John Wesley Ratliff
Kentucky Post, Friday, 20 February 1903, page 8
Chief of Police Ratliff and City Clerk George Emig were called upon Thursday to arrest John Keiner of Fairfield Avenue, near Taylor. He was acting in a disorderly manner and when he caught sight of the officers he seized a hatchet, but was overpowered and landed in a patrol wagon. He was taken to Newport Jail and will be given a hearing before Judge Burk Friday evening.
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Kentucky Post, Monday, 2 March 1903, page 5
A delegation of city officials of Ludlow visited this city Sunday afternoon for the purpose of inspecting the new fire alarm system, with the view of adopting a similar kind in their town. Chief of Police Ratliff and Assistant Plattner explained and illustrated the workings which proved very satisfactory.
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Kentucky Post, Monday, 9 March 1903, page 5
Joseph Dolan of Sixth Avenue, Dayton, was arrested Saturday evening by Chief Ratliff on a charge of disorderly conduct and placed in the Newport Jail.
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Kentucky Post, Monday, 28 September 1903, page 8
Chief Ratliff Monday ordered a number of new electric lamps to be placed in Bonnie Leslie. This is made necessary by several of the old lamps having been burned out by lightning during the recent storm.
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Kentucky Post, Wednesday, 2 March 1904, page 5
Chief of Police Wes Ratliff is able to be about again after an attack of the grip.
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Kentucky Post, Monday, 26 September 1904, page 5
Chief of Police Ratliff of Bellevue testified he was with Detective Darnella at the homes of Jones and Taylor, where they found a lot of counterfeit tools, such as molds and other paraphernalia and some counterfeit money. Mrs. Sherwood, a barkeeper at Seventh and Saratoga sts. Newport, testified that Jones had passed a counterfeit quarter on her Thursday morning.
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Kentucky Post, Thursday, 22 December 1904, page 3
Chief of Police Wes Ratliff is confined to his home today suffering from a spell of rheumatism.
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Kentucky Post, Monday, 27 March 1905, page 3
Chief Ratliff, who was ordered to notify the owners of slot machines to put them out of sight, has complied with his orders from the Mayor. He found 44 machines in use in Bellevue. Some claimed they were delighted to hear of the new order of things, while others were not enthusiastic over it.
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Kentucky Post, Thursday, 28 September 1905, page 3
Chief of Police Wesley Ratliff is very sick at his home on Berry av. Bellevue. He had an attack of heart failure Sunday.
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Kentucky Post, Saturday, 30 September 1905, page 5
Chief of Police John Wesley Ratliff of the Bellevue Police Department, died at 9:15 today from heart failure at his home, 106 Berry av. Ratliff was 65 years old and had been a resident of Bellevue 30 years. Chief of Police 12 years, at one time Marshal of the city, a member of Council, Chairman of the School Board and was a member of the Knights of Honor.
Although sick for the past week his condition was not considered critical and the end came quickly. He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Mark Muggeridge and two sons, Douglas and Stanley. City Clerk George Emig and the family were with the Chief when he died. No arrangements have been made for the funeral. Council has ordered that the city offices be draped and a meeting will be held tonight to pass suitable resolutions.
Ratliff was a Civil War veteran and carried a bayonet wound in his right leg, sustained at Vicksburg in 1863.
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Kentucky State Journal, Saturday, September 30, 1905 page 5
Chief of Police John Wesley Ratliff, of the Bellevue Police
Department, died at 9:15 today from heart failure at his home, 106 Berry-av.
Ratliff was 65 years old, and had been a resident of Bellevue 30 years, Chief of
Police 12 years, at one time Marshal of the city, a member of Council, Chairman
of the School Board, and was a member of the Knights of Honor.
Although sick for the past week his condition was not considered critical and the end came quickly. He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Mark Muggeridge and two sons, Douglas and Stanley. City Clerk George Emig and the family were with the Chief when he died. No arrangements have been made for the funeral. Council has ordered that the city offices be draped and a meeting will be held tonight to pass suitable resolutions.
Ratliff was a Civil War veteran and carried a bayonet wound in his right leg, sustained at Vicksburg in 1863.
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Kentucky Post, Monday, 2 October 1905, page 3
The sudden death of Chief of Police John Wesley Ratliff of Bellevue, cast a gloom over the city, as he had been a familiar figure for years in social and officials circles. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 1:30 pm from the residence on Berry av. and will be attended by Granville Moody Post GAR of which the deceased was a member. The city offices will be closed all afternoon in honor of the dead Chief.
The family announces the body will lie in state today from 7 to 9 pm and an immense number of friends are expected to be at the house. The pallbearers are T F Beyland, Major J W Eillis, C W Nagel, James Anspaugh, C H Harrison and George Emig. The services will be conducted by Rev J N Erwin of the Presbyterian Church and Rev W H Smith of the Dayton and Bellevue Christian Church. Douglas Ratliff, a son, who had gone on a canoe trip down the Ohio, was reached by telegraph and arrived home last night.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, Monday, 2 October 1905, page 7
The funeral of Chief of Police John Wesley Ratliff will take place tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 pm from the residence on Berry avenue Bellevue. At a meeting of the member of the City Counil and other officials yesterday committees on resolutions and floral tributes were appointed and it was decided to close the city offices on the afternoon of the funeral to allow all officials to attend.
The police patrol will be draped and the city
offices are in deep mourning in memory of the dead Chief. Douglas Ratliff, son
of the deceased, who left a week ago on a fishing and hunting expedition up the
Kentucky River, had not been located up to late last night, but it is expected
to be able to reach him in time for him to attend the funeral.