Officer Down Memorial Page

On May 28, 2011, Nye County, Nevada, Sheriff Tony DeMeo awarded posthumously to Sheriff Thomas Logan: 1) The Purple Heart for injuries suffered at the hands of an armed suspect and, 2) The Medal of Valor for his resolve to his Oath of Office -- after being mortally wounded, he not only subdued an armed suspect, through his actions he safeguarded the suspect from possible serious harm or death by an armed and angry crowd who witnessed the shooting of the County Sheriff.

Jackie Boor
Great Granddaughter
February 15, 2012

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

Your heroism and service is honored today, the 103rd anniversary of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer who was murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

Time never diminishes respect. Your memory will always be honored and revered. Rest In Peace.

How wonderful that descendants remember you and your legacy and how some of them have followed in your footsteps of serving and protecting.

Phyllis Loya

Phyllis Loya
mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater
April 7, 2009

YOU ARE REMEMBERED TODAY AND THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR SERVICE

Pat Van Den Berghe
MANCHESTER, NH
April 7, 2008

Dear Sheriff Logan,

It has now been 101 years since you lost your life. Recently, I found myself pouring over all the news articles, court transcripts, photos and letters I've collected related to what was at the time a most consuming and tragic event in Nevada history. Again, I was reminded of your courage and of your superior dedication to public safety and keeping the peace. Please know that on this day, one of your great grandchildren remembered the man an era poet described as a "martyr to duty." My son bears your name and my heart will always carry your memory.

Jackie Boor
Descendant
May 19, 2007

Dear Tom Logan,
I know quite a bit about you and I greatly admire you. I researched your life and times at the Nevada State Library through micro fishe of newspaper articles of the day. Your daughter, Amy Lucille Logan Darrough told me great stories about you,and I truly wish I could have met you. All of the articles in the Tonopah Daily Sun and the Beatty Bullfrog depicted you as an extremely brave, compentent law enforcement officer. Everybody seemed to like and respect you, and you had the largest funeral the state of Nevada had seen up to that date. I have the Regulator clock that was in your office--it still keeps perfect time, and I have your solid silver sheriff's badge. They will be safe in my stewardship and I will pass them along as family heirlooms to keep your legacy alive.
Thank you for your ultimate sacrifice to keep the peace in Nevada.
I am proud to be your great grandson!

Jim Darrough

Jim Darrough Technical Reserve deputy
Douglas County Nevada Sheriff Department
February 22, 2006

I found out last night that you are the Great Grandfather of my cousins. Small world and amazing how some lives follow parallel to each other. Rest in peace Brother Thomas, you are a true hero and will never be forgotten. Thank you for your service and dedication.

Son of G. Truman Wortham EOW 7/15/73

Assistant Chief Carl Wortham
Sand Springs Police Dept.
June 17, 2004

I stop by this website often after the death of two dear friends with the NCSHP (Troopers Calvin Taylor E.O.W. October 3, 2001 and Anthony Cogdill E.O.W. May 30, 2003).

We all grieve over the lives lost in the line of duty. I hope you can find some comfort knowing that there are countless prayers that go out for your family.

Sheriff Logan, you are remembered on this date of your death. You will always be remembered.

These are senseless tragedies that never seem to stop. God Bless the men and women who continue to serve their communities in our great Nation.

...Gone, but never Forgotten....

Marti Ingle (EMT-Paramedic)
Haywood Co EMS (NC)
April 6, 2004

Sheriff Logan many years have passed but that does not deminish your sacrifice to duty and "holding the thin blue line" even before it was called the "thin blue line". 09/24/2003

Sr. Trooper Keith Miller (Ret)
Oregon State Police
September 24, 2003