Tom Logan was a respected lawman in Tonopah, NV (photo, seated left). But on April 7,
1906 he was a customer at a bawdy house in Manhattan, NV. Another “guest,” Walter
Barieau, refused to leave the premises when asked. Logan escorted Barieau out—but
Barieau then pulled a gun and shot the unarmed Logan five times. Remarkably, the
mortally wounded officer held his killer down
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