Roll of Honor
Thomas C. Logan
Incident
Location: Illinois Weapon: Handgun Offender: Shot and killed
Chief Special Agent Thomas Logan was shot and killed near Cairo, Illinois, while leading a posse of special agents from several railroads who were searching for copper thieves.
The group encountered a man and a boy sitting next to a fire on the railroad right-of-way just north of Cairo. Chief Logan approached them and began to search them. The man suddenly produced a handgun and shot him several times, including a fatal shot to his head. The man was overpowered and taken into custody by the other two special agents.
He was convicted of Chief Logan's murder and sentenced to death, but escaped from jail with several other inmates three weeks before his execution date. On May 14th, 1915, the subject fatally shot Sheriff John Kearby, of the Butler County, Missouri, Sheriff's Office, when the sheriff and a constable attempted to question him when they encountered him trespassing in the railroad yards in Poplar Bluff. The man was shot and killed by return gunfire.
Chief Special Agent Logan was survived by his wife and son.
Survivors
Chief Special Agent Logan was survived by his wife and son.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Chief Special Agent Logan served with the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Mobile community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief Special Agent Logan.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Chief Special Agent Thomas C. Logan is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In AL, 405 of 643 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63% of this state's fallen. That is 63 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Mobile and Ohio Railroad Police Department, 4 of 4 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
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When Felonious Deaths Occur
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Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Thomas C. Logan was killed by handgun.
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