Show f f 1 r I t I 1 3 BOLA PLOT TO 1 LOOT ARSENAL f 1 TO E f Armenians at Baku Bored a I7i Tunnel and Nearly Succeeded Suc-ceeded in Their Design I I Entered Wrong Room and Were Discovered I t Dis-covered by Soldiers But Made st < < p Good Their EscapePlanned toy to-y f Steal Reserve Supply of Sail I t vansk Regiment i Baku Caucasia A daring plot of Armenian revolutionists to rob tho Vr l mngazlno In tho arsenal hero guarded ° n c by tho Sallvnnsk regiment nnd con 1I t talnlng over a million rifle cartridges i 1 tho entire reserve supply for all tho regiments composing tho garrison has boon accidentally discovered when tt a tho conspirators woro already on tho Ys1 r very sago of success Tnoy bored n tunnel 700 feet long In tho direction of 1 tho arsenal It wan ono of tho most i pretentious examples of subterranean t J c work In revolutionary annals slnco tho r I a days of tho terrorists of the eighties From tho basement of an Armenian houso tho revolutionists worlcod their I s way under several Intervening residences resi-dences at a depth of twenty feet 1 s They constructed a 1 complotely sided i1 sid-ed tunnel rooted it with planks and provided It with electric light and elect elec-t trio bells connected with tho station of tho several revolutionists on watch y l r Owing to a slight miscalculation the tunnel Ih burrowing upward entered t not tho magazine but an adjoining 1 etnro room in tho arsenal containing t t uniforms Before they had tlmo tot rectify their mistake tho revolution ° 1 ists woro accidentally discovered by an officer tho alarm was given and a 4 I 4 cordon of troops was Immediately t thrown around tho adjoining houses But owing to 1ho length of tho tunnel y the Armenian houso from which the g conspirators stalled was not suspected suspect-ed nnd they had ample tlmo to escape I Tho entrance of tho tunnel wns eventually u even-tually discovered by volunteers who entered It from tho stow room and traced tho passage to Its source |