Died in custody
Stover
Stover was being held in the custody of officers at Hartselle, Alabama, in October 1908, when a mob took him from them as they were about to board a train to bring him to Decatur. According to the Birmingham Age-Herald, the mob killed him near Hartselle on the night of Tuesday, October 20, 1908. The newspaper reported that a special grand jury was ordered to investigate the lynching.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Birmingham Age-Herald report says a mob took Stover from officers at Hartselle as they were about to take him by train to Decatur, and killed him.
Reported by: Birmingham Age-Herald (reporters).