The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-12
WOMEN IS THE
 VICTIM 0F A
 FOUL MURDER
ALICE ASTOR, OF THE UNDER WORLD, FOUND DEAD
 IN HER CABIN

Mrs. William c. Harp, known in the underworld as Alice Astor. was murdered in her cabin on Fifth ave. nue sometime early Wednesday morning The body, which gave evi dence of extreme brutality. was found Wednesday afternoon, at about 4 o'clock, by William Young, when he went there to deliver milk.
 This is declared to be the most cold-blooded murder ever commit. ted in Interior Alaska, and up to the time of this writing, the ident- ity of the murderer has not been established, though there are sev- eral suspects.
 Dr. Sutherland announced. after he had examined the body, that it had been dead for probably F hours. She had been seen the night previ- ous after midnight, and thus it seems that the murder was commit ted at an early hour "Wednesday morning.
 According to the evidence obtain ed by the legal authorities, the wom- an seemed to have first been struck on the head by a rock wrapped in a canvas glove, and later her throat cut. The jewelry on the person of the deceased woman was untouched, but the house had been ransacked for the evident purpose of finding either money or something else that the murderer wanted. Two hand bags which were locked were cut open and a trunk had been searched.
 The day previous to tLe findins : of the body, Mrs. Harp had exhib- tied $200 in money in business house in Fairbanks. and this has led some to think that the murder CT had previously learned of her having the money and was after it, Whether he obtained any money is still unknown.
 When found, the womans body was lying on the floor, and was al most nude. It was evident that she had not slept in her bed, as the covers had not been turned back The glove containing the rock was found on the floor, but there was no trace of the knife that must have been used in committing the crime basin of water near the body in dicated that the criminal had wash ed his hands in it before leaving the place.
 The stone and the glove were found not far from the door, and under a washstand An examination of the woman's head showed that she had been struck by something on the head.
 There were rings on the hands ed to be worth between $500 and $800 but these were untouched. A nugget chain on her neck had also been left untouched. It has been suggested that the criminal was afraid to take the jewelry, as it might lead to his Identification later. If the crime was for robbery. he seemed to have wanted only money.
 A strange feature of the affair was the fact that the telephone was untitled, as though to prevent any possibility of central hearing what was going on there, though the re- ceiver was still in it's place when the body was found.
 Mrs. Harp was a native of France and was about 35 years of age Her maiden name was Eugene Rus sey, but her assumed name, when she joined the underworld, was Alice Astor. About three years ago she William c. Harp, who was at that time the proprietor of the Golden Eagle hotel at Ester, They about year ago, and Mrs. Harp returned to the under world and her husband went down the river It is said that he is now at Hot Springs, though others de- clare that he is at Iditarod.
 The verdict of the inquest held over the remains of Mrs. Harp on by a coroner's jury declar ed that the cause of death was the cutting of her throat by sharp in the hands of some person other than herself, whose name is unknown to the jury
 The inquest failed to bring out any new phase in the circumstances the crime.
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