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Show GIRL. 18. FOUND DEAD IN CLUMP OF BRUSH WITH THROAT SLASHED ST. LOUIS, Mo, Nov. is. -MISS Bdns Ullls. IS years old. was found mysteriously slain in a clump of weeds In a vacant lot in i he northern suction of the city ; today. Her throat had been slashed, and a broken razor was found near the body. She was S stenographer. The girl hud been beaten severely. se-verely. Both eyes were discolored discol-ored and her left jaw was swollen. swol-len. The body bore numerous marks of maltreatment. The condition of the ground near where the body was found indicated .Mis-t Kills fought desperately des-perately with her assailant The lot is locale,! in a populous section sec-tion and police say the do not unaerstand why the girl's outcries were not heard by neighbors. Mis Kills, who lived near the scene of the murder, was last seen getting off a street car In the neighborhood en route home from i work last evelnng. Shortly before be-fore the body was found at I a. m.. Miss Ellis mother reported to the police that her daughter had not come home last night. Police bejran a search of The neighborhood and footprints hi the lot led to the discovery of the body, |