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Show SHERIFF OFFERS TO SEND LOPEZPROBLEM Picture and Description May j Not Prove Satisfactory in Determining Identity of Suspect Held in Colorado , Fearing- that the only available picture pic-ture of Rafael Lopes, who killed six men In Bingham In HIS, may not be a good enough likeness to identify the suspect under arrest at Mount Harris. Colo., Sheriff C. Frank Kmary dispatched dis-patched a telegram to the Colorado city today promising- to send an acquaintance acquaint-ance of Lopes If It la though necessary. neces-sary. A complete description of Lopes was forwarded to N. R. Henry. Colorado star r Tn n grr ir 1f cronr Wnrrhvs w soon as news was received that the suspect had been arrested. Henry replied that he could not absolutely Identify the prisoner and would await a photograph. photo-graph. The only available photograph, which was copyrighted by The Telegram shortly after the Bingham murders, was forwarded by Sheriff Kmery, hut not without misgivings that lxpez's appearance may have changed during the nine years since the photograph was taken to such an extent that It would be valueless in making a post tlve Identification. Several residents of Bingham at the present time wore acquainted with Lopes prior to the crimp, and from their number Sherifk Kmery hopes to select one who will to to Colorsdo and decide whether or not the man under arrest Is the notorious Bingham "killer." Sheriff Kmery's telegram was as follows. fol-lows. "Do not rely too much on picture pic-ture of Ixpes. If you have definite Information that you have the rlgn man I will send man to Identify him. Wire me full Information " Lopes, one time crack rifle and ptntol shot with Buffalo tslll'i Wild West troupe, was a mlnef at Bingham prior to the six murders. He shot a Mexican Mexi-can fellow worker following; a quarrel and killed three members of a posse that attempted to arrest him. He eluded the efforts of posses, consisting- of nearly 300 men, to arrest him and was believed to have taken refug In a deserted mine shaft. Two mem-bers mem-bers of the searching party that en. tered the mine were shot. After sur-toundlng sur-toundlng the mine and attempting to smoke out the criminal the searchers entered and found that he had disappeared. disap-peared. He was thought to have escaped es-caped and made his way to Mexico. |