Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

His killer was pardoned by Governor Edwin C. Johnson on March 25, 1934.

David Weeks

November 25, 2021

Marshal Neese,
On today, the 100th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for the citizens of Cripple Creek. And to your Family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

R.I.P.
USBP

Anonymous
United States Border Patrol

July 3, 2020

Rest In Peace Brother LEO. Thank you Hero and your family for your courage and sacrifice. Always remembered.

Officer Mike Robinson (Ret.)
Upland Police Dept. CA

July 3, 2020

Thank you for your service and please know that no passage of time will ever erase your memory or your sacrifice. Rest In Peace always.

Detective Cpl/3 Steven Rizzo
Delaware State Police (Retired)

July 3, 2020

THE CRUEL MESSAGE

There came a message of evening tie,
As the sun went down behind the West.
It told a story sad yet true
Of a brave man shot to death.

Oh! Cruel message my heart will break
Such sorrow as thou didst bring,
You tell me a brother dear has fallen
Pierced by a deadly bullet's sting.

Shot to death by an angry demon,
Mad and crazed with poisonous drink.
A friend and neighbor in time of reason
But drunk and deprived of power to think.

Oh! wretched man that could strike to kill
At a man so brave and true,
That live to gladden the hearts of others
And deeds of mercy and kindness do.

Just another chapter in the book of misery
Written there by a drunk man's hand,
Woe, for the sorrow of drink has caused,
And, alas, for all it will cause again.

The deed was done at early dawn,
In a mountain city far away
The nestles high among the Rockies
And kissed by sunbeams all the day.

He loved this village of heights
with it's mountains filled with gold.
It had been his home since boyhood days
When he left Tennessee long years ago.

This village will mourn a man so true,
With heart so kind he could share their woe,
And yet he was brave as a Spartan warrior
With never a fear of bitter foe

And brother, we too shall sorely miss you,
In this world of toil and bitter strife
And the way will seem more lonely
Along the rugged road of life.

Yet, swiftly fleeting years will bear us on,
Far beyond this vale of tears
Life here will seem have ended,
And then with him, eternal years.

But often times in the years that come,
At the evening tide of day
My heart will turn to Golden West
And the sacred mound far away.

Written in memory of my Brother,
Cal Neese, Killed July 3, 1920

Kate Neese Broke (written circa 1920)

Deputy Johnson
Teller County Sheriff's Office

June 25, 2020

Time may have passed but you are not forgotten. I believe as long as someone remembers you or speaks your name, you are still with us.
Thank you for your heroism.
GOD Bless

Detention Officer A.Zambito
Texas

July 4, 2015

To fully appreciate the heroes of the present, we must recognize our heroes of the past. Your heroism and service is honored today, the 92nd anniversary year of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer who was murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

Time never diminishes respect. Your memory will always be honored and revered. Rest In Peace

Phylllis Loya
mom of fallen Pittsburg (CA) Officer Larry Lasater

December 27, 2012

Rest in Peace, Night Marshal Neese. Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Officer 11169

January 25, 2012

Night Marshal Neese - Almost 90 years later, your name was read off in the State Assembly chamber last week, in anticipation of next month Police Memorial Week. You are not forgotten. Thanks for your service to the people of Cripple Creek and the state of Colorado. May God grant you eternal rest and may His perpetual light shine upon you.

Chief K. Moreland (Ret. Sgt.)
Palmer Lake, CO PD (Ret. LAPD)

April 29, 2010

Harvey Calvin Neese was my great-uncle. Although I never knew him, I had heard the family legend of the four Neese brothers from Coffee County, TN who went to Cripple Creek, Co during the 1890's in search of gold. Two stayed and two returned to Tennessee. From all accounts, Cal Neese was an honest, decent, hard-working man whose memory was lost to history. Only his family remembered and kept his story alive. Letters, pictures, and other memorabilia came into my possession from my Aunt. These treasures had been in my Grandmother's trunk for almost a hundred years. I am so pleased that Cal's memory did not die that fateful day on Bennett Avenue in Cripple Creek and that he will be remembered as the hero he was. I know that he would be honored to be remembered on this website, along with other heroic peers.

Shirley Farris Jones
Great niece

October 21, 2009

Marshal Neese,
It has taken over 89 years, but you are finally being honored. I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for the citizens of Cripple Creek.

R.I.P.
USBP

Anonymous

October 20, 2009