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Show BOLD PLOT TO LOOTMAL Armenians at Baku Bored a Tunnel and Nearly Succeeded Suc-ceeded in Their Design Entered Wrong Room and Were Discovered Dis-covered by Soldiers, But Made Good Their Escape Planned to Steal Reserve Supply of Sail vansk Regiment Daku, Caucasia, A daring plot of Armenian revolutionists to rob the magazlno In tho arsonal horo, guarded by tho Sallvansk regiment, and containing con-taining ovor a million rifle cartridges, tho entire reserve supply for all tho regiments composing tho garrison, has been accidentally discovered when tho conspirators woro already "on the very sorgo of success. Thoy bored a tunnel 700 feet long In tho direction of tho arsenal. It wns ono of tho most protontlous examples of subterranean work In revolutionary annals since tho days of tho terrorists of tho eighties. From tho basement of nn Armenian houso tho revolutionists worked their way under soveral Intervening residences resi-dences at a depth of twenty feeL Thoy constructed n completely sld ed tunnel, roofed It with planks and provided It with electric light and electric elec-tric bolls, connected with tho stations of tho soveral revolutionists on wntch. Owing to n slight miscalculation the tunnel, In burrowing upward, entered, not tho mngnzlnc, but nn adjoining storo room in tho arsonal containing uniforms, lleforo thoy hnd tlmo to rectify their mistake, tho revolutionists revolution-ists wero nccldentally discovered by an officer; tho alarm was given and n cordon of troops was immediately thrown around tho adjoining houses. But owing to tho length of tho tunnol, tho Armenian houso from which the conspirators started, was not suspected suspect-ed nnd thoy hnd amplo tlmo to escape. Tho entrance of tho tunnel wns eventually even-tually discovered by voluntcors, who entered It from tho storo room and traced the passago to Its source |