On April 6, 1895, in Bay Minette, Alabama, Deputy Sheriff James H. Stewart, aged 33, was fatally shot during a confrontation with the notorious outlaw known as "Railroad Bill." Earlier that evening, Railroad Bill had engaged two men in a gunfight on a rural road near Bay Minette. The men escaped and alerted an L&N Railroad detective, who organized a posse to pursue the fugitive. The posse tracked Railroad Bill for several miles before surrounding him in a barn around midnight. In the ensuing gun
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