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Show LOPEZ G j Corrello, His Partner, Gains Freedom by En- j! tering the Mine and j Pleading With Bandit to Surrender; Receives L No Answer. ONE CHANCE THAT LOPEZ IS FREE Discovered Late at Night J Mouth of One Tunnel j Remained Unguarded j! an Hour; Many Dra- matic Features in the j Fight. I terday by S. S. Jones, one of the Bing- j W ham posse, and brought "from thc mine. , Thero is no wator in the tunnel or tho ! incline with which the Mexican may B moisten his lips parched from thirst I and from the pall of smoko that hangs f heavy throughout the workings of the j 3 mine. ' He has plenty of ammunition. He j- has his own gun with nearly thirty 1 rounds of ammunition and it is be- j lioved that ho has secured Hulsey 's l gun and cartridge belt with forty Jj rounds of ammunition. Like a wounded J animal, he is propared to fight to tho i last, and tho fear is still Btrong that I- other victims may bo added to thoso already dead before Lopez succumbs ij to the bullets of the officers or the fl penetrating and deadlv sulphur fumes. ' j Shoot Out Lights. : The escape of the officers In. the second sec-ond battlo was a dramatio foature of tho underground light with, tho bandit. After the -first firing they had been caught boybnd the deadly incline whoro : Lopoz lay in ambush. To escape they I must pass between Lopes and their 1; lights, in a direct lino of the deadly flro ;' of the Mexican. They could not boo tho ji Mexican, but to him thoy loomed np large targets for Ms bnlletg. ' Prom Deputy Sheriff Julius Boreneon, , J1 who was on tho safe sido of tho incline, ' 1 camo the BUggOBtion to shoot out the f lights. Sheriff Philip Aljets of Tooele f and S. S. Jones of Bingham drow a f bend on the lights and nrod. Both lightB wont out and tho officers dashed past tho inclino to Bafoty. The battles in the dark tunnel wore if preceded by the discovery that Lopez j. had boon making his headquarters in this section of the tunnel. This dis- covery was fraught with disastrous 1 results, for had it not been made it is more than likely that tho officers , I would not have entered there and lost two of their nnrabor. Seek to Smoke Him-Out. ij Tho original plan of procedure was . ! to smoke out the mine thoroughly ei- J J ther driving the Mexican to seek the j open air or suffocating him within the mino. Pursuant to this plan the va- rious lovols wero thoroughly smokod, beginning nl the top. To do thiB the oflicors woro not entering tho mine but I buildiuc the fires at tho entrances to j (Continued on Pago Sight.) r I LOPEZ KILLS TWO IN FIGHT WITH DEPUTIES UNDERGROUND!, BANDIT HOLDS I Takes Handles Flees Before Posse Until Hemmed in by Fumes; Shoots to Keep Open One Exit H (Continued from Pago One.) H .the tunnels and permitting tho natural H draft to draw tbo sulphur fumes into the mines. The ultimate rosult of this 1 plan would have been to smother the h Mexican or to force him out. Takes Austrian's Candles. Hj Shortly after 6 o'clock yesterday B morning John Nuggan, an Austrian H emploj-ed at the Utah Apex mine as H a machinist's helper, was walking H through the Andy tunnel when he ran H into Lopez. Tho Mexican pointed his rifio at the Austrian and commanded f him to hand him his candle. The Austrian obeyed. The outlaw carried H his rifle in his left hand and his candle in the right hand. IIo motioned the Austrian to leave the mine, and he did eo, reporting to the officers that ho had seen tho bandit. About 0 a. in. yesterday three Greek miners saw Lopez about 1400 feet from tho entrance to tho Andy tunnel. Ho asked them for their candles and they gavo them to him. Lope, at that time I was near what ia known as tho Larson Lar-son stopc. A few moments later William Cars and another miner, both Greeks, saw Lopez in the Andy tunnel. They walked with him from tho Larson stopo several hundred feet toward tho mouth of tho tunnel to a blind stope. This stopo has a small entrance but is somewhat roomy beneath the entrance. 'Lopez took the randies from tho Greeks and crawled through the holo into the j-to o. Lopez signaled the Greeks to keep quiet just before disappearing from sight. Tho Greeks hurried out and told their story. Piloted by Greeks. Th"? officers outside then prepared to riiter tho Andy tunnol and smoke the Mexican out. Tho Greeks took them u to tho place- where they had seen rhe Mexican enter the blind stopo. It v.rs tho opinion of the officers that Lone, Lo-ne, was still in the blind stopo, so hey guarded it carefully. A plan was formed to build sulphur tiros at the entrance to all the stopes nmning from the 300-foot up to the 200 foot level. Two of tbo stopes woro thoroughly 'smoked without results. Tho other seven stopes and tho Andy in-line were to have been smoked. Then tho officers planned to drop somo dynamite dy-namite with a time fuse into tho en-trnncc en-trnncc to iho "blind stope. The Shooting Begins. Meantime the officers divided into groups, lighting sulphur smudges and guarding tho Wind stopo where the Mexican was belioved to "bo. It was not until tho shooting began in the Andy incline that it was known that Lope:; had left this stopo. Dr. David Hay of Bingham and six others bad gone about fifty foot into the Andy iuclino, carrying hay, wood and sulphur, sul-phur, whon tho shooting began. After he had come oat of the mino Ihr. Bay told tho story of bow Hulsey and the Servian wero sbot to death t Frank Thompson, a Bingham plumber, and myself, with J. Dong-las Dong-las ITul soy and four Servians, wont up into tho inclino to light a flro. Thompson and I wero arranging tho fire. The four Servians woro carrying wood and hay and Ilulaoy waa holding a candle for us to boo by. 3rTOin the darkness In front of na in tho incline enma a blinding flash. I saw tho candle that 'Hul-soy 'Hul-soy was holding waver and fall, going out as it wont down. I felt Hulsey fall near me and hoard him groan a oouplo of timoa. The rent of ub fell to onr knee and crawled out of the incline. There were two more shota in rapid succession- After wo got out we found that Tom Manderich, ono of tho Sorvinna, was missing. T did not boo him fall and I don't know that he was hit. T presume he must have been Btruck because he did not como out of tho incline. After wo got out of tho lnolino we followed tho tunnel and wont farthor in the mino. "Wo romalned in the mino until after tho Booond shooting. Then I went with tho other guards back past tho Incline toward tho portal and remained on guard with Sheriff Aljots and Jnl-ius Jnl-ius Soronaon. TVhcn tho men farther along in the tunnel heard the shooting they retraced their steps to tho entrnnce of tho inr clino and tried to dislodge Lopez. Sheriff Sher-iff Philip Aljots of Tooele fired a volley vol-ley of shots into the opening of tho inclino and for a timo it was thought that he had killed tho Mexican. Went After Bodies. The men in tho tunnel wore beyond tho opening of tho inclino and could not roach tho portal of tho mino without with-out passing in direct lino of tho fire. When it was thought that it was enfo to attompt to get the bodies of the men believed to havo been Blain. Doputy Sheriff A. G. Gowan of Tooolo went to the mouth of the inoline. Almost instantly thero was a shot and tho officer dropped to tho ground. He shouted to the others that ho was not hurt, but ho remained lying down to saTe himself from further BhotB. The other guardo were not far from the opening of tho inclino in a drift. They could bo dimly seen by Lopez, who was probably approaching the opening of the Incline into tho tunnol. The Mexican Mexi-can fired throo shots at tho guards in tho drift and tho bulletB ricochoted along the canyon, knocking atones into the faces of tho officers. One of the stonos dislodgod by the Mexican's ballots bal-lots struck Patrolman Donim in tho face, cutting a gash. Anothor bullet grazed the scalp of Sheriff Aljots. The officers returned tho Mexican's fire, but they do not know whothor or not their flro had any officct. Doputy Sheriff JuliuB Soronson, who waa bo-yond bo-yond the opening of tho inclino toward tho portal of tho mino, cnllod to tho officers to shoot out their lights which were stationed at the entrance to tho Andy inclino, Tho guards directed their fire toward tho lightB which woro extinguished. ex-tinguished. Then tho officora daBhod past tho Mexican's,, lino of firo to Eufety, coming out of tho tunnel at the ontranco to the mine. Lost the Mexican escapo from this section of the workings a guard was Immediately placed at tho entranco to tho Incline. Sheriff Philip Aljots, Dr. David Ray and Deputy Sheriff Julius Sorenson acted as the first guards. Abandon One Method. In order to get Into where the bodies were tho officers plannod a stcol shield eighteen by thirty-six inches in size and five-eighths of an Inch In thickness. It was planned to send tho men back Into the incline behind this shield, which was hastily fitted with arm-holds at the mino blacksmith shop. Experiment proved that the shield would be unwieldy and Impractical, Im-practical, so this method was abandoned. Six .deputies wero started up tho Andy Incline from tho Parvonue tunnel, but they were halted on the 700-foot level and remained thero on guard through the night. Lato In the evening It was planned to give Julius Corrello, tho former partner of Lopez, an opportunity to holp the officers by going Into tho mino to talk to Lopez. Voluntarily Corrello tendered his services to Sheriff Andrew Smith, Jr., yostorday afternoon from Mb cell in the Bingham jail. Corello Goes Into Mine. In company with Doputy Sheriff Julius Ju-lius Soronson, Dr. P. E. Straup, Dr. A. L. Inglesby and S. S. Jones, ho was taken ta-ken to tho Andy tunnel. Corrello was asked if he would be willing to go to the mouth of tho Andy inclino and call to his friend Lopoz. Ho said ho would gladly do it, that ho would even go after Lopoz if they would let him. "With tho men above mentioned ho wont to tho mouth of tho Andy incline, 900 feot in from the portal of tho Andy tunnol. Thero he called to Lopez in Spanish. "Because of you, Lopez, and what you havo done T have been in jail threo days," shouted Corrello into tho darkness. dark-ness. "I don't know how long thoy will keep mo. Perhaps for lifo if 3ou don't como out. "You have done enough crimo now, You should como down and give np so they will let mo go. If yon won't come down thoy will tako mo back to jail." The mon listened intently, but no answer an-swer came back through tho holo m which Lopoz and his latest victims are located. Either tho Mexican was stubborn stub-born or ho had gono out of earshot, tho latter possibility not being considered very likely. When Corrollo camo out of tho tunnol tun-nol ho was mot by a Tribuno reporter. Ho said: I would bo glad to do anything I could to help in nuy way. I will kill him myself if T havo half a chance. Hp was my good friend and ahvava scorned to bo nuch a fine follow. v But that makes no difforencj now. Ho ought to be killed and I want to help if I cnn. I mot him two years ago whon wo wero both boarding at tho Mc-Konzio Mc-Konzio boarding house. Ho seemed to bo such a flno follow that wo soon bocamo fast friends. Until this troublo I nover onco had reason rea-son to bolicvo that ho wasn't tho Equarcst kind of a fellow. I never nev-er would havo believed that ho could do what ho4has dono. At this timo Sheriff Smith told Corrello Cor-rello that ho was a froo man. Uo told CorTollo that his bravery in trying to communicate with tho dosperado was sufficient 'ovidonco. of his sincerity in aasisting tho men who aro trying to , get Lopoz. Corrollo went back to Bing-1 ham a froo man and is waiting to do i whatever ho can do to help. Corrello says hq was born in Tor-reon, Tor-reon, Coahuila, Moxico. Ho says ho camo to this country about nine years ago. He speaks English perfectly. Ho is 28 yoars old. Ho appears to bo absolutely ab-solutely honest. Ho thankod Sheriff Smith quietly for allowing him his f roo-dom roo-dom and said he didn't blame tho sheriff sher-iff for arresting him. Blames Lopez. "There was nothing olso for you to do, sheriff," ho said. "I don't blamo you. I blamo no ono but Lopez for my arrest. It was my first timo in jail, and it is Lopez's fault." As tho mon wero standing at tho mouth of the Andy tunnol after Corrello Cor-rello had mado tho futilo attompt to talk to Lopoz, a Sorvian camo up. no begged to bo allowed to go into tho incline in-cline to shoot Lopez. IIo said his namo was Pcto Yukovitch. "I can got Lopoz," ho declared. "Tom Manderich was my dear friend and I want to avongo his death. Tho Servian is not afraid. I was in tho Balkan war, I know. I havo no wife, no childron I care not if he shoots mo. If two or threo of us go up we can get him. Ho would probably shoot ono or maybe two of us before wo got him. But as for myself, I do not earn. I am not afraid. Thirty Servians held back an army of Turks in tho war over there and Servians can get Lopez." Pleaded in Vain. His pleadings woro in vain. Tho mon refused to lot him go to what would probably bo certain death. He persisted persist-ed and stayed around tho mouth of the tunnel in the hope that later there would bo an opportunity for him to go into service. Vukovitch said that Manderich was a Servian soldier in the Balkan war also and that he knew him well. He has a wife and two children. Carr Fork is shut off from Bingham canyon tonight by armod deputies. All who start into Carr Fork aro stopped and their business demanded. Unless thej' aro deputies or newspaper men they aro not allowod to proceed up tho hill. Tho Servian colony is much wrought up over the shooting of Manderich. who waB very popular among his peoplo as a man and as a soldier. Every able bodied Servian in Bingham wants to go in on the man hunt. Plans for Rescue. It has been suggested that steel protectors pro-tectors bo secured for a few picked mon and that they go in with them aftor the bodies. But tho Jay of tho tunnol and tho incline would make tho uso of adoquato protectors of this kind almost impossiblo, it is said. It is probable that such a plan will not be considered feasible enough to oven be attempted. Tho cooler heads on the hunt aro determined that there will be no moro sacrifico of lifo. The smudge Btartod yesterday in the workings or tho Minnie mino hns now cleared away, leaving the main Minnie tunnel, into which Lopoz entered, cloar. (Continued on Page Twelve.) I OFFICERS ILL KILL OR ME If Sulphur Funics Fail, Ammonia Am-monia May Be Used to End His Career. (Continued From Pago Eight.) It is now poflsiblo for Lopoz to got up into it. The threo oxits, tho mam one from which Lopez entered, the Parnoll and the York, aro all guardod by hcavilv armed posses. I the bodies of Hulsoy and Manderich Man-derich could now bo seenrod, or if it could be definitely established that the men aro dcadt Lopez could be smudfred from his lair. Until tho bodies aro recovered, however, tncro will be no smudginp, lor the operation would snuff out whatever life might bo left in the latest victims. Has Two Rifles. Lopez now has two rifles and about seventy-five rounds of ammunition. Ho ' has probably secured Hulsoy 's riflo and ammunition. . When Lopez entered the mino ho had a 30-30 rifle und forty-two rounds of ammunition, llulsey had a 30-40 riflo and a cartridgo belt containing about fortv Tounds of ammunition. During the 'two battles in the mino Lopez fired oicht or ten shots. With two rifles it is possible for tho outlaw to keep both rifles loaded, ready for an emergency. He is now ablo to Arc all of the cartridges in the maga--mes of both rifles before it is neces-arv neces-arv for him to stop to reload. |