 Jang himself stated through an interpreter that he would prefer death rather than imprisonment; however, he was ordered to serve a 25-year sentence at San Quentin State Prison, but was released in 1919, having served only 10 years.He repatriated to Korea in 1927, where he attended the wedding of Cho Man-sik and established an orphanage in Sonchon, North Pyongan; however, under pressure from the Japanese government of Korea, he returned to the United States again.He committed suicide in San Francisco in 1930, and was buried there.