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Show SUDDEN 1IIT1 FROM 1110 FIE! Bloodthirstiness of Raphael Lopez Is a Surprise to His Friends. HAS BEEN ADVENTURER Career of Crime Is Said to Have Begun About Two Years Ago. Ton days ago Raphael Lopez was an industrious mine leaser at Bingham, somewhat qunrrolsomc but well liked by his associates. Today in tho depths oil a Bingham mine he is crouching bc-sido bc-sido tho bodies of two of his latest victims vic-tims in a dark recess, awaiting moro victims, and preparod to sell dearly his life, already sis timos forfeited. Of tho past of this young Mexican, who deals out death while grimly awaiting tho inevitable end, littlo is known. It is known that ho is approximately approx-imately 25 years old, that his mothor was an Amorican woman and. his fnthcr part Mexican and part Apache Indian. Lopez is known to have boon an tul-vontnrer. tul-vontnrer. Ilia lifo has boon ast with thoso on the border lines of civilization, civiliza-tion, whero thero are bravo and true men and where, too, thero aro deadly rattlesnakes like Lopoz who slriko only when their victim has scarcely a cLauco for protection. Little Known of Youth. Of tho early and bloody adventures of young Lopez, nothing is known save tho scrans of incident that he has nt times rolatcd to his chanco acquaintances. acquain-tances. It is known that ho has ridden the rango as a cowboy in Texas, Colorado, Colo-rado, New Mexico and Old Moxico. IIo was also with "Buffalo Bill" Cody for a time as a fancy cowboy ridor and rifio shot. Ilis career of crime is Bald to have begun about two years ago in tho Pow- - ; i W dor river district in Wyoming Ai climax to a brief argument Lopoz 111 ' a gun aisd shot dead the man who' -t 1 gucfl with him. The hot-tempered 3 J ican fled the country and about a v Lopoz remained in Bingham and J to work in, the Utah Apex mhe L ' he lcasod independently in tho Min. workings of tho mine, with TulluTf 0 rello as a partner. 113 V Has Wonderful Physique. 1 Lopez worked hard and mado u money working his lcaso. ITe was ti of fast society, however, and froqi kOt od saloons and places of lll-ronutd -cnsional dissipation, howovor, epm n Ki not to Impair his wonderful phvai U He is of medium statnro, but ha poars every inch an athlete. Ho spent his life in tho open and ,,nal strength that he thus acquired : Tito stood him in good stead in Iub W : ?' . days of hardship. aBt . Intel Tho prologuo of tho bloody cari. "J 0 crimo that in coon to como' to a tail end bcrcau about three month ago i? a stabbing affray that ended n lii00 brawl. Lopez and somo other Mexlc i V were drinking They began to 5S and finally Lopez stabbed one of A v& companions. 1 ' , , The officers woro .sent for nnd 1m . was placed under urrest by Deputy Hi C1C Iff Juliua Sorenson. who. for the ' Jfeati nine days haa been alnioHt constantly , tho heels of the fugitive Mexican 12 ' a tried to resist arrest and Sorenson str etas The Mexican then ceased his reslstti c but in his heart he harbored tho da 'no; for revenge that probably even yet mj l hlrn long to kill Soronson beforo ho k bl self, Is slnln. " t Given Thirty Days. "? jfare Lopez waa churned with assault wiS t ffC deadly weapon, but the chargo was h , reduced to ono of disorderly conduct.' T pleaded not guilty, but on tho testiia of his countrymen wao convicted 1 sentenced to thirty days ln tho cou fiMg Jail. Ho Borvcd his sentence nnd on. kfccK expiration of the term dtclded to 7 JTT ql even with thoso responsible for Mb 0 3 V vlctlon. ( v ' A week ago last Thursday night ' i050 pez met a young Mexican boy who , riek tesllfled ugnlnBt him. Lopez drew -ii pistol and struck tho youns man 04 itel Urn faco with tho gun. knocking down. Juan Valdcz, a friond of U, Xpn, reproved him for tho cowardly j l whereupon Lopez fired his pistol thro -AM his side coat pocket. Tho shot str .jT Valdez In the breast, killing him aln Instantly. Lopez took thc gun belo ,Mn" Ing to Vnldes, put on an extra, suit & c0 underwear, two pairs of Bocks ondv now pair of nhoes and rubbers audi" i .hot out for the hills. f ,(",. Then began tho man hunt that.1 v?.p,,, first over the topa of the mountain i 'tt la now ending far down In tho ea in the deptha of a Bingham mine. i i! cM1 Within forty-five minutes of the ah Jg3 hf lng of ValdeE, tho offlcera were on,' her trail of tho murderer. They first aearc j-; (Continued on Pago Twelve.) '1 ,?9 SUDDEN THSIIION FMM MM TO FIEP (Continued from Pago Eight). neighboring canyons and guarded tho mountain passes through which ho might travel. Then they found his tracks going go-ing over the tops of tho hills from Highland High-land Boy. Chief of Police J. W. Grant and Deputy-Sheriffs Deputy-Sheriffs Otto Wltbeck, Julius Sorcnson and NephI S. Jensen sot out on the trail at the break of day a week ago Friday morning. They followed It ovor the hills and down Into the valley of Utah lake. The trail led toward a cabin at the north Wltboclc fell dying from his horse. Sor-enson'B Sor-enson'B horse reared nnd Sorenson fell. This fact probably saved hlK life, as It was more tlian probable that there was another bullet In the Mexican's gun Intended In-tended for Sorenson. Shoots From Ambush. It was afterward found that Topez laid In a ditch about 115 yards distant from the officers nnd shot them down ono after another as they rode Into his ambuscade. am-buscade. He had probably scon them rldliiR toward tho cabin, and with fiendish fiend-ish deliberation had prepared the ambush and waited for his victims to rldo Into It. After tho triple murder at tho grcaae-wood grcaae-wood patch, Lopez crawled like a snake along the ditch and then escaped to the hills. The next afternoon ho was traced to another ambush, which ho had prepared pre-pared for his pursuers In the fastnesses of Hell's Kitchen, In the Iilto range of mountains. On a commanding knoll ho had built a tiny fortress, and here he quietly awaited the approach of a dozen men who were following his tracks. As tho men nextrcd tho lair he opened lire, and tho bullets came dangerously close to the officers pursuing him. Tn this battlo Douglas Hulsey, nfterward destined to be killed by tho outlaw, participated. par-ticipated. The members of tho posso poured bullets at tho top of tho hill, but the tiny fortress protected tho outlaw until nightfall, when ho made his escape over a ridge of tho mountains. Trail Often Lost. For tho noxt threo daye his trail was Indistinct. The snow melted from the alive. After securing food and ammui ' tlon from the Italian, the fugitive enter ' the Minnie mine. . i, Through the various tunnels a j ' workings of the mine and its connect! A workings Lopez was followed for i f-' days by the oflicers. He was finally'; cated in the Andy Incline, but the.iL. for the Mexican was not yet. Two ini iUa lives were added to the long toll or i &i murderous fiend, and the fear was pai 7 mount last night that still .others ml Wk succumb to the bullets of the blot Wk thirsty fiend before he himself camo BP the end he so richly deserves. |