Matthew Logan
Circa 1879 - Deputy Warden, Central Prison (Toronto)
Photo: The guards at the Central Prison, c.
1879, Toronto. Warden is in the front at far right. Deputy Warden,
Matthew Logan is top row middle with cap and scraggly beard
Early History of Law Enforcement in Hamilton - Story relates to Matthew Logan
1875........
It was during his (Matthew Logan) regime that the Young murder occurred. The Young brothers waylaid a farmer on the mountain, between Hamilton and Caledonia one night and robbed and then murdered him with a club. The
Youngs were arrested in this city and taken to Caledonia where they were tried and sentenced to death. They escaped from jail by murderously assaulting the turnkey, and were in hiding in a barn some distance south of the city, with two young women named Barber, daughters of a neighbouring farmer. The local constables were afraid to tackle them as they were armed, and announced that they would not be taken alive. A Hamilton policeman names James McFeigan, afterwards Chief of Police at Galt, was out in the country on a visit and located the men. He came into the city and informed Chief Logan, and a
posse was at once ordered out to make the arrest. It was composed of Chief Logan, Sergeant Major McMenemy, Detectives Rousseaux and McPherson, Constables Donald Campbell, Keenan, Robinson, James McFiegan, David Wark, Joseph Prentice, Peter Ferris and Leslie Wright. They drove out to the place and surrounded the barn and then waited until daylight. The men were found hiding in a hay-mow and they resisted. Sergeant Major McMenemy shot James William Young through the wrist, and then the murders subsided. John Young was hung and James was later pardoned. The Hamilton Force was handsomely rewarded for the capture. Subsequently, Logan was made deputy warden of the Central prison, and Alexander McMenemy succeeded him in the fall of 1876.
Warden, Capt. W. S. Prince - Deputy Warden,
Matthew Logan
Toronto's Central Prison, circa 1879
Strachan Avenue
Toronto Central Prison
Situate on Strachan Avenue, near Emigrant Sheds, about two miles west of City Hall. Established under 34 Vic., cap. 17, as an adult Reformatory and Industrial Prison, for the reception of prisoners sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor in county
goals for periods of from two months to two years. The industry of the Prison is the manufacture of Railway Cars,
household and kitchen wooden ware, and the workshops comprise rolling mills and axle factory, car wheel, castings and brass foundries, machine shops for iron and wood working, and forges and finishing shops. All the operations necessary for the manufacture of cars can be carried on within the prison walls. the dormitories contain 336 cells, which is the capacity of the prison.
Warden, Capt. W. S. Prince (late 71st Highlanders); Bursar, Thomas Short; Surgeon,
W. T. Aikins; Storekeeper, Daniel McCarthy; Prison Bailiff, John English; Engineer, James Clarkson; Cook and Baker, Michael Cunningham; Deputy-Warden,
Mathew Logan; Sergeant, Samuel Deans; Guards, William Hardie, Hamilton Lyons, Walter Butler, Henry Thing, R. Farrel,
G. W. Franks, Michael Woods, Walter Breckenreed John B. Campbell, Maurice Uniake, Henry Eames, Wm. Gifford, Wm. Mansell, Wm. Johns, Patrick McCormack,
A. C. Priest, Frederick Hill, Daniel Kirkpatrick.
Prisoners are transferred from county goals on the warrant of the inspector of Asylums, Prisons, & c.
J. W. Langmuir, inspector, office Parliament buildings.
(Toronto 1878)
Toronto Star - March 25, 1911
Matthew Logan Died To-Day Noon. Was Deputy-Warden of the Central Prison for a Good Many Years.
Mr. Mathew Logan, the Deputy Warden of the Central Prison, died to-day at noon, at the age of 82 years. He passed away at his late residence in the Central Prison park. More: Mr. Logan has had a most successful career at the prison and has occupied the position of deputy warden for a period of 36 years. Prior to his appointment he was chief of police in the city of Hamilton. Mr. Logan maintained a remarkable vigor for a man of his advanced years almost to the last, and was on duty as usual, as late as Tuesday of this week. His wife predeceased him about six years. Four sons and four daughters survive. The sons are John, Samuel, Edward and Albert. The daughters who are left are Mrs. C. Brown, Mrs. N. Olmstead, and Mrs.
C. H. McArthur, and Mrs. C. M. Smallpiece of Montreal. There are a large number of grandchildren. The funeral arrangements are not yet complete.
Reward for Capture of Young Brothers -
Hamilton Police Station
1881 Canadian Census
Census Place St George Ward, Toronto, York, Ontario
Name Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace Occupation Religion
Matthew LOGAN M Male Irish 53 Ireland Dep. Warden O. Prison Congregational
Elizabeth LOGAN M Female Irish 50 Ireland Congregational
Samuel LOGAN Male Irish 25 O <Ontario> Collar Maker Congregational
John LOGAN Male Irish 23 O <Ontario> Jeweler Congregational
Jennie LOGAN Female Irish 19 O <Ontario> Congregational
Edward LOGAN Male Irish 17 O <Ontario> Clerk Congregational
Albert LOGAN Male Irish 15 O <Ontario> Going To School Congregational
Sarah LOGAN Female Irish 13 O <Ontario> Going To School Congregational
Elizabeth LOGAN Female Irish 8 O <Ontario> Going To School Congregational
Alice LOGAN Female Irish 11 O <Ontario> Going To School Congregational
John F. Logan
and wife, Susie Morgan 
daughter Gladys
Son: Kenneth Taylor Logan "Uncle Bunky"
1916 WW 1
Born: February 6, 1859 Hamilton, ON son
of Matthew & Eliza Logan. Married Susie Gladys Morgan December 28,
1898 St. Catharines, On. Died January 1, 1947. Children:
Gladys Reta Logan, Kenneth Taylor Logan, Roy Linwood Logan, Mosley Francis
Logan
GRAVESTONES
Mount Pleasant Cemetery - Toronto, ONTARIO
John F. Logan - Susie Gladys Morgan - Gladys (Logan) Forsythe
- Kenneth Taylor Logan are all buried at this plot. Gladys' and Kenneth's
names not inscribed on stone.
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