Dilworth Bank - Gonzales, TX

Episode Information

Episode UID: 88029471577
Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: private
Bank ID: 8802947 routing
Routing Number: 88-0294
Start Date: May 4, 1931
Location: Gonzales, Texas (29.502, -97.452)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest: 65476c1d98c7e3c3

Response Measures

None

Description

Bank is described as an unincorporated copartnership that closed and sought a receiver.

Events (2)

1. May 4, 1931 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: A petition was filed ... for an accounting and for appointment of a receiver ... asking him to appoint a receiver to take charge of all the assets and to preserve and protect them for the benefit of depositors and creditors.
Source: newspapers

2. May 4, 1931 Suspension

Cause: Voluntary Liquidation
Cause Details: Partners petitioned for dissolution and closed the bank, asking the court to appoint a receiver.
Newspaper Excerpt: I deem it absolutely necessary for the interests of all depositors and creditors to close the doors of the bank and ask for the appointment of a receiver
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. May 7, 1931 Shiner Gazette Shiner, TX

Article Text

Gonzales Bank Asks Receiver Gonzales, Tex., May 4.-A petition was filed in district court here this morning styled C. E. Dilworth and Everett Lawley versus R. S. Dilworth in a suit for the dissolution of a copartnership existing under the name of the Dilworth Bank unincorporated for an accounting and for appointment of a receiver. The petitioners left immediately for Seguin where District Judge Lester Holt is holding court asking him to appoint a receiver. The officers of the bank are R. S. Dilworth, presi. dent; C. E. Dilworth, vice president; Everett Lawley, cashier. According to published statement the three named officers are sole owners of the bank. In a statement to the public, C. E. Dilworth says that "after careful analysis of the situation which has been precipitated by conditions arising during the last 24 hours, I deem it absolutely necessary for the interests of all depositors and creditors to close the doors of the bank and ask for the appointment of a receiver to take charge of all the assets and to preserve and protect them for the benefit of depositors and creditors.'