Chillicothe Gazette Mon. July 19, 1943 Front Page Chillicothe, Ohio BEN W. ROUT, EX-CHIEF OF POLICE DIES (Millwright, 54, Also Served Under Two Sheriffs as Deputy) Benjamin W. ROUT, 54, Route 2, former deputy sheriff and veteran of World War I, died Sunday, 7:40 a.m, at Veterans Administration hospital where he had been under treatment. More recently engaged as millwright at National Fireworks plant, Mr. ROUT was stricken four weeks ago with complications. He was born Jan. 26, 1889 in Lawrence county, Ind., the son of Eldridge and Minnie (PROSSER) ROUT, now residing in Bedford, Ind. Mr. ROUT came to Chillicothe as a soldier at Camp Sherman, where he was attached to a military police unit. He married Alice PINNIX, of Circleville, on June 30, 1921, who with three children, Robert, now in the Marines at Parris Island, S.C., Ruth Ann and Alicia, at home, also survive him. He served as deputy sheriff during the terms of Sheriff T. Ewing ARGANBRIGHT and Sheriff Joseph VINCENT. He was chief of Chillicothe police under Mayor James E. FOR. D and under Mayor William HIGLEY who finished out the term of Mayor FORD. He was an authority on guns and was an ardent fisherman and hunter. Mr. ROUT operated the Highway Inn on Routes 50 and 35 east in recent years. When National Fireworks located a plant in Chillicothe, he first joined the plant protection force then took a millwright job. Funeral services will be conducted from Ware's funeral home, 11 a.m. Wednesday with burial in Soldiers' Circle, Greenlawn cemetery. Rev. F. J. KREUSKAMP will officiate and the American Legion will provide burial with military honors. Cathy