Sapulpa State Bank (Sapulpa, OK)

Episode Information

Episode UID
1592770791525
Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Bank ID
159277079 hash
Start Date
January 1, 1927*
Location
Sapulpa, Oklahoma (35.999, -96.114)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
17fbca86a1505de4

Response Measures

None

Description

Bank failed November 1929 and was in liquidation (liquidating agent paying dividends by 1931).

Events (3)
1. January 1, 1927* Other
Newspaper Excerpt
Kimes: admitted to Gum that he participated in the robbery in 1927 of the Sapulpa State bank, now closed. The loot in that raid, $41,953, was the largest ever taken from an Oklahoma bank up to that time, Gum said.
Source
newspapers
2. November 1, 1929* Suspension
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Bank failed/insolvent and closed in November 1929.
Newspaper Excerpt
The Sapulpa State Bank failed in November, 1929.
Source
newspapers
3. September 1, 1931 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
This the fourth payment the bank has made, making total of per cent that been paid to the The Sapulpa State Bank failed in November, 1929. ... being paid Hoy Harsha, liquidating agent for defunct Sapulpa State bank Harsha's office ... depositors the defunct bank took their checks and passed into the bank lobby where most of them presented checks be cashed. (This article describes payment by liquidating agent.)
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)
1. September 1, 1931 Sapulpa Herald Sapulpa, OK

Article Text

DEPOSITORS IN DEFUNCT BANK CLAIM DIVIDEND Men and women, old and young. and shabby, lined up front of the American National Bank building this not for the bank but claim the five cent dividend that being paid Hoy Harsha, liquidating agent for defunct Sapulpa State bank Harsha's office the southeast corner of the bank building. on the ground floor. door open from Harsha's office into the American National Bank lobby and depositors the defunct bank took their checks and passed into the bank lobby where most of them presented checks be cashed. At least score persons stood in line most the day This the fourth payment the bank has made, making total of per cent that been paid to the The Sapulpa State Bank failed in November, 1929.

2. October 31, 1934 The Hugo Daily News Hugo, OK

Article Text

Convict Told Bankers (Continued from page Unless plans are changed over night, Kimes ended his "goodwill" tour Tuesday night. "We have given everybody who wants to protest chance to have their say,' White said. "Now we are ready to have the matter come to a head." While Kimes was reviewing press notices of nis parole effort in Oklahoma City, and finding them "not as bad as they could be," a "hold" order and warrant for his arrest in connection with one of Oklahoma's big. gest bank robberies, were mailed to the penitentiary from Sapulpa. The warrant charged Kimes with a robbery which, earlier in the day, he is reputed to have confessed to Gum. Kimes: admitted to Gum that he participated in the robbery in 1927 of the Sapulpa State bank, now closed. The loot in that raid, $41,953, was the largest ever taken from an Oklahoma bank up to that time, Gum said.