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Thomas Logan

Case from Manhattan, NV dated Apr 07, 1906

Victim Details

Thomas Logan

Male

White / Caucasian

Manhattan

NV

1906-04-07

44

Thomas

Logan

07/08/2026

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In the early morning hours of April 7, 1906, in the booming mining town of Manhattan, Nevada, the life of Nye County Sheriff Thomas Logan, a 44-year-old male, was cut tragically short. Logan, a respected three-term sheriff, was awakened by a commotion at the Jewel House, a local saloon and brothel. The proprietor, May Biggs, was having a dispute with a gambler named Walter A. Barieau.

Unarmed and dressed only in his nightshirt, Sheriff Logan intervened, attempting to de-escalate the situa ...
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