JOHN H ASHBY
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Officer Rank: Chief of Police
Memorial Panel: 61-E: 29
Department: Madisonville, Kentucky, P.D.
End of Watch: November 24, 1929
Cause: SHOT
Age: 61
Years of Service: 19
Description: Chief of Police Ashby was fatally shot as he attempted to arrest two suspects who were brandishing guns in the neighborhood. One suspect was fatally shot. The second suspect was convicted of murder and executed via the electric chair.
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