The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-12-06
LOPEZ ENTOMbED
IN BINGHAM MINE
NUMEROUS MEXICAN THOUGHT
TO be VICTIM OF POISONOUS
GASES POURING IN MINE.
Desperate Who Has Killed Six Msa
and Closed Down Mining Prop
srty Supposed to Have Met
Death Like Rat In q Trap.

Salt Lake City.-Felix Lopez, the
Mexican murderer, who has killed
five men since he shot countryman
at Bingham during a quarrel over .
woman. is in all probability dead.
After killing three of the four If.
ficers who set out to capture him
after he had killed another Mexican
at Bingham. the murderer doubled
back on his tracks and took refuge
in the Apex mine.
Hundreds Of men have guarded the
different entrances to the mine, and
every endeavor has been made to
capture Lopez. who has proven to be
one of the most desperate men In.
the history OF the west. and a dead
| shot
| Two men have been shot down
and killed by Lopez since he took
refuge In the mine, and the sheriff
OF Salt Lake county finally decided
that the only way to prevent further
loss of life and capture the desper'
ate Mexican. was to smoke him out
of his hiding place.
With this idea in view, ores have
been started at different entrances In
the mine, and poisonous fumes are
supposed to have penetrated every
inch OF the vast underground work
ings, all entrances having been
sealed.
Thus the hiding place OF Lopez has
been made his tomb. 1t is believed.
When the sheriff has been con.
vinced that the hunted desperate IL
i dead. the mine will be unsealed and
{ posse will look for the body.
Q This plan of suffocating Lopez was
, put into execution only after 1t be-
, came apparent that he would never
+ be taken alive, and that in all prob
1 ability many more lives would be sac
9 rifced in an effort to capture him, AZ
3 he had every advantage of the posse
. in that they could not approach hia
hiding place without being exposed
to the deadly fire from his rife. Be
sides, he had plenty of ammunition
and some food.
There are persistent rumors thai
Mike Cranovich, the Austrian who II
q lu6lllNO VA o CAoi So "a WAAO ~Sss
y ing, has been in the Utah-Apex mine
o also, during the time Lopez had TAX
D en- refuge there. but had escaped
u prior to placing the bulkheads In thu
e tunnels of the mine, In preparation
u for smothering the Mexican. 1t wal
O. reported frequently during Tuesday
that friends Of Cranovich had smua
| IL L; No ,tx,n an 0oksy
day or Sunday and had him bidder
in a cabin.
e There are those who insist tina
= the man who has been In the MIN
- ever since the posse has been q
- tempting to dislodge him. Is Crane
vich, and not Lopez. They conten
that Lopez escaped after shootin
I'd the three officers. and never cam
al back to Bingham.
70 1t Is only question Of time nov
- however, before the truth will
an known. Nothing can live In th
mine, and when the mine Is agai
- opened, search will be made for tn
body OF the desperate who has take
-- six lives and caused the state a mo-
etary loss of at least $4,000.
The latest report from the band
was that which came Tuesday nigl
: I from the Phoenix tunnel No. 3, Il
975-foot level. Guards stationt
there reported that they had heal
Lopez working his way out at the !
8 ner bulkhead. There are two bull
O heads in this tunnel, the innermo
one being about ESQ feet from Il
!. portal and the outer one about ff
:, feet in. According te the guards, I
PEI was heard moving timbers at t