Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-08-20 | Page 4 | Martyred Policemen of Salt Lake

H MARTYRED POLICEMEN OF SALT LAKE LAKE- LAKE E Desperado Fired With Deadly Aims AimAs Aim AimAs j. j As s Two Officers Trapped Him 7 IZ P j jt t I I A I 4 by 1 I I M 4 t PAROLED CONVICT SHOT AND KILL KILLED ED BOTH THESE POLICE OFFICERS Patrolmen Noland W. W Huntsman left and B. B H. H Honey Courageously faced desperado Note Not Thin In I. th the lust last In tn of right eight articles rUrI how liow 10 Salt Lake City policemen died In the line of int duty When they separated to charge in from opposite directions on the gunman crouched behind an automobile Patrolman B. B H. H Honey and Noland W. W Huntsman didn't didn realize they were facing a desperate and skillful marksman Had they known they probably would have plunged just as courageously into i danger William Lee paroled forger from California had turned to a sideline of his and just before midnight on February 15 1924 robbed the safe at a cafe at 46 West Broadway As Lee dashed out of the cafe door a waiter i seized a gun and began firing Patrolmen Honey and Huntsman heard the shuts shots saw the fleeing bandit gave chase Lee fled south on Main street to Post Office place with Patrolman Patrolman Patrolman Patrol Patrol- man Honey gaining rapidly Lee dived behind a parked automobile and began firing Honey shouted for the gunman to surrender waving to Huntsman to circle around the car Shot Through Heart Lee laughed derisively atHoney's at atHoney's atHoney's Honeys Honey's command whirled to face fac Huntsman Lees Lee's gun blazed Huntsman fell a bullet through his heart Seeing his companion drop Honey dashed in firing as ashe ashe ashe he came Again Lees Lee's revolver flamed and Honey fell wounded fatally in the stomach Honey raised himself on an elbow and fired as Lee dashed from cover The slug struck the gunman in the chest He staggered staggered staggered stag stag- to South Main street where a a woman companion waited waited waited wait wait- ed in a doorway never take me Lee growled He pressed the muzzle of the revolver to the womans woman's cheek and fired Turning the weapon to his his' own head he fired again Police found both lying unconscious in the doorway Six hours later Lee died Two hours later Patrolman H Honey ney died Woman Recovered The wounded woman Mrs Beatrice Beitrice Hunter of San Francisco eventually recovered For a time it was believed that sh she would face murder charges but she finally convinced officers that sh she did aid not know Lee Intended in intended intended In- In tended to rob the cafe Pu Public lie spirited citizens to show how their a appreciation for forthe the courage of Patrolmen Honey and Huntsman Huntsman Huntsman Hunts Hunts- man who died in the line of duty raised to establish a trust fund for fop Mrs Honey and her two children and Mrs Huntsman and child