Frank Regis, a waiter at the cafe, obtained a gun from under the counter and stepped outside where he fired two shots at the fleeing bandit. Lee ran east to Main Street and turned south on the west side of the street. Regis followed and encountered Officer Huntsman at the intersection. He pointed out the robber to the officer as the bandit crossed Main Street near Exchange Place. Huntsman crossed to the curb on the east side of the street where he confronted Lee and ordered him to "throw up your hands". Lee instead took refuge behind a parked car and, according to witnesses, shot Officer Huntsman through the heart. Huntsman fell dead on the street. Officer Brigham Honey, who had been walking his beat on Main Street, was approaching from the north and opened fire on Lee, striking him once in the body. Lee returned fire, striking Officer Honey twice. Officer Honey fell to the street mortally wounded. Lee and his girlfriend then retreated to the doorway of the Leff Furrier Shop at 307 South Main. Lee placed his gun against the woman's face and shot her. He then turned the gun on himself and shot himself through the head. Officer Huntsman died immediately. Officer Honey died of his wounds about 8 a.m. on the morning of February 16, 1924. William Lee died in the hospital at 5:50 a.m. the same morning. Beatrice Hunter survived her wound and was never charged in connection with the death of the officers. Officer Huntsman was born in Fillmore, Utah on May 12, 1897 and resided with his wife, Lucy, at 238 South 200 East. He had been appointed to the Police Department on May 8, 1923 and was a 3rd Grade Patrolman at the time of his death. Officer Brigham Honey was born December 9, 1889 in Kanab, Utah and resided with his wife, Helen, at 426 Cottage Avenue. He had been appointed to the Police Department on July 1, 1914 and was a 1st Grade Patrolman
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Nolan W. Huntsman