 He became a member of the "famous Slye-Wilson gang of safe blowers and highwaymen".On November 30, 1891, Hedgepeth and the other members of Slye-Wilson gang (Adelbert Denton "Bertie" Slye, James "Illinois Jimmy" Francis and Lucius "Dink" Wilson) – which by 1890 newspapers referred to as the "Hedgepeth Four" – robbed a train of $40,000 in Glendale, Missouri, near St. Louis, Missouri, personally escaping with some $10,000.The gang fled to Salt Lake City and disbanded.