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Kid Curry
Events & Genealogy
Born: Harvey Alexander Logan
Birthdate: 1867
Birthplace: Richland Township, Tama County, Iowa
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Death: June 7, 1904 at Parachute, Colorado
Cause of death: Gunshot wounds
Harvey Alexander Logan (1867 – June 7, 1904), known as Kid Curry, was an outlaw and gunman, notorious as a member of Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch. Born at Richland Township in Tama County, Iowa, he was orphaned young and raised in Missouri. He worked as a cowboy in Texas, adopting the surname “Curry” from friend George “Flat Nose” Curry. Known as the “wildest of the Wild Bunch,” Curry was linked to at least nine lawmen killings and several bank and train robberies, including the infamous 1899 Wilcox, Wyoming train heist. A violent temperament, often fueled by alcohol, marked his criminal career. After a 1902 capture in Knoxville, he escaped prison in 1903. Curry reportedly died by suicide in 1904 near Parachute, Colorado, after a train robbery, though some accounts suggest he may have survived and fled to South America or Idaho. Charles Siringo resigned from the Pinkertons, because he believed they got the wrong man.
The train robbery associated with Harvey “Kid Curry” Logan’s possible death occurred on June 7, 1904, near Parachute, Colorado. Kid Curry, likely with accomplices Ben Kilpatrick and George “Flat Nose” Curry (or others from the Wild Bunch, though accounts vary), targeted the Denver and Rio Grande Western Express train, specifically the San Miguel Valley Bank shipment. On June 7, 1904, they boarded the train at an unscheduled stop between Parachute and Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The robbers forced the train to stop, uncoupled the express car, and dynamited the safe, reportedly escaping with a significant haul—estimates range from $50 to $5,000 in cash and valuables, though exact figures are unclear.
A posse, including local lawmen and possibly Pinkerton agents, quickly mobilized to track the robbers. On June 8, 1904, near Parachute, Colorado, the posse cornered a suspect believed to be Kid Curry in a rugged area known as the “Hole in the Wall” or a nearby canyon. A fierce gunfight ensued
According to official reports, the cornered outlaw, identified as Kid Curry, shot himself in the head to avoid capture as the posse closed in. His body was recovered, and contemporary accounts, including newspaper reports from the time, confirmed his identity through physical descriptions and items found on him, such as clothing and weapons linked to the Wild Bunch. The coroner’s inquest ruled it a suicide, and he was buried in Glenwood Springs.
Some historians and sources question whether Curry died in 1904. Rumors persist that he escaped, possibly fleeing to South America with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, or lived under an alias in Idaho or elsewhere. These claims stem from the era’s spotty record-keeping, the Wild Bunch’s knack for evading capture, and later anecdotes from alleged acquaintances. However, no definitive evidence supports these theories, and most accounts lean toward the 1904 suicide as Curry’s end.
This robbery was one of Curry’s last known crimes, coming after his 1903 escape from a Knoxville, Tennessee jail, where he was held for earlier crimes. The Parachute robbery reflected the Wild Bunch’s waning days, as law enforcement pressure intensified and their operations grew riskier. Curry’s violent reputation—linked to at least nine lawmen killings and multiple robberies—made him a prime target, and his death (if accurate) marked a significant blow to the gang.
