A Colored Bank Fails
March 13, 1897
Summary
A black owned bank fails and the reasons are unknown.
Transcription
A Lexington Savings Bank, a colored institution at Baltimore, MD has failed, with liabilities of over ($16,000) sixteen thousand dollars.
Lawyer E. J. Waring, the president and cashier has disappeared. The safe was forced open by experts and only ($28.72) twenty-eight dollars and seventy-two cents found therein.
A profound sensation has been created.
Lawyer E. J. Waring, the president and cashier has disappeared. The safe was forced open by experts and only ($28.72) twenty-eight dollars and seventy-two cents found therein.
A profound sensation has been created.
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Upper Left Quadrant
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Contributed By
Brian Schrott
Citation
“A Colored Bank Fails,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed January 18, 2026, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/1134.