Executed
Stephens
A man named Stephens was hanged at the Edgefield Courthouse in Edgefield, South Carolina, in August 1884. A dispatch from Trenton, S.C., printed in the Memphis Daily Appeal, reported the execution. He was put to death by hanging in a judicial execution carried out in state custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Newspaper dispatch from Trenton, S.C. (reporters).