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Show 'posse has slayer of young girl encircled POTTERSVILL'E, .Mich, July 23. leaders of n band of 300 farmers farming the u n t r fur ,in 'm- Identified man who yesterday attacked and killed tleairlce Hlckox, a 13- ear-old ear-old girl, on a farm near here, declared this morning they had the fugitive jur-rounderi jur-rounderi iii a swamp. The farmers all armed, were reinforced re-inforced during the night by a squad of state police who patrolled all roads Ir.'o this vlclnltc today. The girl was killed earh Thursday while carrying water to the fields for her brother An examination of th body showed she had been strangled and her head crushed with a laitfe rock. Neighbors partljill Identified the fugitive todn through n phot . .gi a I I as an escaped convict from Jackson I prison A man taken Into custody near Lan-islng Lan-islng er.rly this morning was being held for ln estlgatlon. |