Farmers & Citizens Bank (Pawnee, OK)

Episode Information

Episode UID
8923625291150
Episode Type
Run → Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Bank ID
892362529 hash
Start Date
October 1, 1895
Location
Pawnee, Oklahoma (36.338, -96.804)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
ec212bbbfb3791a4

Response Measures

None

Description

Articles report depositors besieging the bank, bank closed and a bill for a receiver prepared.

Events (3)
1. October 1, 1895 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
a bill for a receiver was being prepared.
Source
newspapers
2. October 1, 1895 Run
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Bank would not open and was effectively insolvent; safe contained only $20-$30, prompting depositor anger and attachment of assets.
Newspaper Excerpt
It leaked out that the bank would not open its doors Saturday...the depositors immediately ran an attachment on the bank building and assets to the amount of $30,000.
Source
newspapers
3. October 1, 1895 Suspension
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Bank closed its doors and receivership proceedings were being prepared due to inability to meet obligations.
Newspaper Excerpt
It leaked out that the bank would not open its doors Saturday, and a bill for a receiver was being prepared.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)
1. October 3, 1895 The Corvallis Gazette Corvallis, OR
Article from The Corvallis Gazette, October 3, 1895

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Article Text

MOB OF ANGRY DEPOSITORS. They Are After a Bank President, Who Will Be Lynched if Caught. Perry, O. T., Oct. 1.-A messenger from Pawnee, twenty-five miles east of here, says that President and Cashier Berry, of the Farmers' & Citizens' bank, of that town, is being pursued by a mob of angry depositors, and will be lynched if caught. It leaked out that the bank would not open its doors Saturday, and a bill for a receiver was being prepared. The depositors immediately ran an attachment on the bank building and assets to the smount of $30,000. C. L. Berry, the president and cashier of the bank, was found, and tried to explain the failure, but the people would not hear him, and, had it not been for the officers, he would have been mobbed on the spot. Berry left, and the crowd became more furious, and when the sheriff opened the safe and found only $20 or $30 in cash the mob got beyond the control of the officers and broke for Berry's house. He had been notified, however, and had made his escape. A number of men, the messenger says, mounted horses and took after him. If Berry is caught he will be lynched.

2. October 5, 1895 The Coeur D'alene Press Coeur D'alene, ID
Article from The Coeur D'alene Press, October 5, 1895

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Article Text

MOB OF ANGRY DEPOSITORS. They Are After . Bank President, Who will Be Lynched if Caught. Perry, O. T., Oct. 1-A messenger from Pawnee, twenty-five miles east of here, says that President and Cash. ier Berry. of the Farmers' & Citizens' bank. of that town, is being pursued by a mob of angry depositors, and will be lynched if caught It leaked out that the bank would not open its doors Saturday, and a bill for a receiver was being prepared. The depositors immediately ran an attachment on the bank building and assets to the smount of $30,000. C. L Berry. the president and cashier of the bank. was found, and tried to explain the failure. but the people would not hear him. and, had it not been for the officers, he would have been mobbed on the spot. Herry left, and the crowd became more furious, and when the sheriff opened the safe and found only #20 or $30 in cash the mob got beyond the control of the officers and broke for Berry's house. He had been notified. however, and had made his escape. A number of men. the messenger mays, mounted horses and took after him. If Berry is caught be will be lynched.