Citizens State Bank - New Castle, IN

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: October 23, 1896
Location: New Castle, Indiana (39.929, -85.370)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 9d1de0c7

Response Measures

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Description

The single article lists a court case captioned Edward Hawkins (receiver) vs. The Citizens' State Bank of New Castle, indicating a receiver has been appointed for the bank and it is in receivership/closed. The article does not describe any run or an explicit suspension notice, but the presence of a receiver implies the bank has ceased normal operations and is effectively closed; therefore classified as suspension_closure.

Events (1)

1. October 23, 1896 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: Edward Hawkins (receiver) vs. The Citizens' State Bank of New Castle.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. October 23, 1896 The Indianapolis Journal Indianapolis, IN

Article from The Indianapolis Journal, October 23, 1896

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Article Text

Cases Set in Federal Court. The following cases have been set for trial in the United States Circuit Court: Nov. 10-Elbert W. Shirk vs. The City of Lafayette, Marcus H. Darrow vs. The H. R. Horne Produce Company, Edward Hawkins (receiver) vs. The Citizens' State Bank of New Castle. Nov. 11-John B. Murphy vs. Bernard S. O'Connor, William A. Schwartz (administrator) vs. Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company. Nov. 12-Thomas C. Sprague vs. Augustus C. Mills, David D. Fickle (receiver) vs. The Guarantors of Pennsylvania. Nov. 13-Stanley W. Edwins vs. The Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company, Edward Hawkins (receiver) vs. Joseph S. Jenckes et al. Nov. 14-Hosea B. Tullis vs. The Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company, John R. East vs. Edward Worthington, William R. Stevens vs. The Diamond Plate Glass Company. The following petit jury was drawn for United States Circuit Court for the trial of civil causes, beginning Nov. 10: Dora Abercrombie, Rushvine; P. B. Anderson, Talbott; Lawrence Athey, Reelsville; C. C. Bean, Leesburg: J. D. Chambers, Williamsport; Henry Dillman, Twelve Mile; W. D. Ellis, Kokomo; Abel Ewing, Greensburg; Max Gordan, Gordan; D. N. Hay, Kingsburg; Harlow Jones, Terre Haute; J. S. Leech, Sullivan; John Norman, Holtonsville; John R. Page, Anderson; Thomas Painter, Monrovia; P. W. Patterson, Muncie; Frank Pogue, Graysville; Florin Pugh, West Lebanon: J. A. Rish, Indianapolis; George Schultz, Brazil; W. Stultz, Eagletown; Riley Suites, Wiles; Ward Walkup, New Ross, and Geo. C. Ross, Mitchell.