Show VIS B BANK BLOWN UP Most Daring Attempt to Rob and Destroy Two Farmington Institutions COMMERCIAL STORE STO E LOSS Used Terrific Ex Explosion Explosion Shook the Town and Caused Great Excitement Robber obber Their heir Escape on Oil an 1111 Oregon Short Lino Uno HandCar Officers In Special Sp to 10 the tho News Ne Farmington April 17 A most daring Attempt to 10 blow up and rob roh the Davis County bank at nt this place was w as made at about 3 8 this morning by three robbers They were ero ucc i In wreck neck wreckIng wrecking neckIng Ing the room In which the vault Is I and ond doing a II Teat great deal Ocal of ot damage to the vault and to the safe sace and other property of the tho Commercial store In Inthe Inthe Inthe the same paine building but they failed tailed to Mow blow open the strong vault aull ant and were vere frightened away way a before securing any anything an anythIng thing except a revolver As a n result rosult ot of the bold and nn desperate notion actIon of ot the robbers this place Is In a I t high state tate ot of excitement and citizens have Joined with the Iho officers In an on ef of effort fort tort to run to earth the perpetrators of the outrage It Is confidently predicted that If the fellows lire are overtaken ov a H bloody Woody battle will vIlI ensue before the tho men lire are taken as fIB they are nrc doubtless and prepared to 10 make a p desperate fight for or liberty WELL WEIL rID LAID PLANS IlNI tIA I IThe The wreckers had hall laid their plans well veil but had not counted on arousing euch fuch a furore Their first act was to togo togo go to 10 the Oregon Short Line section house and secure what tools they need tI il and anel also n a 1 handcar on which they made marle their escape The he section house hou e eRS was RS opened by use of a n skeleton key ke and was locked after the robbers se sc cured curell what they needed heeded They wern armed with a I Jimmy and with Instrument In open the trout front door of ot the bank hank The fhe bank building Is sit lIt situated situated In the business part of ot town lown and opposite the tho USED UmI After gaining entrance to 10 the build in tho the men bored holes In the vault and In itt the sate safe belonging to the tho Com Corn Commercial mercial store was used and the explosions were terrific rock rocking rockIng ing lag the building to the ren ron rendering rendering dering the contents of ot the room to kindling wood smashing all nil the window win windows windows dows dow breaking down nil Mi the doors tearing up the floor In places and doing great damage to the ceiling and walls valis Three distinct t explosions were heard hearil for ninny many blocks block around They The were ro o 0 loud and with such force foice that many residence houses were shaken anti and th Inhabitants Inhabitant nt at t first st feared the tho town had hati ben been visited by nil nn au earthquake EXCITEMENT Nr HAN flAN HA nIGH People ran out of ot their houses clad only In their night Women omen and children screamed and cried while men yelled murder po police police lice robbers etc ete Several citizens Hit ot out nut of their homes In time to tn Beo ce ye U thren running south us liS though a 11 legion of ot lend fiends were after them They on n a and It Is III believed they Iho headed for Cor Lake FAILED AILED TO lET GI T CASH Although tho Iho explosions wrecked the Iho Commercial More san and did treat great damage to 10 the tho bank blink vault null doors tho the robbers failed to 10 g got get t Into tho Iho money compartment There Thero wa in Hi money mone In the tho H fn but hut i some omo valuable records and somo 01 of these damaged TO ro DIG cm After Atler trying to blow open opeti the hank bank vault by b exploding the Iho in tho Ihl front doors and being un sue ru the robbers went vent to 10 the tho rear i of nt f tho the vault and tried to 10 dig their way WilY through tho the cement walls walla but In this they also Ilbo failed Tho The damage done to 10 tho the building was great OFFICERS IN i Immediately titter after tho the explosions Deputy Sheriff Arche Drown Brown was noti notified notified fied fled Ho Ito at once secured the tho assistance of ot two 1110 other several cUt eill april rn ni and started In pursuit or r r or not they aro 1110 on the trail of the robbers has hus not been learned learnell Word AVon was Willi at ut once sent Kent to Ogden and from tho Iho police and sheriffs sheriff depart departments ments hastened to 10 the lie scene seeM Salt Hal authorities were also notified and andare are nrc doing doln what they the can to locate locale th the Iho iafe blowers TOOLS TOOL FRONt FROM SECTION HOUSE The tools stolen from Crom the tho section house hOllIe and pieces of fuse CU vera found foun among the tho wreckage The rho handcar has not been located and for Cor this rest rea son ion there Is considerable speculation a ato as asto to which way vay the tho men went It will wll Willbe he be days before the excitement abates Mid and tho the feeling against the robbers I IFO Is isri FO ro ri Intense that It tt would not bo he stir sur If It they the were handled bandied In no gen gentl gentle tl lie tle manner If apprehended anti and are lire determined upon cap tire ture ansi and are not sparing time limo o or trouble In running them down It 1 Is III understood that orao of ot tho the officers officer have hae a n description of one or at two Iwo of ot th men ORGANIZATION OP OF flANK BANK The rite Davis County bank hanle Willi organ organIzed zed about 1890 by b Ezra T r F Clark who tiled years ago Joseph S H Clark Is 18 president L I S Hills Hills of ot Salt Halt Lake Vice president Amas L Clark cashier ashler The bank bunk had connections with the Iho Deseret National bank of ot Suit Stilt Lake Tho The news that a blink batik bad been beell dy dynamited dynamited nt at created n u gen genral ral sensation an nil it became generally known In Salt Lake this thin morning L 8 S Hills of ot the Deseret National flank Dank received a n partial report on the tho occurrence at this morning but the telephone wires sires were working so badly that ho lie but few rOl of ot the details Me Mr Hills stated that his hi bank bankas was vas as not much worried I over tho the funds as the Davis Do county bank banle never kept kelt kepton kelton on hand any large largo amount It drew on onIs Its Is funds at nl tho tue Deseret Hank Hanic when whenever wheneVEr whenever ever It had bad a a large call and Its money mone moneIn In n excess of ot about 1000 was WIlS deposited regularly In Salt Lake Even had the robbers wrecked the tho safe they would 1 have havo lavo secured no valuable haul of loot Mr Hills took look no action thiB morning In tho the matter as ho learned that the local officials hat hall the matter mailer fully tUlly In hand and that the vault ault of ot the bank had hud not been wrecked with tho the building The Th batik bank building was as occupied Joint Jointly Iy ly with the Cooperative Mercantile company which constructed It especially to meet the requirements of othe the banking Institution |