The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-16
Guards Changed.

The guards today reported the sound
J heard last night to Sheriff Smith. Tn
1 Sheriff said that while he was satigfie,
that the men had heard the Mexican h.
| wanted to transfer the men tonight T.
| other posts In order that he might b
| douoly sure OF the noises reported. For
| mer Police Detective Bert Seager Joine,
the man hunt tonight and was one Of tn,
new officers assigned to duty at tn
| Andy tunnel.
In speaking OF the noises heard at tn,
| bulkheads and the fact that they were
not reported to him until today, Sher
| IN Smith said:
gave my deputies instructions
that should they come into proximity
the opportunity to surrender, Instead
OF that they kept quiet. and I can
| only think that their reason was to
Give him the chance to crawl through
so that they might get him 1t is
my bounden duty under the law to
give him the opportunity to surren-
der and do not propose to sanction
any action that would lead to my i'm
structed the guards at the bulkhea6s
that should they hear Lopez they
must proIfer him protection should he
surrender, or course. should he fight
In attempting TO make his escape the
guards must act
Up to late hour tonight the guards al
the bulk kheads heard no sounds wha tever
that would Indicate the presence OF the
Mexican: This. however, was not re-
the guards OF last night, as it was con.
sldered not unlikely that Lopez found the
bulkheads too strong to be pounded out
and aba ndoned the plan.
II was rumored about Bingham today
that that three tempting lunches, poisoned
with cyanide of potassium, had been
placed in the mine in points which the
mexican might easily reach This poison
Is quick and deadly, and should the
with IT he would die almost instantly.
Poison Story Denied.
No foundation for the report could be
found. Sheriff Smith said.
never heard of such plan, and,
OF course. had nothing 10 do with 1t.
] don't think that II would be possi-
BILE for such plan TO be carried out
WITHOUT my knowing of 1t, I cannot
understand where the story orig
mated.
Sheriff Smith today received from Van
to have been written by Lopez. The let
ter stated that Lopez was In Vancouver,
en- route to the gold fields. The writer
WaeSng @ the ne ne hepsa soses tas sas1 Tho w
ing Of the letter bore no resemblance
TO that of Lopez.
A letter addressed to Raphael Lopez,
Sheriff Smith today. The letter follows.
Dear Lopez--Be Of good heart and
trust in God, Put your trust in him
and there may be happiness In store
for you. While there is life there is
hope. You have shown great endur-
ance. and a man like you could be-
come a great power You will be
happier II you can forgive those weak
men who betrayed you. They are
small. / hope for good to come to
you. Every day 1 shall pray for you
that there will be a way out OF your
difficulty. Be hopeful,
ULLANNDE.
The letter WAS mailed In Salt Lake
yesterday,
Scores of letters are being received
daily by the sheriff from persons who
would give advice. One received toda y
today from 12-ycar- old boy suggests
that fifteen men go into the mine to get
the Mexican. He believes that while the
Mexican may kill most OF the fifteen,
there Will be enough remaining alive 10
Kill him. The youngster suggests that
In the event that the Mexican is killed
or captured In the manner he suggests
the sheriff should send him 500 OF the
reward