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In 1968, Madden handled the negligent homicide case against former [[Major League Baseball]] player  Pinky Higgins, who played for three teams and was the manager of the [[Boston Red Sox]] from 1955 to 1965. Higgins pleaded guilty to causing an accident  in Simsboro, Louisiana, while he was intoxicated. George W. Killen (1903-1968),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Killen&GSfn=George+&GSmn=W&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=66895859&df=all&|title=George W. Killen|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref> a part of a Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development road crew, was killed as a result, and several other men were injured. Higgins was sentenced to four of the maximum five years in the sentencing guidelines. He was sent to the Louisiana State Penitentiary in West Feliciana Parish in early January 1969 to begin his sentence. "I know that he has a very enviable record. It's just one of those tragic cases," Madden said.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19690116&id=_INPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TAUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7375,2387191|title=Former Sox Manager to Start Prison Term|publisher=''Ocala Star-Banner''|location=Ocala, [[Florida]]|date=January 16, 1969|page=1|accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref> Higgins was [[parole]]d after serving only two months of the sentence and died of a heart attack the following day in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], at the age of fifty-nine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pinky Higgins Dies, All-Time Baseball Star|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0CZIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nAANAAAAIBAJ&pg=3132,2846859|accessdate=June 24, 2020|publisher=''The Morning Record''|date=March 22, 1969}}</ref>

In 1968, Madden handled the negligent homicide case against former [[Major League Baseball]] player  Pinky Higgins, who played for three teams and was the manager of the [[Boston Red Sox]] from 1955 to 1965. Higgins pleaded guilty to causing an accident  in Simsboro, Louisiana, while he was intoxicated. George W. Killen (1903-1968),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Killen&GSfn=George+&GSmn=W&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=66895859&df=all&|title=George W. Killen|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref> a part of a Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development road crew, was killed as a result, and several other men were injured. Higgins was sentenced to four of the maximum five years in the sentencing guidelines. He was sent to the Louisiana State Penitentiary in West Feliciana Parish in early January 1969 to begin his sentence. "I know that he has a very enviable record. It's just one of those tragic cases," Madden said.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19690116&id=_INPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TAUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7375,2387191|title=Former Sox Manager to Start Prison Term|publisher=''Ocala Star-Banner''|location=Ocala, [[Florida]]|date=January 16, 1969|page=1|accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref> Higgins was [[parole]]d after serving only two months of the sentence and died of a heart attack the following day in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], at the age of fifty-nine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pinky Higgins Dies, All-Time Baseball Star|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0CZIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nAANAAAAIBAJ&pg=3132,2846859|accessdate=June 24, 2020|publisher=''The Morning Record''|date=March 22, 1969}}</ref>

After he had left the DA's office, Madden opened his personal lands, mainly in Lincoln Parish, to hunters and sportsmen in all seasons so long as they complied with legal regulations. After the harvest of timber, Madden, a conservationist, said that he would make certain that food-producing hardwood trees remain for the use of birds and other wildlife.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mocavo.com/Louisiana-Conservationist-Volume-36-2/624190/15|title=Throughout Louisiana, "No Hunting" and "No Trespassing" signs have signaled deteriorating hunter-landowner relations ...|date=1984|publisher=''Louisiana Conservationist''|accessdate=February 25, 2015}}</ref>​

After he had left the DA's office, Madden opened his personal lands, mainly in Lincoln Parish, to hunters and sportsmen in all seasons so long as they complied with legal regulations. After the harvest of timber, Madden, a conservationist, said that he would make certain that food-producing hardwood trees remain for the use of birds and other wildlife.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mocavo.com/Louisiana-Conservationist-Volume-36-2/624190/15|title=Throughout Louisiana, "No Hunting" and "No Trespassing" signs have signaled deteriorating hunter-landowner relations ...|date=1984|publisher=''Louisiana Conservationist''|accessdate=February 25, 2015; mater no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>​

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