Dana Malone (October 8, 1857 – August 14, 1917) was an American politician who served as a member of the

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from 1893 to 1894 and a member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1895 to 1896, District Attorney for the Northwest District from 1901 to 1905, and

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from 1906 to 1911. As district attorney, Malone was responsible for the prosecution of Euclid Madden, a motorman who upset the carriage of President

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and caused the death of William Craig, the first

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agent to die in the line of duty. Malone died on August 14, 1917, in Greenfield, Massachusetts, after being thrown from a horse and fracturing his skull.

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