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Sheriff Thomas Logan | Nye County Sheriff's Office, Nevada Nye County Sheriff's Office, Nevada

Sheriff

Thomas Logan

Nye County Sheriff's Office, Nevada

End of Watch: Saturday, April 7, 1906

Bio & Incident Details

Age: 44

Tour: 8 years

Badge # Not available

Cause: Gunfire

Incident Date: 4/7/1906

Weapon: Gun; Unknown type

Suspect: Acquitted

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Sheriff Thomas Logan was shot and killed while coming to the aid of a saloon matron in Manhattan, Nevada. The matron was being harassed by a drunk gambler inside. As Sheriff Logan attempted to eject the man from the saloon the man suddenly pulled out a gun and shot him five times. Although mortally wounded, he was able to subdue the suspect until a deputy arrived at the scene. The suspect in his murder was later acquitted.

Sheriff Logan was serving his third term as Sheriff and had served with the agency for eight years. He was survived by his wife and eight children.

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During Memorial Day weekend, May 28-29, 2011, some 20 descendants of Sheriff Tom Logan will participate as grand marshals in the 41st Annual Jim Butler Days parade. We will be in Tonopah to also celebrate Sheriff Logan's 150th birthday by gathering at the Old Tonopah Cemetery and casting handfuls of soil from our hometowns onto his gravesite. The current Nye County Sheriff, Tony DeMeo, will speak along with others to express our appreciation for Tom Logan's dedication to law and order during the turbulent turn of the century years in Central Nevada (1899-1906).

Nye County Commissioner in 1906, William T. Cuddy called Logan a man in a thousand.absolutely fearless and his only fault was that he was too kind-hearted for his own good. I have known him many a time to take his life in his hand and force his way to the very center of some impending broil, with no thought of himself, but with only a desire to stop the trouble before bloodshed ensured.

Jackie Boor
Great Granddaughter
May 23, 2011

 

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