Editing Pittsfield, Massachusetts (section)

===1902 presidential incident===
{{Main|1902 Pittsfield Streetcar Incident}}
On September 3, 1902, at 10:15 am, during a two-week tour through [[New England]] campaigning for [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[United States Congress|congressmen]], the [[barouche]] transporting [[President of the United States|President]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]] from downtown Pittsfield to the Pittsfield Country Club [[1902 Pittsfield Streetcar Incident|collided]] head-on with a [[tram|trolley]]. Roosevelt, [[Governor of Massachusetts|Massachusetts Governor]] [[Winthrop Murray Crane]], secretary to the president [[George Bruce Cortelyou]], and [[bodyguard]] [[William Craig (Secret Service)|William Craig]] were thrown into the street. Craig was killed; he was the first [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] agent killed while on a presidential protection detail. Roosevelt, whose face and left shin were badly bruised, nearly came to blows with the trolley motorman, Euclid Madden. Madden was later charged with [[manslaughter]], to which he pleaded [[guilt (law)|guilty]]. He was sentenced to six months in jail and a heavy fine.