Harold W. Main
Born: May 6, 1885
Died: March 18, 1962
Married: Florence Miller
Children: Robert G. Main, Charlotte Main
Harold W. Main served as district attorney of Franklin county.
Fort Covington Sun, March 22, 1962
HAROLD W. MAIN DIES IN MALONE SUNDAY; WAS TRIAL LAWYER
Harold W. (Bud) Main, 76, of Malone, brilliant and able trial lawyer of the North Country, died Sunday in the Malone hospital after a year's illness. His passing brought to a close a distinguished career that extended over 54 years, including 14 years as Franklin county district attorney during the colorful era between 1922 and 1934.
Funeral services were held, Tuesday at 2:00 p. m., from the Congregational church, Malone, with the Rev. Gardner Cottle officiating. Interment will be in Morningside cemetery in the spring. Prior to the rites the body was in repose at the St. Mary Funeral Home.
Mr. Main was born in Chateaugay August 6, 1885, a son of Attorney Gordon and Charlotte Ostrander Main. A graduate of Franklin academy, Malone, be read law in his father's office and without further formal law education, he passed the state examination for admission to the bar the first time he took it and began law practice in 1908.
Throughout his 54 years of practice he was eminently successful. He was best known in! the field of criminal law, after his tenure as district attorney, practicing as a defense attorney — and was brilliant and colorful in the courtroom, spectators packing trials to witness his outstanding trial work.
With the late George Moore he was a member of the defense staff in the Malone trial of Arthur (Dutch Schultz) Flegenheimer, a New York gangster who was acquitted of charges of income tax evasion.
He was associated with local Board 41 of the Selective Service system for 14 years, resigning his position as government appeal agent in May, 1954.
Mr. Main's wife, the former Florence Miller, predeceased him May 18, 1957. Surviving are, his son, Supreme Court Justice Robert G. Main of Malone, and a daughter, Miss Charlotte Main, head of the mathematics department of the Emma Willard School in Troy.