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The fox dashed wildly into the Williams house, spun around in a circle and first attacked Mr. Williams who warded off the offender with his fists. It then lunged at a smaller child, the sister of James, and her mother kicked it away. The animal charged toward a sofa where James sat with several other people and bit the child in the calf of the leg before his father could kick it away and kill it with a stove poker. James is undergoing a series of injections for the bite. The animal was sent to a laboratory for examination but a report

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James is the 9 year-old-son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Phillips who live on the farm of Mrs. C. H. Smith and son Emerson Smith. Several weeks prior to this, a fox attacked Emerson Smith and grabbed his clothing but did not bite him. This animal was killed and examination revealed a positive rabies report.

Several weeks ago John Compton was in the yard at his home in Castleton when a fox ran at him. Mr. Compton ran to the house with the animal hot on his heels. He grabbed a broom from the porch and beat the fox to death. Examination of this fox also proved positive. There have been a number of other foxes killed in the Amlssville area as well as other sections of the county.

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