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Show Expert Crew of Men ' Will Begin the Open-ing Open-ing of Bulkheads This Morning in the Hope of Finding the Corpse of the Murderous Mex-ican. Mex-ican. TO FIRST OPEN I PARNELL TUNNEL I General Belief Is That H Lopez Is Dead, but Members of Searching Party Will Be ,Heavily I Armed and Will Take No Chances; the Black Damp Feared. By Staff Correspondent. BINGHAM, Dec. 5. At 6 o'clock this morning n picked crew of expert miners, under the direction of Foreman Thomas Uo?king of tho Apex mine, will open the bulkheads which f t four days have held behind them the so crot of Raphael Lopezffrtirr-Soine time during the forenoon or early afternoon, the final chapter of the thrilling under-ground under-ground hunt will probably have been A conference of those who hare been fl most prominent in directing the work at Iho Apex mine was held last night in the office of V. S. Hood, superin tcmlont of the Aper mine. At that meeting Lopez was officially declared dead. That is, the smoke having be gun to back up and smother the fires, fl it was decided that no human life could be existent in the mine. If Lopcr. i there he is believed to be dead, so it wns decidod to open tho mine. Present at Conference. Those who attended the conference last night were Sheriff Andrew Smith, Jr., of Salt Lako county; .T. D. Shilling, superintendent of the Utah Copper mine; V. S. Hood, superintendent of the Apex mine; Thomas Hosking, foreman of the Apex mine; Phillip Aljets, shcr-iff shcr-iff of Tooele county; Henry East, sheriff of Utnh county; T. A. DaVinOj sheriff of Wober county; M. M. Bush, ex-sheriff of Tooolo county; Dr. F. E. Straup of Bingham and Dr. A. I. Ing-lesby Ing-lesby of Bingham, both of whom have been prominent in the mino bust; John Coffee, sheriff of Summit county, and P. F. Cullertou, chief of police ot Bing- It was decided -that the Parnell tunnel. which corresponds to tho 100 lovl and which ls near the top of the hill, will be opened first. Th work will b dons by a picked crew of miners from both the day and night shifts, which change at 6 o'clock. They will be under thi direction of Foreman Ho3king, who re-fuses re-fuses to divulge their names. Following the F-ttrnell. the Pedro, also near tho top, will ho opened. Then the . 700 level will be opened. It Is hore that ex-Sheriff M. M. Bush and th guard believe that Jopez will bo found. Great caution will be taken hero In case the bandit Is still alive. Beforo tho bulk-head bulk-head at tho 700 level is entirely removed two air compressors will be set to work and fresh air will be forced Into the mine. With the chimney-like draft ere-a ere-a ted previously by tho opening of the Parnell nud the Pedro, it Is believed that tho air compressors will forco the smoke B out of the mlnu at a rapid rate. jH Men Will Be Aimed. As soon as tho air Is sufficiently clenr tho expert mining crew, headed by Fore-man Fore-man Hosking. will slarl into the mLna. armed with six-shooters. Possibly one or two expert gunmen will accompany H them with rilles. They will go up through the Andy incline from the "00 level to and through the Purnell tunnel. If thin trlD does not ruveal the Mexican a search B will be made throimh the Pedro portal. The Andy tunnel Inner bulkhead will B probably be the last one to be removed B This bulkhead, which is about 500 feel In from the portal, Is tho place where BBH Deputy Sheriff C. T.. SchotUer declares BVH he heard the Mexican call for Julius Cor-rello. Cor-rello. He believes the body will be found near this bulkhead. In any event, the H crew going up the Andy Incline will pas? H close to this bulkhead on the Inner side BH and should see the body If It In there BBBBJ Tho outer bulkhead will be rcmovod some BBBBJ lime during the morning. M The Idea of fastening ropes around the bodies of the men who go. In. In order to H draw them out in case thoy are overcome H bv fumes, has been abandoned. The black m damp, which has been poured Into tho H mine for tho last twenty-four hours, aet- M (Continued on Pago Two.) WILL SE1CH MINE FOB BODY OF LOPEZ ! (Continued from Pago Ono.) tics near the ground, and experts say that to stir It up would bo fatal. If one of tho party were overcome, foil to the ground nnd were dragged out. It would stir up tho black damp and probably be fatal to others. Will Carry Candles. The principal safety mcasuro will bo lighted candles. Each man will carry a lighted, candle. In case the oxygen supply sup-ply gets bad through presence of the fumes the lights will go out and warn the men. All have boon warned not to run In tho tunnel, as the haste might ntlr up the black damp. Only export miners will be used for tho exploration work. The guards on the night shift will ro-maln ro-maln on duty until the mine has been opened up. Patrolman H. A. Olsen of Salt Lake Is In charge of the night guards. He, with George Robinson and Patrolman W. 15. Jukes, aro on duty at the Andy tunnel. At tho Parncll are stationed Sydney Black, J. G. Beck and R. M. Smith. At the Minnie are John Miller, C. A. Wllllama and D. A. Poter-son. Poter-son. W. L. Knott, P. Parrlsh and T. R. Conroy arc guarding the Pedro. At tho York are A. L. Corey, Daniel Van Arsdale and G. Julian It Is believed that when the Pamcll bulkhead Is opened tho smoko will come out with a terrlllc rush. This may result re-sult In tho fainting of somo of the workmen work-men beforo they can escape. Extra guards will bo stationed to watch for this nnd do the rescue work In caso It happens. On account of the solidity of tho masslvo bulkheads It will tako somo time to tako them down. Sheriff Smith estimates that It will be about S o'clock beforo it will hu possible to commence work on tho 700 , bulkhead. I i Fires No Longer Fed. I Tho fires were not fed last night, but were allowed to burn as long as they would. But as the smoko continued to back up most of thorn were gradually smothered out for lack of oxygen. The 300 pounds of black powder was all used up yestcrdaj', as was tho supply of coal tar. Thero is a feeling among tho deputies that tho most dangerous tlmo will come when tho 700 bulkhead Is opened. There Is a strong belief that Lopez may bo found at that point, dead or alive It Is behoved pos6lblo that, by lying close to tho bottom of tho bulkhead, the Mexican may have escaped tho deadly fumes. In that case a final battlo Is expected. It Is probable that fortlflcaUons will bo so placed as to give the guards protection in caso the bandit Btarts shooting. There is still Eomo belief that Lopez may have escaped. On the other hand, thero aro many who feel sure that an escape could not have been made. Moro arc inclined to believe that Lopez stayed In the mlno, confident thRt ho could dodge tho deadly fumes. Many believe that he ha3 done so. Tho socrcts held behind tho bulkheads will probably bo known somo tlmo today. MISTAKEN IDEA OF A NEVADA SHERIFF Special to Tho Tribune. BINGHAM, Dec 4. It waa rumored last night that Lopez might bo the man who killed Joo Qulnda in Reno on July 23 of this year. Tho sheriff at Reno wired for Information, saying that the description of Lopez corresponded to that of a Mexican named Mariano Arranz, who is believed to have been the murderer mur-derer of Qulnda. When a Tribune reporter Investigated tho whereabouts of Lopez on July 23 it was quickly dlscovorcrt that ho was In Blmrham at that time Thero were a : I PHOTOGRAPH of the outer bulkhead of the Andy tunnel. It was at the inner bulkhead 01 this tunnel, about 500 feet underground, that Deputy Sheriff C. L. Schcttler dcciarca nc heard a voice, presumably that of Lopez, calling "Julius." On the extreme right of the pictu is Deputy Schettler and to his right is Patrolman A. S. Thompson of Salt Xake. fc"'H-f1iMW-.- ..... number of relinals witnesses to th's fact Sheriff Smith investigated the posa!MIU and .was also satisfied iliat Lopez was In Bingham when tho Reno murder waa committed and had beon for somo tlmo previous to It. PROSECUTION LIES WITH UTAH COUNTY If Raphael Lopez, tho murderer, Is captured alive when tho Apex mlno Is opened. Utah county will bo given the first chance to prosecute him, according to County Attorney I. E. Wllley. Mr. Wllloy said last night that thero was no doubt as to tho criminal offense In tho killing of the three men In Utah county, while thero might bo a pica of self-defense In the case of the killing of Juan Valdcz, tho original shooting. Mr. Wllley said that no Inquests had been held, because they were not considered con-sidered necessary. Ho said that where a motive for criminal shooting was evident, evi-dent, tho Inquests wore not held: that tho preliminary hearing of tho alleged murderer takes tho placo of an InquesL Ho said that Inquests were held only In cases where there was a question about tho criminal Intent, or where tho death wus clearly not criminal. However, there aro few who entertain enter-tain tho slightest belief mat Lopez may be taken alive. Thero Is little belief that If he Is still olive In the mlno ho will surrender. It Is believed that he will die fighting. Furthermore, it Is not believed that the deputies on guard duty will give the Mexlcin tho slightest opportunity op-portunity to kill any moro men In case he Is found alive. BENEFIT TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE Five thousand tickets for tho benefit dance for tho widows and orphans of Lopez's victims are being distributed throughout tho city for sale. Tho danco will be givon in the Auditorium on Richards Rich-ards street on December 10. Tho hall has been donated for the occasion by tho proprietor, pro-prietor, J. W. Mellon. John Hold has mado arrangements with the musicians' union to furnish the music It is hoped that about $4000 can. bo added to the re lief fund by the affair. Tickets will be sold In all parts of the county and the distribution Is In charge of the general committee. The members of the committee are James DeVlne, Claude T. Russell, John C. Corless, L. R, Watts and F. C. Crnbbe. A check for $100 was added yesterday to The Salt Lake Tribune relief fund from tho Police Mutual Aid association of Salt Lake City. The chock was signed by George Chase, president, and O. C. Brown, secretary, of the association. The amount of tho check was added to the rapidly-growing fund for the relief of the widows and orphans of the deputy ahorlff3 who lost their lives In tho hunt for Lopez, the Mexican outlaw. NO DEADLY WEAPONS SHALL BE CARRIED Special to Tho Tribune. BINGHAM, Dec 4. Authorities here are determined to stop the practlco of carry deadly weapons by residents of the mining camp. Two hea.vy sentences were imposed for such offenses today by Justice Jus-tice of the Peace E. E. Dudley, who declared de-clared that offenders would be vigorously vigor-ously handled In tho future In order to end a practice which results In frequent brawls of 0 serious nature. Tom Corrello. the young Mexican arrested ar-rested at the tlmo Lopez shot Juan Val-dez, Val-dez, was sentenced to five months In the county Jail for carrying concealed weapons. weap-ons. Corrello was held as a material witness and when searched It was found he was carrying a ten-Inch knife. Frank Buster was sentenced to four months In the county Jail on a charge of having exhibited a deadly weapon In a threatening manner during a recent quarrel with M. J. Taylor. Judge Dudley Dud-ley a teo sentenced Buster. Buster was arrested by Policeman G- E Wilson and Daniel Henston. Both men were taken to the county Jail In Salt Lake today. LOPEZ REPORTED AS SEEN IN ZION A report made to tho sheriff's oftlce In this city yesterday that a man answering the description of Lopez, minus weapons, had been seen on the west sldo. caused a hasty scurrying of deputies to that locality. lo-cality. The suspicious stranger was not found, however, and the rumor was put down as only one of many that have dally reached the sheriff's office. |