Bernard Ploeger
Kentucky Post, Wednesday, 15 April 1903, page 5
Sheriff Dan Reidel and Jailer Ploeger, of Newport, Wednesday morning took John Jayhawker Smith to the penitentiary at Frankfort. Smith was convicted of highway robbery and sentenced to two years.
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Kentucky Post, Thursday, 31 December 1903, page 5
Jailer Ben Ploeger in Newport, will give a special dinner to his prisoners New Years Day.
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Kentucky Post, Monday, 20 February 1905, page 5
Acting under an order from Judge Cochran of the Federal Court, Jailer Ben Ploeger has released from the Newport Jail Cassie McDowell, a colored prisoner who was charged and aiding and abetting in securing a fraudulent pension. The woman has two children, both of whom are sick and one of whom is a helpless invalid. District Attorney Tinsley, hearing the woman's care was necessary for her children, laid the case before Judge Cochran and the order for her release was entered, conditional upon her appearing in the spring term of court.
Ben Ploeger, City Jailer of Newport is about the proudest man in the city today. Sunday the stork brought to his home two youngsters, a boy and a girl, who are doing finely. The new born enjoy a distinction of being the first twins born in the new jail building in which is provided handsome residence quarters for Jailer Ploeger and his family.
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Kentucky Post, Wednesday, 5 April 1905, page 5
Mrs. Ida Wolff, who is aged and without a home, has been in Jailer Ploeger's care for a week. It was understood the city authorities were to place her in the County Infirmary but nothing has been done in that respect and she is still with the jailer.
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Kentucky Post, Tuesday, 25 April 1905, page 5
Albert Freitag, who was adjudged of unsound mind yesterday and taken to Lakeland Asylum is still in the custody of Jailer Ploeger of Newport. Freitag's only comment on being acquitted of murdering his sister was that he did not like the idea of being pronounced crazy.
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Kentucky Post, Saturday, 15 July 1905, page 5
Caleb Powers in the Newport Jail has shown sign of physical collapse and his condition is such as to cause his friends some alarm. Jailer Ploeger has decided to allow only those who have business with the prisoner access to his quarters.
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Kentucky Post, Saturday, 29 August 1905, page 5
City Jailer Ben Ploeger is the first of the Republican candidates for Sheriff of Campbell County to walk up and see the captain. He planked down the amount of assessment as required by the Republican campaign committee and was given a receipt by Treasurer Phil Vieth.
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Kentucky Post, Wednesday, 11 July 1906, page 5
As an aftermath of the $35,000 suits filed against Mayor August Helmbold of Newport, by Jailer Ploeger and others, came two suits yesterday against Ploeger by the other side. Patrolmen Ratican and Paul Flynn, who were stationed in the jail building during the time Caleb Powers was there and while the dispute of Mayor Helmbold and Jailer Ploeger was on.
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Kentucky Post, Monday, 3 September 1906, page 2
Mayor August Helmbold of Newport was served with papers making him defendant in three suits. The suits were brought against him by City Jailer Bernard Ploeger, John Ader and Night Jail Guard Charles Wilson on grounds of alleged false imprisonment. The suits are the outcome of alleged interference when Caleb Powers was brought to Newport from the jail at Georgetown.
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Kentucky Post, Tuesday, 9 June 1908, page 5
The indications are that Jailer Ben Ploeger will have to go to court to secure the payment of $10,000 that was agreed upon by Newport General Council as the amount due him as jailer during his term of office. Ploeger did not collect any money for his term because he could not come to any agreement with the General Council as to the allowance he was to get for dieting prisoners.
Nearly six months after he had retired from office an agreement was reached by which he was to get $10,000 in settlement of all claims that he might have against the city. Ploeger had visions of securing this money at once. That was as far as he got.
Auditor Lang has decided the agreement made by a committee of General Council, approved by that body, is not sufficient, where such a large sum of money is involved and has refused to approve the claim.
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Kentucky Post, Friday, 14 August 1908, page 5
After waiting five years for his pay as City Jailer of Newport, Ben Ploeger is to come into his own. Owing to political differences with Mayor Helmbold and Democratic boards, Ploeger, who is a Republican was kept out of his pay during his four years of office. Last night Mayor Krieger submitted his approval of a resolution to the Board of Aldermen providing the payment of Ploeger's claim, agreeing to take $10,000 in full for all claims he may have against the city.
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Kentucky Post, Thursday, 17 November 1921, page 2
Condition of Bernard Ploeger, former Newport Jailer of 315 Keturah st. Newport was reported serious Thursday, following an attack of apoplexy.