The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-08
Believes Bandit is Dead.


DR.. +. E. Straup expressed his belief
last night that Lopez is dead. He said
he believed that tho stope where the
bed was found had been abandoned be-
cause Lopez woke up to find fumes
rushing in on him, had hastily wiped
the SCOT from his face and ran for safe.
ty from the smoke. In such an event
he could not have gone far, believes
DR., Straup, without fainting from the
fumes. ii is considered possible that
he might have reached the Phoenix
bulkhend and then dropped back into
the stope that was dynamited
The searchers who went in yesterday
afternoon and who made the latest and
important discoveries were S. S. Jones,
the fearless guide Of the party; DR.. +.
II. Straup, Dr.. David Ray, Ray Clayes,
Guy De Ford, Sheriff Philip Aljets,
George Rucker, George Chandler,
George Robinson, A. G. Robinson, j. D.
Cortelle and F. v. Fitzgerald Of The
Tribune staff.
The party went to the back of the
Andy tunnel first and on the return
trip searched every stope, raise, incline
and hole on the level. 1t was when
the men searched the No. & near the
bed was made. A few minutes later
others in the party found the scarf in
No. sand then the gunny sacks off the
bandit s feet in the incline at the scene
of the shooting.
An important feature Of the discovery
was the announcement Of Robinson and
Cortelle that they, with Deputy Sheriff
Julius Sorenson, had been through the
same stope Saturday afternoon and had
found nothing. The mon said, however,
that in the dim light it was just pos
sible that they. might have overlooked
the bandit q effects Saturday, although
they did not consider it likely.
To Resume Work Today.
1t is probable that little will be done
men who worked until O'Clock this
morning can get back and continue it.,
after getting few hours of sleep. They
know where they have been and what
has been found and it is believed that
they can do more effective work by
completing the work themselves.
Before they left the Andy tunnel
shed this morning they carefully in
structed the guard at the Andy incline
to watch their position closely in order
that the Mexican can have no chance
have been searched. There is no place
above the Andy tunnel now that has
not been carefully inspected, except a
small portion Of the York tunnel, which
will be examined early this morning.
The men believe, however, that Lopez
is in one of the lower levels if be was
not killed by the explosion, and they
will work on that theory as soon as they
return to the mine.
Explosive is Prepared.
After Sheriff Smith and the Others
had discovered the footprints leading
back from the bulkhcad into the stope,
from which there were two holes lead.
ing back and into which it is believed
Lopez might have taken refuge, prep
arations were made for dynamiting.
When the dynamitiug expert had pre-
pared the two charges, Sheriff Smith
stepped into the stope TO give Lopez
an opportunity to surrender if he was
there.
az am the sheriff of Salt Lake coun.
tv,'' be said ''I call upon you, Ra-
phael Lopez, to surrender, If you do
not YOU will be dead in thirty minutes.
/ call upon you to surrender once. ]
call upon You to surrender the second
time. For the third and last time l call
upon you to surrender
The others in the posse stood silently
listening for minute or two. The
sheriff listened intently for an answer.
But no reply came from the iulSy dark
ness, where it was believed Lopez might
bo in hiding.
Then the sheriff turned to the dyna-
miter and ordered: Throw in your
dynamite Within a few seconds
there was deafening report, followed
by another 1t was necessary for the
posse to remain outside for more than
nm hour while the smoke hung in the
stopc. AS the charges displaced an
enormous amount of rock and gravel, it
will take some time to dig into the
holes and stope. 1t may be morning
before it vii be definitely known
whether Lopez was in the hiding place.
Strength was added TO the belief that
Lopez might be in the Slope, because
it was at the Phoenix bulkhead that
guards reported having heard pound
ing on the inside early in the week.
The guards said that pounding sounded
as though it was being made with steel
tools. and it was believed at the time
that Lopez might be making an attempt
to place charge Of dynamite to blow
nnf tho bp1k head