Federal Prohibition Agent Malcolm Malachi Day

Malcolm Malachi Day

Federal Prohibition Agent Malcolm Day was shot and killed while conducting a raid at the Flanagan Coal Camp in Premier, West Virginia.

The other officers with Agent Day returned fire and killed the suspect.

Agent Day was a licensed minister and was well-known in the area. He had served with the Internal Revenue Service's Prohibition Unit for seven years and had also served as chief of police, deputy sheriff, and county jailer. Agent Day was survived by his wife and children.

Agent Day's son, Game Warden Alexander Day, was killed in the line of duty while attempting to arrest a drunk man driving a stolen vehicle on September 12, 1937.