- Grand County Sheriff Jesse Tyler was shot and killed on May 26 1900 by "Kid Curry" Harvey Logan not quite two months after the Sheriff killed "Flatnose" George Currie.
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- Sheriff Tyler and Deputy Samuel Jenkins were shot and killed in a shootout with the outlaw known as Kid Curry.
Kid Curry was suspected of being involved with the murders of five law enforcement officers: Sheriff Josiah Hazen of the Converse County Sheriff's Department, Wyoming; Deputy Samuel Jenkins and Sheriff Jesse Tyler of the Grand County Sheriff's Department, Utah; and Patrolman Robert Saylor and Patrolman William Dinwiddie of the Knoxville Police Department, Tennessee.
Kid Curry was arrested after the murders of Patrolman Saylor and Patrolman Dinwiddie. He was convicted of the murders but escaped from the local jail before being transferred to a federal prison.
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- This page, along with the State Memorial at Utah's Capitol, is maintained by the Utah Peace Officers Association in behalf of Utah's Fallen Officers - may we never forget their ultimate sacrifice
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