Show AMATEUR BANK ROBBERS tried d to dynamite an anaconda bank ono F tell ell off t the lie roof hoot and broko broke his nibs and both were captured capt ared cut a role hole through tile the hoof and into the vault and were close to A battle at cripple creek butte mont 0 n t oct 20 two amateurs bul in the business s in e as attempted to blow up and rob dally daily co a bank at anaconda shortly after 4 this morning two clerks E L I 1 kunkle anil and thomas IleM meyle were a sleep asleep in the building and were awakened by it a folse they got up and went out side alle to investigate and as a they reached the street it a frightful explosion took place shook the building shattering the plate glass and burst open the big vault A crowd of citizens and policemen were on the scene and one of the robbers standing on tile the root roof of tile the building was caught and recognized as a well known mechanic named A L I 1 firpo lie ile said he 11 e had a partner interested te in fit the robbery but he refused to give the mans name tile the bungling robbers had cut a big biff hole in the root roof ot of the building which Is only one story high and when they reached the vault they drilled a hole arid and put in a lot of dynamite and set it off wit with a fuse the explosion did not injure the vault proper and did riot not reach the several hundred thousand dollars it contained the second rob her has not yet been captured I firpo lapo subsequently confessed and implicated will avill 11 darlin darling 4 a blacksmith as the orl originator g lnater and leader in the attempted robbery darling ran away when the explosion occurred and tell fell oft off a building breaking several ribs lie ile went to ills his room where lie he was arrested this evening they had been planning the robbery for three months or more and made their own tools for the job worked nil all night on the roof and cut through the sheet iron and about three feet ee of masonry and into the vault they found about or in all silver but preferred tho the gold of 0 which there was about in another compartment and attempted to blow it out oui with dynamite but miscalculated on the force of the explosive the burglars obtained in I 1 loose close currency in the bank vault but it t was found in the alie pocket ot of filpo fripo at the time of his arrest the strongbox strong box of the bank was badly battered by the explosion but only the outer plate was torn off and experts worked tour four hours to open the safe today when the money was found intact amounting to more than noth both ot of the men under arrest admit their guilt and say they will make a clean breast ot of it throwing throw lne themselves on the mercy of the court fripps mother lives in the bitter root hoot valley of 0 this state on a ranch he purchased for or her recently ile he came to anaconda from denver darlington has a brother in this city his mother living at part farl bault minn noth both men are 28 years ot of nee age they deny that there was any one else concerned in the robbery but the police think that a third man was in the scheme during the excitement after the explosion about twenty alve shots shota were ired fired and only a few of 0 I 1 alii were aimed officer obreen len who made e the capture fired at the men while on the root roof three times but miss missed them the burglars bur elars kit masks tools etc were found inside the bank vault which they had penetrated and only the stout strongbox strong box baffled their attempt at robbery anaconda mont brant oct 21 the bank breakers arthur firpo and W jr 11 darling pleaded guilty in the preliminary hearing today and were held to the district court in the sum of WOO ball they are crestfallen and dejected saying they will plead guilty in the district court asking tor for clemency this being their first offense tense ol |