falsifying of bank condition.
Newspaper Excerpt: asked for information about a reported run on the bank
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. January 12, 1924 Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles, WA

Article from Peninsula Daily News, January 12, 1924

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Article Text

DEFENSE IN BANK TRIAL RESTS CASE Rebuttal Witness Declares Senator Sinclair Told Him Bank Was Sound (By Associated Press) CHEHALIS, Washington, Jan. 12.—To the surprise of a crowd that had filled the Lewis County Court room since the trial of State Senator Percy Sinclair on a charge of falsifying the conditions of the Southwestern Washington Bank of Ilwaco, and which opened Monday, the defense rested today. The jury was instructed by Judge W. A. Reynolds. Before giving his instruction, the prosecution put three witnesses on the stand in rebuttal. One of these, Archie Constable, of Sea View, near Ilwaco, which is on a peninsula between Willapa and the Columbia River, related an alleged conversation with Senator Sinclair, president of the bank, in February, 1922. Mr. Constable told the jury that soon after Senator Sinclair returned home from the last session of the legislature the Sea View man asked for information about a reported run on the bank. The witness declared that the senator replied: "That doesn't worry me a bit. I know the condition of the bank. It is backed by people who could buy the whole peninsula."