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12 DEPARTMENT OF POLICE<br />
pursued Hedgepeth to 15th street and <strong>com</strong>manded him to halt.<br />
His reply was several shots. Both pursuers <strong>the</strong>n returned <strong>the</strong><br />
fire and Hedgepeth fell dead. Arteson was sentenced to imprisonment<br />
for life, where he died <strong>of</strong> his wound.<br />
CARTER H. fuRRISON MEDAL-l9l0.<br />
Patrolman Joseph Devaney, Twenty-seventh Precinct, on<br />
November 22, 1910, attempted to arrest two men at Randolph<br />
and Peoria streets. One <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> men drew a gun and opened fire<br />
on <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong>ficer, one bullet striking him in <strong>the</strong> left cheek and one<br />
in <strong>the</strong> neck. Although severely and painfully wounded, Devaney<br />
regained his feet and gave chase for four blocks, firing as<br />
he went, finally falling exhausted from loss <strong>of</strong> blood.<br />
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