MARTIN CRAWFORD STEGALL
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Officer Rank: Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 47-W: 29
Department: Decatur County, Georgia, S.O.
End of Watch: October 29, 1905
Cause: SHOT
Age: 45
Years of Service: 1
Description: Sheriff Stegall was shot as he attempted to arrest a suspect who had just shot and killed a woman. The suspect was taken into custody but was removed from the jail by an angry mob and lynched. Sheriff Stegall died of his injuries the next day.
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