Show SEARCH FOR LOPEZ IN MINE PROVES FAILURE sheriff admits that mexican murderer has escaped and withdraws guards guard from mining property bingham neham Dt utah the search for rafael lopez in tho the utah apex mine has haa been abandoned sheriff smith has hag withdrawn all the deputies except two that have been guarding tho the property and has admitted tho the possibility lity of tho the escape of the mexican A complete search ol of the underground workings has been made without finding lopees bod body v or any trace of life his recent presence in the mine sheriff smith will now mall mail circulars broadcast throughout the country these circulars will contain as 09 complete a description as possible of the mexican and will announce the 1000 reward which Is of erad fored for or life bis capture dead or alive in a statement issued saturday night sheriff smith said bald 1 I do not care to talce take the responsibility of putting tho the county to further expense in proving absolutely that lopez Is not in the mine the result ob our search ham haa given us but little reason to believe that he might still bo be there on the tha other hand there has never been a clow clew discovered to hla his possible whereabouts outside of the mine tor for my own satisfaction I 1 think that I 1 shall have a responsible roan man search tho the mine in its minutest do tall at my own expense this does not imply that the searching has been done dona in any but an expert fashion but it 16 la Is true and to is acknowledged by all who have been engaged in the searching that thero there are numberless holes and crannies in the place wherein the man might have crawled and died and so BO far undiscovered by the search we have made |