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Show STRANGLED BY MAN FIENDS (ill Victim of Awful Crime. Nude Body Found in Woods Near Little Falls, Minn. Evidences of Outrage and Brumal Murder Posse in Search of Suspected Negroes. LITTLE FALLS, Minn. April 16 The dead body of Jeanle Ktntop was found In the Woods this morning about four miles from this city. The body was entirely tripped of clothing, a handkerchief was tightly twisted about her neck, the head warn a mass of bruises, and there were evidences of an outrage. Two negroes were seen In the vicinity of Where tho body was found and a search Is being made for. them. If caught, II Is feared a lynching will follow. Had Been Buying Supplies. The girl, who was about to leave for the northern part of the State to take up a homestead claim, had been In thlo city purchiLsiliK supplier. Sh. left here Monday Mon-day evening for Darling, from which station sta-tion she WSS to walk tO her home, distant about two miles. After le.i ing Darling she was not seen again until her dead body was found todn. Evidence of Terrific Struggle. The place where the girl's body was found bore evidences of a terrific struggle. Her empty pocketbook and the parcels she w'nn carrying were found In n ditch near by. Her watch was found un the body. Negroes Are Suspected. Charles Nelson, living near the scene of the murder, heard screams on Monday niKht and saw two unknown nogroefl near j the spot. It Is suspected that they com- Imltted tho crime A posse Is .-.arching the country. |