Show FRIDAY MURDER WILL REST ON HEAD OF GIRL Complaint to Be Asked Charging B Beatrice atrice Hunter Hunt Hunt- er With Slaying of Officers Officers Of Of- Honey Huntsman QUESTION ARISES WHO SHOT BANDIT Morgues Crowded With Friends to See Policemen in Death Burbidge Repeats Repeats Repeats Re Re- peats Order to Shoot If It the evidence in Friday nl nights night's ht's tragic shooting affray which oc occurred oc- oc on Main street south of ot Broadway stands as it does now after present Investigations have ha been closed I shall ask tho the county attorneys attorney's s office for a first degree degre murder charge against Beatrice Hunter companion of the bandit bandit- murderer William Lee Chief of Police Joseph E E. Burbidge Bur Bur- bidge made n this announcement SatI Saturday Sat Sat- afternoon after he had I personally personally per per- visited the emergency hospital hospital hos hos- pital where the Hunter woman lay la seriously wounded with a bullet hole through her cheek The Tho shot was vas tired fired b by Lee a few fw minutes before he ne sent a bullet from his caliber automatic pistol crashing through his own head inflicting a a. wound which resulted In his death early earll Saturday morning at lIol Holy Cross hospital POLICE ADVANCE THEORY When Lee rejoined Miss Hunter m In the the entrance to Lefts Left's l Fur ur store It ier P t t teas ht h hi her er P possible refusal to open he hel hel- Purse In which there were several shells helIs At that time due to th the tho duel that Lee had waged wa-ed with the tho offit officers r rs his gun must have been nearly empty empt This some police pollee of officers ot- ot leers a assert ert affords a more logical explanation for the shooting of ot the woman soman than others advanced al aJ- aJ though they admit It Is but a theory on their part The same officers believe eliee that the woman might have hae feared that Lee in attempting to snatch the purse was about to seize ever every cent she had However they reason that the woman aan might have considered considered considered con con- that enough trouble trouble- and tragedy had developed and at that moment Jerked the purse puree out of or Lees Lee's reach The officers are of the opinion that while hiie these may prove to be the actual facts that nevertheless nevertheless never never- the woman realized that her companion was vas a gunman or otherwise she would not have had the shells in her possession At the hospital last night she declared sho she did not know how the shells came Into her possession This feature it is assumed will be stressed as a ground for seeking g the tho Issuance of ot a complaint against her charging first degree murden mur mur- der den FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS Meanwhile funeral arrangements for Patrolmen Patrolmen-B. B. B H. H Honey and Noland Noland No- No land W W. Huntsman the latter In Instantly instantly In- In killed and the former mortally mortally mortally mor mor- tally wounded In the tho gun battle battlo with Lee Leo were taking form Corm Satu Sat- Sat u uday day night It had not been de decided decided decided de- de when or where the services would be held although indications were that public services would be beheld behold behold hold held In the Assembly hall Temple grounds The use of the structure had previously been offered by the first presidency of the L L. D D. D S. S church to Commissioner of Public Safety Arthur F. F Barnes Additional evidence which was uncovered Saturday made It possible possible possible pos pos- sible that only a post mortem on onLee's onLee's onLee's Lees Lee's body and the recovery of ot the tho bullet which pierced the right side of at his abdomen will wUl establish who fired the bullet Frank Regis the waiter walter at the State cafe or Patrolman Patrol- Patrol man mn Honey The post-mortem post will 11 probably be performed Sunday Lr r r. r J. J J. J Galligan city physician s said Id IdI Saturday evening I LEE WAS SHOT TWICE Lee was shot twice One self self- inflicted entered the right side of his head near the temple and came caine out of the left side aide slightly back backof of the tho opposite poInt where It en en- en bred The other wound which would woud have ha probably alone proved fatal tatal was the result of or a shot fired either cither b by Honey of Regis The waiter walter used a R automatic pistol and Hone lionel Honey used a 20 special revolver The pellets in this make of shells are distinctly different different different dif dif- ferent according to policemen From Irom the break on the tho ou er tissue Us- Us sue of or Lees Lee's body where the Hie shot of ot doubtful authenticity entered it would appear as though It had bad been fired from an angle which was the position Regis occupied when shooting shooting shoot shoot- ing tug at the fleeing bandit Honey is reported b bv by witnesses as having hay hav ing Ingo faced Lee when the two ex exchanged exchanged ex- ex changed shots SEVEN PERFORATIONS An operation performed on Honey after he reached Holy Cross hospital hospi hospi- tal tal revealed seven perforations In irs his Intestines made l by the singleshot single shot that entered his abdomen from Irons Lees Lee's gun It was necessary to re remove remove re- re move permanently about a foot of or ortho tho policeman's intestines during during- Continued on page 6 6 4 Y Continued from rom page page 1 1 the tho operation Internal hemorrhage and shock are said by doctors to have boon been the direct cause of Honeys Honey's death Scores o of or friends of ot the slain policemen Ivi viewed wed their bodies Saturday Saturday Sat- Sat Honey n y at the S. S s S. M M. mortuary East First South street and Huntsman at the tho J J. W. W Taylor mortuary 21 south West Temple street I As friends and br brother lher policemen of the dead officers viewed the K bodies hearts filled with sorrow a stream of curious persons passed d in of f the and ODonnell O'Donnell out ut of th the the- mortuary rooms Undertaking com corn company pany South West Vest Temple street t vIewIng the body of Lee Leo I believe Ive I've seen him before some place His Hia face looks familiar famil famil- mr lar were SOme of the remarks dropped by men as they ga gazed ed upon the bandits bandit's face TRUE EFFICIENT OFFICERS No one outside their Immediate families fee feels feela the loss losa of Officers Honey Horey and Huntsman more than myself Chief Burbidge com corn They were both goo good true ef efficIent ef- ef mon min striving to do their duty a as it was expected of ot them S They were both ambitious and I without doubt among the most roost trustworthy and efficient officers I Ion on the force An impressively sad thing about the whole affair is that these men like others who have died in the line Une of duty in past years died by the hands of transients transients one one might say hobos who wh who have come into our city to plunder and if deterred d in their attempts to kill Green B B. Hamby was killed by Just such a type fellow as aJI shot Huntsman and Honey continued Chief BurbIdge Sergeant Pierce met a similar fate at the hands of ot the same type Dave Crowther w was another In most instances the murderers were paroled con convicts from other states or known criminals criminals criminals crimi crimi- nals with records to show that for forone forone forone one reason or another they had been pushed on from one community community community to another to prey upon so society society so- so and kill and plunder SHOOT ORDER STANDS My order issued several w ks ago to men of ot the Salt Lake police force torce to shoot shoot and and shoot to kill kill- kill where there are suspicious circumstances circumstances circum circum- circumstances stances surrounding the movements of an individual still sUll stands The manner in which it has been carried out is TV well ell indicated by Friday nights night's affair The manner in which both Huntsman and Honey executed this order although It carried death to th them m mis is proof alone alonG of ot their bravery and the true manner in which they performed their duty Too much praise cannot be given these men and their records as poUce police officers cers cerL |