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Show EXCITED FARMERS AFTER MURDERER Grand Island, Nob., Feb. V). Ten thousand men aic searching In the a territory 100 miles square foi tlis murderer ot little Ooldle Williams, whoso body was fourd yesterday in a vacant house In Grand Island The man-hunt covers the entire central cent-ral portion of Ne'.;ra?kn and Is participated parti-cipated In by practically every mun within fifty miles on all side.) of Grand Island. Dorrns of posses "aro running races to soe which wll discover dis-cover and hap? tho murderer. All day and night rural telephones wer kept busy by officials notifying farmers to hunt the slayer. Ever btraw stack and ba.n In the ;ounty has been scarchei, Union nnd otho railroads early today sent a general notice to nil station agents, conductors, conduct-ors, trackwalkers and other employees employ-ees to keep closa watch and report any stranger answering the deaenp-tlon deaenp-tlon of the man wanted. Several sin-pects sin-pects wero arrested. A clew came last night from Hastings, Hast-ings, twenty-five mllc3 south it this place, where yesterday afternoon a stranger nnsworlng the description of the Grand Island murderer enticed a little girl Into a carriage on the plea ot giving her a pair ot new skates. This was the same plea said to have been made to the little Williams giii. Tho Hastings girl, however, became frightened and leaped from the carriage. car-riage. The police believe that the slayer is In hiding somewhere and that he will attempt to escape by night. For that reason every road in central Nebraska Is tonight patrolled for milcB nnd miles. |