Officer Rank: Constable
Memorial Panel: 30-ET -1
Department: Pennsylvania State Constable
End of Watch: 01/30/1907
Cause: Physical related incident
Age: 69
Length of Service: 2
Constable Hedrick and a posse went to New Market to retrieve a notorious horse thief from custody and transport him back to Stewartstown. Constable Hedrick and his posse arrived at the jail to find a crowd of over 100 angry citizens threatening to remove the horse thief from the jail to lynch him. Amid the tense, dangerous situation, Constable Hedrick collapsed and died at the scene due to a stroke.
