When the law finally caught up to Marion Hedgepeth, the Pinkertons did not always get the recognition they deserved for arresting the safe-blowing bandit. The St. Louis Police Department tried to steal their thunder by taking credit. Prison did not deter Hedgepeth from his outlaw ways; shown here is his final arrest photo, in 1907, for burglarizing a storage house, which sent him back to the clink.–Courtesy Library of Congress –
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