The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-15
SOLVING MYSTERY
OF AUTO MURDER
Chicago Police Believe They Have
MIR. Dove" of the Bate
.-. .- Case.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Chicago, Aug. l5.-State warrants
have been issued naming George Law
rence, alias Bennett Marsh. formerly
employed as chauffeur for various
wealthy Chicagoans, as the murderer of
William Bate, the young chauffeur,
whose dead body was found leaning
at lonely spot in the road two and
one-half miles beyond Lemont, on the
morning Of Nov. 10, 1904.
John Y: Bate, president Of the
Mitchell Motor Car company Of Racine,
Wis, the father Of the victim Of the
celebrated murder mystery, arrived in
Chicago from Racine today. Chief
Collins, confident that at last he has
identified the mysterious "Mr. Dove,'
will send Detective sheehan to Brock
ton, Mass, where Bennett Marsh,
known at home as George Lawrence,
lives, and where it is believed, he is in
the last stages of consumption, fighting
for life. -.s
To Identify Suspect.
With Detective Sheehan will go Peter
J. Startz, telegraph operator, employed
in the Santa Fe railway station at Ro.
meo, ILL.,, who was with 'EMr. Dove
for four hours on the morning follow
ing the murder. Startz, having al
ready identified a photograph of Marsh
as that of the man who entered the
Romeo station on the morning the
murder was committed, will go east tc
confront Marsh and complete the iden
tifcation. If he recognizes. in Marsh
pect will be brought back to Chicago.
him in the days following the killing
Of Bate will be asked to identify him
Chief Collins believes he has solved the
mystery of Bates death.
Trouble Over Accident.
If the theory of the detectives be
correct, Marsh, fearing prosecution an't
possibly imprisonment for his alleged
carelessness in driving his auto ove1
Josia M. Tower, was eager to leave
Chicago. On the night Of Nov. IS thu
forum hotel and called up the automo
bile garage Of Dan Canary, asking tina
a machine be sent around to the hotel a
once The sender of this message CAV
the name of HMr. Dove.'
William Bate was sent to the Audito
rum with the auto and found Marsh
whom he knew, awaiting him. Mars]
had been twitted by other chauffeurs il
the Canary garage for his trouble Il
the Tower case, and was starting t.
leave the city. The detectives infe
between Bate and Marsh with regard t
the Tower accident and that Mars
was tainted again for attempting t
ISrun away.
The machine for some reason neve
adequately explained. was turned abou
toward Chicago. 1t was found turne
diagonally with the road the followin
morning, Bate. dead from a bulle
wound in the back of his head. TIL
' automobile had been crippled by. an e.
pert hand so that it could not be use
for pursuit.
Betrayed by Love.
Marsh s penchant for young wome
was the means Of the. police eventual
fixing suspicion upon him. Two SUI:
cases. which 9 stranger, answering tn
description of "Dove,' shipped fro
Joliet to Kansas, Cit to @"Bennet
Marsh, - gave the first real clue: Tn
express company was notified, an
when the consignee failed to appea
the suit cases were tuTn'ed over to tt
police. Letters found in them led tt
police to Lake Forest, Ills, whe1
Marsh had been employed as chau
feur. There the police learned {
Marsh 8 attachment for voun
, woman in the village. To identify tt
man before making any public move t
; ward his arrest the police centered e
), forts on getting photograph of Mars
| lit was a., difficult task until the
learned that the young. woman had
: acquainted with her, and continued Il
r mountaineering until he gained an o
, nortunitys tn nnrlOin the DhOtOgraph