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The Great Lincoln National Bank Heist
The heist was the biggest in American history at the time- but they always have the biggest everything. Because they have always been "the scientifically managed" financial institution.



In September 1930 "bandits" robbed the Lincoln National Bank and Trust Company in Nebraska of $2,800,000; the Lincoln National Bank and Trust went into liquidation as a consequence and deposits were taken over by Continental National Bank formerly The German American State Bank, which weathered the Depression like a rock.

In 1976, following two of the largest bank failures in U.S. history and the bankruptcy of the Pennsylvania Railroad, management of failed bank assets made the FDIC liquidation division the largest real estate investment trust in the nation. The FDIC database in Washington , DC maintains the information that Lincoln National Bank and Trust, Fort Wayne, Indiana, incorporated in 1905 ( merged into Norwest Bank, and then into Wells Fargo) and was formerly named Allen County National Bank.

However, neither Moody's Manuals nor the Fort Wayne newspapers of the day agree with this information. Lincoln National Bank and Trust was chartered as The German American National Bank in 1905 and was a United States depository. There was never an "Allen County National Bank," at least not in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana.

The German American Bank, established 1910, the year Lincoln Trust Company was established, we are told is in B. Edward Ewing's home town, Jasper, Indiana.

Why does the FDIC, as it continues to pay out millions when banks fail, despite the "lessons of the 1980's," making itself more powerful with each receivership, associate the Fort Wayne Lincoln National Bank and Trust with an original bank which never existed in Fort Wayne? Unless the Allen County reference is to a bank in Allen County, Lima, Ohio, implying that Old National, Fort Wayne National, First National, and Lincoln National have always been one and the same with the German American Bank. That would have meant that one financial institution of what could be called the Indy Big (190)5 went into operation in Fort Wayne, spread out over a geographic range of two or three blocks at the time of The Armstrong Investigation.

The Central Company (see Railroads & Failed Banks) aka Northwest Bancorporation, incorporated fashionably before the stock market crash in 1929 with the purpose of acquiring the controlling interest of banks, various financial institutions, and trust companies, according to Moody's Manuals of Banking.

In order of disappearance, the $2,000,000 robbery in 1930 of the "once strong" Lincoln National Bank, Nebraska caused it to go into liquidation. Deposits were taken over by Continental National Bank, the former German American State Bank. "Continental" was a correspondent of an assortment of "Lincoln" banks nationwide.

In 1931 Good Prince Johann, the agricultural engineer/student of European banking, who married a Texas cattle baron's daughter and took up American business, taught American financial advisors the financial road to Liechtenstein ( Conduit 1) and the importance of agricultural mergers.

The George E. Sebring Company disappeared into Prudential and Mutual Benefit Life policies in Barnett Bank, Florida in 1931. In 1931 American Central Life was founded, though American Central Company was founded in St. Louis, MO before the Civil War.

Conduit 2 formed in 1936 when Cyril Duprey, who while in New York founded another United Mutual Life (after the first was merged with American Central into American United Life) left town and founded Colonial Fire Insurance in Trinidad.

United Mutual Life Insurance Company II was merged into MetLife 3/25/1993. In 1997, American United Life foreclosed on the 1985 "Tower Partnership" in arrears $2,000,000 on a mortgage on Fort Wayne's Lincoln Tower. In September 2001 it was discovered in Colorado that American United Life, to the chagrin of the Commissioner of Insurance and the Colorado Secretary of State, had ceased filing between 1936 and 2001.

"Kryder Realty" disappeared from the offices of Judge Helmke and "Lincoln Management" (309 Standard Building) in Fort Wayne in 1950. Likewise, "Kryder Insurance" and "Allen Finance Company" diasappeared from Clarence F. Kryder's offices in 202 Standard Building. Hoopingarner Construction Company, Inc. (C.F. Kryder incorporator and treasurer) disappeared from 225 Standard Building in 1967 where it was sharing the room with the bookkeeping department of the Anthony Wayne Bank, incorporated 1943. The Kryder Company, Inc. disappeared from 807 Fort Wayne Bank Building and dissolved 1/01/1970 along with countless Indiana corporations of all ages.

Shortly after, by mid- 1970, the Pennsylvania Railroad became the biggest bankruptcy in U.S. corporate history. Then still even more millions of the Pennsylvania railroad and the U.S. government were lost to Liechtenstein in 1971 in what was called a "financial scandal."

Now, the Allen County Bank and Trust Company of Leo, Indiana (where four generations of Kryders lie in Old Leo Cemetery and New Leo Cemetery, on Kryder land) was also founded in 1971, according to the FDIC, though the Indiana Secretary of State says incorporation was 4/21/1972. The institution failed in 1985. That name is one of the closest found to the FDIC's non-existent Allen County (Indiana) National Bank. The only other similar name is Allen Bank and Trust which incorporated along with Lincoln Tower Corp. in 1968, the latter as a one-bank holding company for Lincoln National Bank and Trust, the former German American National Bank of 1905, not to be confused with the German American Bank of 1910 which was incorporated the year of Lincoln Trust Co.

As a parting shot, the 1910 German American Bank in Jasper became FDIC insured in 1955 when Lincoln Financial Corporation of Ardmore, Oklahoma and The Central Trust Company, Indiana was founded.

Kryder's Digest
Condensed Time Line of Lost Recorded Assets, "Lincoln" Banks and Insurance Cronies

Dates link to the Big Indiana Time Line


Pre-History

1822 Farmers Loan and Trust Company formed.

1845 Florida was admitted to the Union; David L. Yulee, a supporter of slavery married to the ex-governor of Kentucky's daughter, was elected senator and became known as the "Father of Florida's Railroads."

1/31/1845 Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company was incorporated in Newark, NJ

1853 2/23/1853 American Central Insurance incorporated in St. Louis as Atlantic Mutual Insurance; the first overland mail stages simultaneously left St.Louis and San Francisco

1856 Wells Fargo Bank Nebraska, National Association 1919 Douglas Street Omaha,NE 68103 FDIC Certificate #: 5457 Date Established: 10/1/1856

1857 First National Bank of Omaha 16th And Dodge Streets Omaha,NE 68197 FDIC Certificate #: 5452 Date Established: 1/1/1857

1860 Straus Brothers organized in Ligonier, Indiana.

1863 The National Banking Act of 1863 (Amendments in 1864 and 1865) was passed; Wells, Fargo & Company, delivered the government's Civil War Relief Funds; National City Bank of Kentucky 101 South Fifth Street Louisville, KY 40232 FDIC Certificate #: 2756 Date Established: 1/1/1863; U.S. Bank National Association 425 Walnut Street Cincinnati,OH 45202 FDIC Certificate #: 6548 Date Established: 7/13/1863

1865 04/14/1865 Abraham Lincoln assasinated in Washington, DC.; On or about May 15, 1865, the Confederate treasury disappeared, by many accounts on the embankment of the Florida Railroad bordering Senator David Yulee's Cottonwood Plantation.

1870 Atlantic Mutual Insurance, St. Louis, changed its name to American Central Life.

1873 Brothers John and Matthew Clark obtained a concession from the Argentinean government to build a railway from Buenos Aires to the Chilean frontier; The Lincoln National Bank, Cincinnati was incorporated.

1876 In Wisconsin, LA CROSSE NATIONAL BANK (later known as the National Bank of La Crosse) was incorporated.

1877 United Mutual Life Insurance was formed by the Knights of Pythias; 5/07/1877 William Boyd Barnett opened the Bank of Jacksonville (Florida).

1881 4/21/1881 charter of 1873 The Lincoln National Bank, Cincinnati Ohio

1889 The Hamilton Bank and Trust Company 74 Peachtree Street, S.W. Atlanta,GA 30301 FDIC Certificate #: 10070 Established: 1/1/1889 Inactive as of: October 9, 1976 Closing history: Merged with Financial Assistance into Acquiring institution: First American Bank of Georgia, National Association (In Liquidation) - (11654)

(Geo. E. Sebring Life Insurance Policy) MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Filed: 6/23/1889 Status: forfeited Jurisdiction: NEW JERSEY 520 BROAD ST NEWARK, NJ 07102-3184 Agent RESIGNED 02/13/2002

1890 The Lincoln National Bank, Washington, DC was chartered March 1890- correspondents were National City Bank, Continental National Bank Chicago, Bank of New York and Trust Co.

1893 The Union Pacific Railroad went into receivership; financial panic caused a depression;

1897 Union Pacific Railroad Company reincorporated in Utah; under Edward H. Harriman lead to formation of Northern Securities Company;

2/27/1897 R.L. Romy/Bertha Romy Indiana Investment Company first incorporated in Indiana; Robert L. Romy announced he would be leaving Fort Wayne, where he had resided 32 years, for the west.

3/18/1897 Indiana Lumberman's Mutual Insurance incorporated.

EQUITABLE BUILDING AND LOAN COMPANY Filed 09/10/1897 State FL DISSOLVED 10/21/1974

1898 Lincoln Trust Co., Nebraska was incorporated as Lincoln Safe Deposit and Trust Co., later segregated into two companies in 1911.


1902 The Equitable Life Insurance company maintained an office in "The Lincoln Life Building" in Fort Wayne, called "The Elektron Builing" in 1902.

THE CENTRAL TRUST BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF FLORIDA Filed 06/05/1902 State FL DISSOLVED 10/21/1974

COLONIAL INVESTMENT COMPANY 850 FLORIDA 1ST NATIONAL BANK BLDG JACKSONVILLE FLA 32202 Number 002423 FEI Number 590201700 Filed 10/20/1902 State FL DISSOLVED 11/21/1984

11/17/1902 The People's Trust and Savings Company incorporated in Fort Wayne with $200,000 capital stock;

Summit Bank- One Summit Square Fort Wayne,IN 46801 FDIC Certificate #: 11335 Date Established: 11/24/1902 People's Trust, Summit, Anthony Wayne Bank were eventually merged into NBD, which merged into BANK ONE (BO).


1904 T. Roosevelt broke up Harriman's Northern Securities Company/Union Pacific Railroad monopoly; H.O. Sebring, a classmate of F.D. Roosevelt, graduated cum laude from Harvard; Clarence F. and Minnie V. Kryder resided on 40 acres in Sec 28, Cedar Creek Township.

5/17/1904 Lincoln Trust Co., Providence , RI was incorporated under the name Italo American Mutual Trust Co.

In Wisconsin, LA CROSSE NATIONAL BANK (later known as the National Bank of La Crosse) purchased the German American Bank adding $600,000 to its assets. It was acquired by Northwest Bancorporation and name changed to Norwest Bank in 1983.


1905 Articles of Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Fort Wayne, Indiana ;

The Seaboard Company incorporated in NJ to hold stock of the Seaboard Airline Railway;

Lincoln Bank and Trust, Louisville, KY was incorporated in 1905 as Lincoln Savings Bank;

Lincoln National Bank chartered May 4, as the German American Bank, now in Jasper (home of Bernie Ed Ewing)

11/28/1905 Charter of The Central Bank and Trust Company, Atlanta, Georgia; Asa Griggs Candler, founder of The Coca-cola Company, President. The bank occupied The Candler Building on the corner of Peachtree and Pryor Street. A "cotton" bank.


 

1909 3/05/1909 Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company incorporated.

04/01/1909 Beginnning of Continental National Bank, Lincoln, Nebraska, as The German American State Bank.

CONTINENTAL BROKERAGE COMPAN : 191214-025 Creation : 4/27/1909 Inactive : 1/1/1970

9/09/1909 Death of E.H. Harriman, one of biggest railroad owners in U.S.

THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA 751 BROAD STREET NEWARK NJ 07102-3777Number 800142 FEI Number 221211670 Filed 11/29/1909 State NJ Status ACTIVE


1910 German American Bank, Jasper IN established.

LINCOLN LIFE COMPANY Qualifying State: NE Apr 23 1910 Active

STRAUS BROTHERS COMPANY THE; Indiana: 192815-012 Creation : 4/15/1910 Inactive : 1/1/1970 later merged into Lincoln Trust Co.

AMERICAN STATE BANK. ST. PETERSBURG FL Number 004638 Filed 05/11/1910 State FL DISSOLVED 10/21/1974

8/08/1910 The German American State Bank, Great Bend, Kansas, opened for business.

Indiana LINCOLN TRUST CO .: Creation : 10/11/1910 Inactive : 01/01/1975 merged in 1928


1911 George E. Sebring, of the nationally successful Sebring Pottery in Mahoning County, Ohio, was recruited from his digs in Daytona by a real estate agent from Wauchula, to invest in central Florida land and develop it (i.e. Highlands County, Sebring, Florida); Standard Oil was dissolved under court order; Lincoln Trust Co., Nebraska incorporated 1898 as Lincoln Safe Deposit and Trust Co., segregated into two companies in 1911.

Norwest Bank Omaha South, National Association 4650 South 24th Street Omaha,NE 68107 FDIC Certificate #: 5456 Date Established: 1/1/1911 Bank Charter Class: National Bank Date of Deposit Insurance: 1/1/1934

FARMERS TRUST COMPANY : 191251-018 Creation : 1/17/1911 Inactive : 1/1/1975

1/27/1911 Byron H. Barnett (A.G. Barnett and Sons) sold the Fort Wayne Transfer company for $20,000 to the Motor Transfer Company, Van B. Perrine, pres.

GERMAN GUARANTY BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION : 191258-005 Creation : 7/19/1911 Inactive : 1/1/1975

JASPER BUILDING AND LOAN ASS : 191258-034 Creation : 7/28/1911 Inactive : 1/1/1970

SEBRING REAL ESTATE COMPANY Filed 11/23/1911 State OH DISSOLVED 06/04/1936 (Florida Corporation)


1912 The Elektron Building changed its name to the Lincoln Life Building

1/04/1912 The American State Bank, Terre Haute, IN was closed by the state banking commission- shortages were found in president W.H. Taber's accounts.

Foreign Profit COSMOPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Number 800357 Filed 02/23/1912 State GA DISSOLVED 10/21/1974

ANHEUSER-BUSCH BREWING ASSOCIATION ST. LOUIS MO Number 800397 Filed 06/14/1912 State MO CONVERTED TO NOTES 06/04/1936 Officer/Director D BUSCH, ADOLPHUS PD MUHLEMANN, EUGENE S BUSCH, AUG A. D BUSCH, ADOLPHUS, JR.

AMERICAN STATE BANK OF LAKELAND Number 005788 Filed 08/26/1912 State FL DISSOLVED 10/21/1974


1913 AMERICAN STATE BANK: Indiana: 7/31/1913 Inactive: 1/1/1975

09/04/1913 White Fruit House Department Store moved its location to the entire first floor and basement of The Lincoln Life Building Fort Wayne

GERMAN AMERICAN LIFE AND ACCIDENT ASSOC : 191508-019 Creation : 9/23/1913 Inactive : 1/1/1975

PRUDENTIAL BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOC : 191508-065 Creation : 10/6/1913 Inactive : 1/1/1975

10/07/1913 The Lincoln Trust and Savings Bank incorporated in Chicago.

4/21/1914 Straus Brothers announced plans for a new big trust company.


1917 Merger of Lincoln Life with Pioneer Life, Fargo, ND made Lincoln one of largest companies in the state.; In Lincoln, Nebraska, Wheaton and Walker Battey joined the The German American State Bank- the name was dropped and "Continental State Bank" was adopted.

1918 Louisville, KY Lincoln Savings Bank.changed name to Lincoln Savings Bank and Trust.

AMERICAN STATE BANK GARY INDIANA : 191579-023 Creation : 4/17/1918 Inactive: 1/1/1975

5/31/1918 The German American Bank Fort Wayne changed its name to Lincoln National Bank;

LIBERTY TRUST COMPANY : Indiana: 191587-035 Creation : 8/21/1918 Inactive: 1/1/1975

The First Joint Stock Land Bank of Fort Wayne, an affiliate of (Fort Wayne) Old National Bank was chartered December 20, under the Federal Farm Loan Act. It operated in Indiana and Ohio.(12/20/1918)


1919 6/01/1919 The 5/17/1904 Italo American Mutual Trust Co. , later Lincoln Trust Co.( see 2/12//1924), Providence , RI changed name to Cosmopolitan Trust Co.

6/26/1919 The Lincoln Trust Co. merged its interests with Straus Brothers Commercial Bank

4/24/1919 LINCOLN LIBERTY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 10016641 10306 REGENCY PARKWAY DRIVE OMAHA, NE Qualifying State: NE Apr 24 1919


1922 Continental State Bank took over the deposits of American State Bank; Louisville, KY Lincoln Savings Bank and Trust changed name to Lincoln Bank and Trust Company- Continental National Bank was later a correspondent; The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Holding Company Formed

CENTRAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF FLORIDA 1400 N BOULEVARD TAMPA FL 33607 Filed 04/13/1922 State FL DISSOLVED 10/13/1989

IND STATE BANK 191933-017 Creation : 12/8/1922 Inactive : 1/1/1975

12/09/1922 Clarence and Minnie V. Kryder purchased Lots 1-60 W.H. Simons Addition, re-platted as Kryder's Addition with $12,000.00 gold coin in hand.


1923 "Lincoln Life Building" called "The Standard Building"

STANDARD BUILDING COMPANY INC : 215 E Berry Street, FORT WAYNE, IN 46802: 194235-142 Creation : 01/31/1923 Inactive : 12/31/1987

LINCOLN SAVINGS BANK :Indiana : 3/30/1923 Inactive: 1/1/1975

4/24/1923 Announcements published bearing information from J.W. Daniels, Pres., about stock offerings of the new Archer-Daniels- Midland Company, available until May 1926, transfer agent The Seaboard National Bank of the City of New York.

AMERICAN STATE BANK : Indiana: 5/14/1923 Inactive Date: 1/1/1975

6/08/1923 Will of Geo. E. Sebring created.

Declaration of Trust BREWTON LAND & INVESTMENT COMPANY PALMDALE FL Filed 10/08/1923 ACTIVE;

11/03/1923 Central Fairfield Trust, Norwalk Connecticut incorporated, National City Bank a correspondent.

EQUITABLE BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION OF POLK COUNTY Number 012872 Filed 11/28/1923 State FL DISSOLVED 10/21/1974


1924 Lincoln National Bank, Newark NJ chartered 1924.

2/12/1924 Cosmopolitan Trust Company, Providence, RI merged into Lincoln Trust Company, Providence. This was the former 5/17/1904 Italo American Mutual Trust Co.which according to Moody's changed its name (Italo) to "Cosmopolitan" in 1919 and then to "Lincoln " which companies were merged into each other as Lincoln Trust Company.


the Florida Land Boom

1925 Florida Foreign Profit MUTUAL OF OMAHA INSURANCE COMPANY MUTUAL OF OMAHA PLAZA OMAHA NE 68175 Number 833059 FEI Number 470246511 Filed 02/12/1925 State NE Status ACTIVE NAME CHANGE 09/25/1974 OLD NAME: MUTUAL BENEFIT HEALTH & ACCIDENT ASSOCIATION

CENTRAL FARMERS' TRUST COMPANY West Palm Beach, FL Filed 06/15/1925 State FL DISSOLVED 10/21/1974- correspondent banks were Barnett Bank and Farmers Loan and Trust

Foreign Profit ATLANTIC MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY 17 WEST MCDONOUGH STREET P.O. BOX 187 SAVANNAH GEORGIA 31402 Number 802255 FEI Number 580147890 Filed 06/18/1925 State GA WITHDRAWAL 07/22/1988

Central Bank for Agriculture, Germany, was established for investors to promote German agriculture.

SEABOARD DISTRIBUTING COMPANY Filed 07/15/1925 State FL DISSOLVED 12/14/1936

MUTUAL INVESTORS INCORPORATED Filed 07/20/1925 State FL DISSOLVED 11/23/1936

7/29/1925 The Colonial Corporation, St. Petersburg, FL changed name to Thomas J. Rowe Corporation

LINCOLN SECURITIES COMPANY Filed 08/01/1925 State FL DISSOLVED 11/23/1936

(1963 Closing of Minnie V. Kryder Estate- Guy Warren Botts, lawyer, no banking background, elected Pres, and CEO Barnett Bank; acquired First National entities.) BOTTS INVESTMENT CO Filed 08/03/1925 State FL DISSOLVED 11/23/1936

LINCOLN INVESTMENT CORPORATION Filed 08/05/1925 State FL DISSOLVED 09/16/1936

Foreign Profit LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY 175 BERKELEY STREET BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS MA 02117-0149 US Number 802391 FEI Number 041924000 Filed 08/12/1925 State MA Status ACTIVE REINSTATEMENT 10/24/1996 NAME CHANGE 01/17/1950 : UNITED MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.

LINCOLN COMPANY INC THE Filed 08/14/1925 State FL DISSOLVED 09/06/1929

EQUITABLE INVESTMENT COMPANY OF FLA Filed 08/17/1925 State FL DISSOLVED 11/23/1936

SEBRING DEVELOPMENT COMPANY Filed 08/19/1925 State FL DISSOLVED 09/14/1936

CENTRAL MORTGAGE COMPANY Filed 08/19/1925 State FL DISSOLVED 09/17/1936

LINCOLN OIL COMPANY OF FLORIDA Filed 09/10/1925 State FL DISSOLVED 09/14/1936

COLONIAL REALTY COMPANY OF ORLANDO Filed 09/28/1925 State FL DISSOLVED 09/16/1936

EQUITABLE MORTGAGE COMPANY INC Filed 09/29/1925 State FL DISSOLVED 11/23/1936

LINCOLN ICE COMPANY Filed 10/17/1925 State FL DISSOLVED 11/23/1936

EQUITABLE INVESTMENT CORPORATION Filed 10/24/1925 State FL DISSOLVED 12/23/1936

Barnett Bank of Highlands County 60 South Ridgewood Drive Sebring,FL 33870 FDIC Certificate #: 9623 Established: 10/27/1925 Inactive June 29, 1996 Merged without Assistance Barnett Bank, National Association - (3566)

THE LINCOLN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY Filed 10/30/1925 State FL DISSOLVED 06/01/1945

THE VENICE COMPANY MYAKKA REALTY COMPANY Filed 11/16/1925 State FL DISSOLVED 09/17/1936 SCOTT, J.H. VENICE FL Officer/Director MCDERAAND, J.C. 1018 ENGINEERS BANK BLDG CLEVELAND OH PTD ENNEE, STANTON VENICE FL VD LAUGHLIN, L.E. F. & M. BLDG FLORENCE SC SD BOTHNER-BY, A.C.

VENICE REALTY COMPANY Filed 11/17/1925 State FL DISSOLVED 09/17/1936

11/20/1925 Sebring Summit Plat, Geo. E. Sebring Co.

VENICE-NOKOMIS BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 304 W VENICE AVE P.O. DRAWER 1556 VENICE FLA Filed 11/24/1925 State FL CONVERSION 11/23/1982 Agent KANETSKY,MOORE & DEBOER P.A. 227 NOKOMIS AVE VENICE FL FL 33595 see RUINATION OF THE STANDARD TRUST OF CLEVELAND

PRUDENTIAL ABSTRACT & TITLE COMPANY INC Filed 11/25/1925 State FL DISSOLVED 12/14/1936

COSMOPOLITAN REALTY CORPORATION Number 106384 Filed 12/14/1925 State FL DISSOLVED 11/23/1936

SEBRING SECURITIES COMPANY Filed 12/29/1925 State FL DISSOLVED 09/14/1936


1926 PRUDENTIAL BOND AND MORTGAGE COMPANY Filed 02/20/1926 State FL DISSOLVED 09/17/1936

COLONIAL SECURITIES COMPANY Number 108380 Filed 02/27/1926 State FL DISSOLVED B 12/07/1936


1927 Colonial Trust Company organized 1927;

1/3/1927 German American Savings Bank, Los Angeles organized.

Estate of George E. Sebring who died 1/04/1927; Contained only two life insurance policies, Prudential Life and United Mutual Benefit Life, of Newark NJ, valued at $150,000, which were directed by his Will to be invested in municipal and government bonds ( retained in Barnett Bank of Highlands County) with annual interest of $8,000 to be paid to support his widow.

LINCOLN SAVINGS INSTITUTION INC Filed 01/26/1927 State FL DISSOLVED 11/23/1936

Old-First National Company, 127 West Berry, was incorporated 3/2/1927 as "The Old National Securities Company," S.B. Bechtel Director.

(failed First National of Highlands President =) SKIPPER INSURANCE AGENCY INC Filed 03/02/1927 State FL DISSOLVED 09/14/1936

(Barnett=) TROPICAL SECURITIES CORPORATION Filed 03/11/1927 State FL DISSOLVED 08/11/1936

CONTINENTAL BOND & MORTGAGE COMPANY Number 113757 Filed 03/28/1927 State FL DISSOLVED 04/30/1954

LINCOLN BOND AND MORTGAGE CORPORATION Number 113809 Filed 04/04/1927 State FL DISSOLVED 09/17/1936

VENICE HOLDING COMPANY INC Filed 04/08/1927 State FL DISSOLVED 09/17/1936

Foreign Profit CENTRAL SURETY AND INSURANCE CORPORATION Filed 04/26/1927 State MO MERGED 12/31/1965

5/26/1927 Continental Life Insurance Company incorporated in Denver CO

CONTINENTAL NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Jurisdiction: Colorado Formation Date: 06/16/1927

PRUDENTIAL COMPANY THE Filed 07/20/1927 State FL DISSOLVED 12/07/1936

VENICE INVESTMENT COMPANY THE Filed 08/05/1927 State FL DISSOLVED BY 09/17/1936

11/05/1927 Lincoln Interstate Holding Company incorporated in New Jersey (Sebring- Mutual Benefit policy domicile).

11/26//1927 Dedication of Sebring Irregular Tracts N-Q by H.O. Sebring, Sebring Development Company


1928 Beginning of depression era in Judge May's Citrus County, Florida.

SEBRING LAND COMPANY Filed 01/07/1928 State FL DISSOLVED 06/01/1943

THE SEGAS COMPANY TAMPA FL Filed 01/24/1928 State FL DISSOLVED 12/23/1936 Officer/Director SEBRING, H. O. . SEBRING FL D HAINZ, ED L. . SEBRING FL D RODGERS, T. PASCO . SEBRING FL

CENTRAL TRUST COMPANY OF ORLANDO Filed 03/28/1928 State FL DISSOLVED BY PROCLAMATION 10/21/1974

4/02/1928 Under a declaration of trust, Lincoln Mutual Investment Trust was organized with Loomis, Sayles & Co. investment counsel and trustees.

4/21/1928 Lincoln Trust Company merged into Lincoln National Bank, Fort Wayne IN

CONTINENTAL HOLDING CORP Number 117110 Filed 04/24/1928 State FL DISSOLVED 09/14/1936

CONTINENTAL LOSS ADJUSTING SERVICES, INC. : CNA Plaza Statutory Reporting 21S, CHICAGO, IL 60685 : 192669-023 Creation : 6/2/1928 Inactive : 6/29/2000 : Original Creation State: IL Other Names 5/11/1990 UNDERWRITERS ADJUSTING CO

9/16/1928 THE HURRICANE OF 1928 DESTROYED THE DIKE ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE, DROWNING MORE THAN 2000 PEOPLE.

HIGHLANDS SECURITIES CORPORATION Filed 09/24/1928 State FL DISSOLVED Filed 09/14/1936

Billion dollar merger of Continental Bank and Trust and Illinois Merchants Trust made the Continental Illinois Bank and Trust company the second largest financial institution in the U.S,

CENTRAL HOLDING CORPORATION Filed 11/07/1928 State FL DISSOLVED 09/17/1936

LINCOLN LAND & MORTGAGE COMPANY THE Number 118543 Filed 11/19/1928 State FL DISSOLVED 12/14/1936

CENTRAL LAND AND MORTGAGE COMPANY Filed 12/04/1928 State FL DISSOLVED 04/24/1959

SEBRING COMPANY THE Filed 12/26/1928 State FL DISSOLVED 09/14/1936


Close-up on events preceeding the stock market crash.

1929 Failure of Highlands Bank and Trust and First National Bank ("E.E. Skipper"; Sebring)

U.S. Bank National Association 601 Second Avenue South Minneapolis,MN 55402 FDIC Certificate #: 5134 Date Established: 1/1/1929

(The North American Co.) Consolid Land, which owned the 1440 acre site of Sebring's future airport, cleared a few runways and offered the land to Highlands County provided it be used as a public airport.

Northwest Bancorporation ( The Central Company) was organized 1/24/1929 to aquire controlling interests in banks, trust companies, and various financial institutions.

01/30/1929 Continental Life Insurance Company, Denver CO, changed name to Continental National Life Insurance Company.

03/04/1929 SEABOARD FIRE & MARI NE INSURANCE CO

03/25/1929 The Nebraska State Bank merged with Continental State.

MUTUAL BENEFIT AGENCY Number 119756 Filed 04/20/1929 State FL DISSOLVED 12/14/1936

04//1929 National City Bank acquired control of Farmers Loan and Trust Company.

CENTRAL FARMERS CORPORATION Filed 04/25/1929 State FL DISSOLVED 12/07/1936

NORTH AMERICAN COMPANY FT. LAUDERDALE FL Filed 05/23/1929 State FL DISSOLUTION 12/08/1934 Agent HIASSEN, C.A. 209 SO. LA SALLE ST CHICAGO IL Officer/Director GORE, R.H. 209 SO. LA SALLE ST CHICAGO IL PD GORE, E.F. 209 SO. LA SALLE ST CHICAGO IL VD BROWN, H.F. 209 SO. LA SALLE ST CHICAGO IL SD BROWN, H.F. 209 SO. LA SALLE ST CHICAGO IL TD

06/01/1929 Continental State Bank (Nebraska) received its national bank charter and became "The Continental National Bank of Lincoln."

08/1929 The Continental National received the charter for its trust department which remained idle until 1931.

LINCOLN COMPANY INC THE Filed 08/14/1925 State FL DISSOLVED 09/06/1929

LINCOLN-MERIDIAN COMPANY Filed 09/11/1929 State FL VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION

LINCOLN FAMILY FINANCE COMPANY Filed 10/07/1929 State FL DISSOLVED 11/23/1936

( see Hough's Outlots ) HOUGHS INC Filed 10/15/1929 State FL DISSOLVED BY PROCLAMATION 12/14/1936

10/22/1929- Wall Street panic caused by heavy margin calls and call loans

10/24/1929- Stock sales led to crash

11/16/1929 Lincoln National Bank and Trust Company, Syracuse, NY was chartered as The Industrial Bank of New York.

FIRST AND TRI-STATE CORPORAT (See also 1940 First and Tri-State National Bank and Trust was Fort Wayne's largest bank until 1933. It did not re-open after the "bank holiday" but became Old-First National. Tri-State Loan and Trust mortgages for home purchasers in Kryder's Additions 1, 2, and 3 were assigned to Old-First National. Legal Name: FIRST AND TRI-STATE CORPORAT : 192823-098 Creation : 12/11/1929 Inactive : 01/01/1970


1930 Bank holding company, Barnett National Securities Corporation (BNSC) formed as a subsidiary of Barnett National Bank of Jacksonville; cattle tick fever resulted in the dipping all cattle every 14 days for a year; Frank H. Kryder, of Fort Wayne, and LeVonne Lawhon of Atlanta, whose uncle Larkin H. Parris was then assistant cashier in Central Bank and Trust, married in Covington, KY

BARNETT BANKS, INC. 50 NO. LAURA STREET JACKSONVILLE FL 32202 P. O. BOX 40789 Filed 01/03/1930 State FL MERGED 01/09/1998

(Barnett) TROPICAL LOAN & INVESTMENT CO INC Filed 01/28/1930 State FL DISSOLVED 04/13/1956

SEABOARD INDEMNITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY Filed 02/19/1930 State FL DISSOLVED Event Filed 12/20/1939

Foreign Profit CENTRAL REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT COMPANY THE Filed 02/28/1930 State MD WITHDRAWAL 02/05/1941

3/1930 Following a series of losses and liquidations, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineeras decided to get out of the banking business and the Standard Trust Bank was opened, Bro. of Locomotive Engineers were the major stockholders.

4/2/1930 Original creation of "DeKalb Agra," Waterloo, IN (One Clarence F. Kryder rural address was "RR1, Waterloo, Indiana" where his grandfather John Kryder III, commissioner of two townships in Stark County, Ohio migrated and was of census and other official record one of largest landowners in DeKalb, and was the Justice of the Peace).

4/3/1930 The Knights Of Pythias separated the insurance program from the Lodge, creating United Mutual Life Insurance Company, Inc.; assets conveyed to the insurance company by the Lodge in the Articles included all deposits and contents of safe deposit boxes in Indiana National Bank later into which was merged Farmer's Loan and Trust which merged into Bank One.


September 17, 1930 "bandits" robbed the Lincoln National Bank and Trust Company in Nebraska of $2,800,000; while less than $583,000 in unregistered securities were returned in a "drop" in exchange for the freedom of Gus Winkler, the same Winkler convinced authorities the other $2,217,000 in registered securities were destroyed so another set was re-issued.


10/18/1930 Grand opening of new Trust Department of Continental National Bank, Lincoln.

NORWEST BANK DECATUR 172 N SECOND ST PO BOX 500 , DECATUR, IN 46733 : 192858-016 Creation : 10/23/1930 Inactive : 8/20/1996 Other Names 4/19/1993 THE FIRST STATE BANK OF DECATUR The Kryders' farm where Frank H. Kryder was born is in Decatur.

11/29/1930 Lincoln National Bank, Newark NJ formed as a consolidation of Lincoln National Bank chartered 1924 and Colonial Trust Company- i.e. United Mutual Life "double"

AMERICAN UNITED LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Filed: 12/19/1930 Status: active Jurisdiction: INDIANA ONE AMERICAN SQUARE BOX 368 INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46206 AgentCORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY 2730 GATEWAY OAKS DR STE 100 SACRAMENTO, CA 95833


1931 In 1931, some 45,000 shares of The George E. Sebring Company, a corporation whose file cannot be found with the Florida Secretary of State, were ordered by IRS to be sold for taxes against his estate. The shares were sold to his attorney, Fairfax T. Haskins for $50.00. Haskins was also Vice President of the First National Bank of Highlands which failed. At the time it failed, George E. Sebring had $11.14 on deposit, according to his Probate Estate. Haskins was also a corporate officer in the Highlands Bank & Trust, which closed, and in any number of real estate development companies, railroads, and buslines.

The Old National Securities Company, became Old-First National Company; Stephen D Bechtel became head of The Hoover Dam Transportation Company; Prince Johann of Liechenstein, nephew of the ruler Franz Josef, married the daughter of a wealthy Texas cattle baron.

Northern States Insurance went into receivership, John Morthland , receiver.

American Central Life Insurance created.

HIGHLANDS BANCORPORATION Filed 01/05/1931 State FL DISSOLVED 09/14/1936

Foreign Profit CENTRAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF BALTIMORE Filed 04/03/1931 State ME DISSOLVED 10/21/1974

04/16/1931 Farmer's Trust Company, Trustee, conveyed and warranted to Clarence F. and Minnie V. Kryder Lots 72, 81, 82, 85, 86, 89, 90, 94, 129, 130, 137, 138, 143, 144, 145, 147, 148, 76, 211, 212, 231, 232, in Fairfield Terrace Section "A.."

Annual return filed on the Estate of George E. Sebring: 7/09/1931 states more than 45,000 shares of George E. Sebring Company, Inc. were sold to F.T. Haskins for $50.00 to satisfy an IRS tax distraint upon the estate.

08/08/1931 Workers on the Hoover Dam went on strike against wage cuts and unsafe working conditions provided by the Six Companies, Inc., contractors.

8/10/1931 Gus Winkler admitted to knowing the location of the stolen securities

OLD-FIRST NATIONAL COMPANY (Old First National held mortgages for buyers in Waynedale Gardens Second Addition and became Fort Wayne National Bank-National City): 192876-014 Creation : 08/19/1931 Inactive : 01/01/1970 But See 1940

Florida Foreign ATLANTIC MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 140 BROADWAY NEW YORK NY MAILING ADDRESS 3 GIRALDA FARMS MADISON NJ 07940 Number 803915 FEI Number 134934590 Filed 10/31/1931 State NY Status ACTIVE

12/1931 The Standard Trust Bank was closed, depositors out $13,200,000.


1933 CCC began in Florida. Highlands Hammock Park in Sebring, Florida was a CCC project; Fort Wayne National Bank purchased "certain assets" of Old-First National Bank; affiliated banks of Old-First National were Mayer State Bank, S. Whitley, Old-First National Bluffton Branch, Churubusco Bank, Citizen's State Bank of Hartford City, First State Bank of Hoagland, the First Joint Stock Land Bank of Fort Wayne, and Farmers & Wabash National Bank, Wabash

01/09/1933 Creation of Kryder's Waynedale Trust, Fort Wayne, Indiana; People's Trust and Savings, became Trustee for 23.39 acres of Waynedale, being Waynedale Gardens Lots 1-93, Allen County Official Records Book 337 pp 323, 324, 325

02/10/1933-02/27/1933 The Fort Wayne People's Trust sold $500,000 of U.S. Bonds

2/15/1933 Giuseppe Zangara killed Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago during a botched attempt to assassinate Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami, Florida.

2/19/1933 Former New York City Mayor John F. Hylan testified at the senate "prosperity hearings" that a conspiracy existed among big bankers to secure the production and distribution of the "necessities of life."

03/04/1933 "Bank Holiday"; First and Tri-State, the largest Fort Wayne bank, closed and mortgages were assigned to " Old-First National" (See 1940 and mergers in 1987)

COSMOPOLITAN MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOC : 193017-121 Creation : 5/29/1933 Inactive : 1/1/1975

07/15/1933 Farmer's Loan and Trust Company, John Burns, Zina Burns, William A. Burns, Mary Burns, Clarence F. Kryder, George Hodson, Lyda M. Hodson, Judge C. Kirkpatrick, Martha M. Kirkpatrick, and Minnie V. Kryder Quit-Claim Lot (20) in the Amended Plat of S.C. Evans Addition to the City of Fort Wayne to THE FORT WAYNE INVESTMENT COMPANY. Clarence Kryder was Trustee for the former Farmer's Trust Company as well as a Grantor of its realty.

10/09/1933 Gus Winkler was shot 111 times in front of a beer distribution agency on Roscoe Street in Chicago.

10/16/1933 United Mutual Life Insurance Company, Inc. redomiciled in Indiana

10/28/1933 New Fort Wayne Bank Chartered

AMERICAN UNITED LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY: PO BOX 368 , INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46206 : 193028-085 : Active Creation : 11/24/1933 :American United Life foreclosed on the 1985 "Tower Partnership" Lincoln Tower Mortgage which was $2,000,000 delinquent.


1936 United Mutual Life-American Central Life Merged to form American United Life; Cyril Duprey, former founder of United Mutual Life of New York founded Colonial Life Insurance Company Ltd. in Trinidad;

02/06/1936 Depositors in the failed Central Bank & Trust in Asheville received their deposits after four years.

SEABOARD OIL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Filed 02/13/1936 State FL DISSOLVED 08/31/1940

ALLEN FINANCE COMPANY, INC. Legal Name: MEDICAL CREDIT CORPORATION : 202 STANDARD BUILDING , FORT WAYNE, IN 46802 : 193050-144 Creation : 4/30/1936 Inactive : 11/28/1988 Other Names : 4/30/1936 ALLEN FINANCE COMPANY, INC. This was the address of The Kryder Company, Inc. in 1936.

12/31/1936 Merger of United Mutual Life Insurance and the American Central Life Insurance Company to form American United Life


 


1968 CONTINENTAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA : 196802-021 Creation: 2/5/1968 Inactive : 1/1/1970

CONTINENTAL CREDIT CARD CORPORATION OF MICHIANA INC : 196802-303 Creation: 2/20/1968 Inactive : 1/1/1970

LINCOLN FT WAYNE CORP : 3828 MOBILE AVE , FORT WAYNE, IN 46805 : 196807-351 Status: Merged Creation : 7/25/1968 Inactive: 12/23/1997

CONTEL OF INDIANA, INC. : 8001 W. Jefferson Blvd. , FT. WAYNE, IN 46804 : 194198A099 Status: Merged Creation : 9/18/1968 Inactive : 4/1/1993 Other Names 9/18/1968 GTE INDIANA; CONTINENTAL TELEPHONE OF INDIANA

CONTINENTAL LTD INC : 196808-301 Creation : 8/21/1968 Inactive : 1/1/1978

CONTINENTAL PROJECTS INC : 196808-417 Creation : 8/29/1968 Inactive : 1/1/1978

Lincoln Tower Corp incorporated as a one bank holding company of Lincoln National Bank Fort Wayne 12/1968.

NORWEST INDIANA, INC.: 111 E. Wayne St. , FORT WAYNE, IN 46802 : 196812-420 Status: Merged Creation : 12/24/1968 Inactive : 12/22/1997 Other Names 09/03/1993 LINCOLN FINANCIAL CORPORATION Azar was a Director

ALLEN BANK AND TRUST COMPANY : 196812-534 Creation : 12/30/1968 Inactive : 1/1/1978


1970 The Kryder Company, Inc. was Administratively Dissolved January , 1970; the Kryders' attorneys were the last corporate officers; Walter P.Helmke became Indiana State Senator; Numerous Indiana corporation files were "lost" by the Indiana Secretary of State, William N. Salin, founder of Salin Bancshares;

GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION Number 823973Filed 01/15/1970 NAME CHANGE 10/08/1985 OLD NAME WAS : COLONIAL MORTGAGE SERVICE COMPANY

DANMARK LIMITED Entity No. 88179 Filing 05/29/1969 1517 CEDAR CLIFF DRIVE CAMP HILL Pennsylvania USA County Cumberland Old Names COSMOPOLITAN LEASING CORPORATION REPUBLIC LEASING COMPANY ELECTION TO DISSOLVE 10/05/1970 - ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT 02/13/1970 NCFR: REPUBLIC LEASING COMPANY: ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT 06/18/1969 COSMOPOLITAN LEASING CORPORATION ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION 05/29/1969

FIRST FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS, INC. Number: C0593679 Date Filed: 3/10/1970 Jurisdiction: California

CONTINENTAL REALTY INC : 17250 DALLAS PKWY , DALLAS, TX 75248 : 197004-002 Creation : 4/1/1970 Inactive: 11/28/1988

CONTINENTAL LABORATORIES INC: 197004-427 Creation : 4/23/1970 Inactive : 1/1/1978

In mid 1970 The Penn Central Railroad went into bankruptcy court. Hundreds of millions of federal aid granted. Officials blamed its financial crisis on the previous year's coal strike.

CONTINENTAL BUDGET COMPANY INC : 197006-167 Creation : 6/10/1970 Inactive : 1/1/1978

LINCOLN LIBERTY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 9140 W.DODGE RD. EMBASSY WEST BLDG. OMAHA NE 68114 Number 824753 FEI Number 470222050 Filed 06/25/1970 State NE REVOKED 09/24/1999

FIRST FINANCIAL SYSTEMS CORP. Entity No. 122597 Filing Date 08/05/1970 No Address 555 LIVEZEY STREET PHILADELPHIA Pennsylvania USA County Philadelphia 08/05/1970

CENTRAL STORAGE & WAREHOUSING INC : 197009-443 Creation : 9/28/1970 Inactive : 1/1/1978

DANMARK LIMITED Entity No. 88179 Filing 05/29/1969 1517 CEDAR CLIFF DRIVE CAMP HILL Pennsylvania USA County Cumberland Old Names COSMOPOLITAN LEASING CORPORATION REPUBLIC LEASING COMPANY ELECTION TO DISSOLVE 10/05/1970 - ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT 02/13/1970 NCFR: REPUBLIC LEASING COMPANY: ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT 06/18/1969 COSMOPOLITAN LEASING CORPORATION ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION 05/29/1969

Foreign Profit BUNGE NORTH AMERICA (EAST), INC. 11720 BORMAN DR SAINT LOUIS MO 63146 US Number 825182 FEI Number 350221100 Filed 10/12/1970 State IN WITHDRAWAL 05/25/2004 NAME CHANGE 08/04/2003 OLD NAME WAS : CENTRAL SOYA COMPANY, INC.

FIRST FINANCIAL REALTY CORPORATION C/O W.H. THOMPSON,TREASURER 111 MADISON STREET TAMPA FLA 33602 Number 373895 FEI Number 591309856 Filed 12/10/1970 State FL DISSOLVED 12/14/1982 Agent MURPHY, D. L. 111 MADISON STREET TAMPA FL 33602

INDFED FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. : 56 WASHINGTON ST , VALPARAISO, IN 46383 : 197012-398 : Creation : 12/29/1970 Inactive: 10/10/1997 Other Names 12/29/1970 INDIANA FINANCIAL INSURANCE AGENCY FINANCIAL INVESTMENT SERVICES 12/29/1970 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SERVICES FIRST FINANCIAL SERVICE CORPORATION OF INDIANA

LINCOLN TRUST CORP : 3828 STATE RD 38 E , LAFAYETTE, IN 47904 :197011-378 Status: Active Creation : 11/25/1970

12/08/1970 Lincoln Tower Corp acquired "Satisfactory Finance Corp" and changed name to "Tower Acceptance Corp"


1971 CONTINENTAL MANAGEMENT CORPORATION : PO Box 6402 , EVANSVILLE, IN 47719 : 197101-088 Status: Active Creation : 1/7/1971

CONTINENTAL HOUSING & MORTGAGE CORPORATION : 197103-097 Creation: 3/5/1971 Inactive : 7/11/1988

CONTINENTAL DEVELOPMENT INC : 197109-473 Creation : 9/28/1971 Inactive : 1/1/1978

AMERICAN CENTRAL CORPORATION : 6400 POPLAR AVENUE , MEMPHIS, TN 38197: 197103-195 Creation : 3/10/1971 Inactive : 4/30/1998 : Original Creation State: MI

3/11/1971 Financial intrigue involving laywers (Rosenbaum), railroad equipment repair companies, German Banks, transfers form Berlin to Frankfurt, a trust (First Financial) in Liechtenstein (Goetz) , a failed airline (Executive Jet) and the Penn Central CFO (Bevans) surfaced. Only a fraction of lost funds were recovered.

CONTINENTAL COMPANIES INCORPORATED: 197105-052 Creation : 5/6/1971 Inactive: 1/1/1978

CONTINENTAL FIRE SPRINKLER COMPANY: 4518 SOUTH 133RD STREET , OMAHA, NE 68137 : 1988110477 Status: Active Creation : 11/9/1988 Inactive : Original Creation Date: 6/14/1971 Original Creation State: NE

10/29/1971 Creation of Allen County Bank and Trust Company of Leo Indiana, A failed Indiana Bank in 1985 , merged with assistance into NBD;


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Incorporated in 1876, the LA CROSSE NATIONAL BANK (later known as the National Bank of La Crosse) was located in the vicinity of 2nd and Main streets. In 1881 it was moved to a new building at the southeast corner of 3rd and Main streets designed by C. F. Struck. The bank was reorganized in 1896 with a capital of $250,000. In 1904 the bank bought the German American Bank and added some $600,000 to its assets. In 1905 the bank again moved, this time to 114 No. 4th Street. The final address became 305 5th Ave. So. in 1958. The bank's name was changed in 1983 to the Norwest Bank after the Northwest Bancorporation purchased the National Bank of La Crosse. - historical note