On August 11,1921, Father James Coyle was shot in the face while sitting on his rectory porch by E. R. Stephenson, a Southern Methodist Episcopal minister and a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
On August 11,1921, Father James Coyle was fatally shot while sitting on his rectory porch in Birmingham, Alabama. Several witnesses identified the shooter as Rev. E. R. Stephenson, a Southern Methodist Episcopal minister and a member of the Ku Klux Klan.