 He was convicted and sent to the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison, Iowa in March 1908, and was released after serving one year.Hedgepeth was shot and killed by police officer Edward Jaburek on December 31, 1909, during a botched Chicago saloon robbery at 18th and Avers Avenue.He died at St. Anthony's Hospital and was buried in the Cook County Cemetery on the grounds of the Cook County Poor Farm at Dunning.