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Show LOPEZ HOLDS UP BINGHAM MINER Desperate Bandit Seen Near Where He Killed Dep. uty Hulsey. Blnpham, Dec 8 William Karos. n Greek miner, was held up by Hnphael Lopez, the outlaw, near the lack of the Andy funnel about 2 o'clock this afternoon Lopez took three candles, the Greek's pipe and a can of tobacco away from him and, cursing him viciously, ordered him to so homo and keep his mouth shut or he would kill him. As a result of the Greek's story, upon which he was searchlngly questioned ques-tioned tonlfiht all of the leaders In the man hunt are absolutely conduced con-duced beyond all question that the daring desperado Is still alive and nt the present time very near the place where he shot Hulsey and v.-indcrlch. Acting on that theory the lower side of the Andy Incline the only means of escape to the low or levels, Is being bulkheaded tonight, to-night, and the York and the Pedro tunnels are being bulkheaded above This, if the Greeks story Is true, will confine Lopez at last to about five miles of workings, the Andy and Minnie Min-nie funnels and the stopes leading from them Will Shoot on Sight. Although the next method of action has not been definitely decided upon a plan Is on foot to have a number of thoroughly reliable men dress up as miner, put revolvers in tbelr pockets and enter the mine tomorrow They will go to work as If they were miners and will have lunch buckets with them It Is believed that Lopez Lo-pez Is getting very hungry and that the sight of the buckets will draw him out The "miners' have or-'ders or-'ders to shoot him on sight S S. Jones, the man who has been guiding the posse of searchers through the mine, offered a plan tonight to-night which Sheriff Smith Is al60 considering, Jones says there are only three places ln the territory ln which Lopez Is now restricted where he can get drinking water Jones proposes to get twelve volunteers to work In posses of six each He v.ould have two men guard each watering wa-tering place, lying near them without with-out lights lons estimates that Lopez Lo-pez would have to get water Inside of three days or go Insane from thirst When he approached a watering wa-tering place the men in the dark could shoot him Jones says two of thr -water holes are on the Minnie level and the third on the Andy. Two Alternatives. The two other alternatives are more smudging or starvation It Is not believed that the smudging would be effective, judging from past 6X pcrlences. On the other hand the starvation method would take about three weeks, perhaps, It is estimated. Then it would be somewhat uncertain uncer-tain because no one knows the ex- ; I'm if any, of Lopz food BUpplj Oiip of the four systems will prob ably be adopted tomorrow. Unquestionably the most interest Ir.g story in connection with the underground un-derground hunt was that of Karos. told through an Interpreter last night. 'Vhen Karos finished his story and underwent a severe cross-examination without wavering in the slight j ert. all were convinced of his sincerity sincer-ity and truthfulness. Added strength la given by the fact that Karos refuses re-fuses to re-enter the mine, declaring that he is afraid It was he who j told of seeing Lopez a week ago Saturday Sat-urday a few hours before and very near the spot where the latest trag- ! edy occurred Here Is Karns's Story: I was working with my partner Jim I don t know his last name, but T know where he lives and I think T ran take you to him. Hp Is a Greek boy and lives in Upper Hingham We were working on the face of the rock at the end of the Andy tunnel about 2000 feet back from the portal. We had loaded a car of ore and I started to push it out toward the Andy inelinf to the hoist I hnd gone about 400 feet when somebody behind me said. "Hello, Bill" I turned around and saw Raphael Loppz. I could see him very plalnlv. as I had a candle In my hat IIo loked his rifle against mo and said: Gi'me lunch bucket." I said "Foreman told me to leave lunch bucket In blacksmith shop." He said "Gi'me candle" I hnd three in the side pocket of my overalls and I gave them to him He said: "Gi'me matches" I shook my head. I had no matches I was smoking pipe. He said "Gi'me pipe and tobacco " I i?ave him my pipe and can of tobacco. He said : 'Now vou . get out of here and go home And don't tell anybody about this or I'll kill you." I started to push my car away. As I turned around I saw him right behind be-hind me go up Into No 5 stopo. Then I pushed my car to the incline where the guards were and waited for Jim When Jim came, pushing his car of ore. I said to him- "Mexican held me up. Took mv pipe and tobacco and candles He told me he kill me if I say I'm going go-ing home I'm going out to the 6hop and get my lunch bucket and go home " Hm said "He won't bother jou if you stay." I said: "I'm going to get my lunch bucket and go home, anyway. You better come along, too, Jim. He will get you if vou stay." Jim said: "I'm going to stay. You I can suit yourself " I said. "I'm toing home." So II went out and got mv bucket and met Sam Rogers, the shift boss. Sam said: "Where are vou going, Bill?" I said I was going home, and he asked my why I told him Mexican told me not to tell why Then he asked me some more questions, so I told him my story and then went home. Lopez was very weak. He was shaking all over He had a stiff black beard. It sticks out all over his face His cheeks are sunk Ic. His eyes are very big. He wore a cap, Questioned by Straup. Dr. F. E. Straup, who had been listening lis-tening to the narrative, asked through the interpreter if Ixpez was wearing a sweater "I don't know. I wa too Beared," was the Greek's answer. ' tq you afraid of the Mexican?" queried Dr. Straup When the qiifstlon was translateii Karos exolaimod "Who's afraid of the Mexican, ym not." "Ail right," said the doctor, I'll give you $2r if you will take mo to the place where you saw him." " Who's poing to pay nae for my life if I get killed0' was the translated reply. Following this Karos exclaimed In broken English a he started to move away: "I no go in mine again!" Ono of the points In favor of the Greek's story is that Karos says he saw Lopez In identically the same spot where Guy De Ford and Ray Mayes believe they heard a man running run-ning while they v,ore searching a drift over the Andv last night Another point Is that Kama's other story about the Mexican's whereabouts was confirmed con-firmed by the tragic deaths of Hulsey and Manderlch In this case, also. Karos left the mine and went home, too scared to tell what he had Been until after the killing- "We were certain that we heard a man running la6t night," said Guy De Ford today. "We are both expert enced in mines and I don't believe we would be deceived by a noise of falling gravel I heard the nolao and asked Ray If ho heard It He said he did. We both agreed that it sound ed like a man hurrying awny Aftor tho Greek'B story we are surer than ever that it was Ixpez ' Early this afternoon a conference of the leaders in the search was held In the Bingham police station. The evidence concerning the finds in No 7 and No. 6 stopes la6t night was carefully gone over The conference concluded that Lopez was still alive The finding was based largely on the finding of the scarf in No. 7 It was found on a pile of timbers four feet across. rAer which one nnvst go to get Into the stope. A. G. Rob Inson. J. I). Cortelle and Deputy Sher iff Julius Sorenson had searched this stope Saturday afternoon They wer posithe because they recall having ( limbed over the timbers As they had lights It is agreed that It would have been almost an Impossibility to have overlooked the scarf, as it was lying right on top of the timbers In a very conspicuous spot Ii is h--Moved Lopez might have left It in a hurry During the conference Deputy Slier iff R L ESddlngton telephoned to the sheriff from the blacksmith shop and told him of what Karos had related to Shift Boss Roger& The confer ence immediately adjourned and all hurried up the bill. Dr Straup met Karos nt the Highland Boy min and heard his story In broken English. Karos also told his story to two others oth-ers at short intervals. In each ca&e he drew a diagram and in every rase the story was the same Doubted at First. At first U was believed that Karos was misleading the searchers for some r?ason and he was arrested. But after he told the complete story related re-lated above through a competent and reliable Interpreter he was released With some others he started for Upper Up-per Bingham to hunt for his partner. Jim. |