I have found a paragraph in the 1904 British patent of the Wright brothers (see the citation below) and it seems, from what they explain, that the two inventors believed the front rudder could have recovered the plane from a stall in any situation.
The question is, why were they so sure that after a stall the plane would have started to fall nose down, would have accelerated and the front rudder would have been able again to control the pitch of the flying machine?
If the main wings (and also the front rudder) had stalled their glider/airplane could have started to fall sideways or tail first.
"Contrary to the usual custom, we place the horizontal rudder in front of the main surfaces or “wings” at a negative angle, and use no horizontal tail at all. By this arrangement we obtain a forward surface which is almost free from pressure under ordinary conditions of flight, but which, even if not moved at all, becomes an efficient lifting surface whenever the speed of the machine is accidentally reduced very much below the normal, and thus largely counteracts that backward travel of the centre of pressure on the main surfaces or wings which has frequently been productive of serious injuries by causing the machine to turn downward and strike the ground head on." Wright brothers, “British Patent No. 6732, A.D. 1904 – Improvements in Aeronautical Machines”, Date of Application: 19th Mar., 1904, Accepted: 12th May, 1904.
Wright glider