Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-05
SLEUTHS LOOK
FOR MURDERER
LOS ANGELES MAY SOLVE ILL
NOIS MYSTERY
Man Named Dove, Who Rented Auto
In Which Two Men Were
Slain, Supposed to
Be Here

Chicago detectives are in Los Angeles
following a clew to the suspected mur-
derer of William Bate, Chicago
chauffeur who was found dead by the
re dside near the city of Lemont, ILL.,,
November 20, 1904.
The man they are looking for who
is supposed to possess information
badly wanted, is named Clyde Dove,
and acting on secret information tele-
graphed from this city by a private
detective agency, two detectives ar
rived in Los Angeles several days ago
and since their arrival have been maxi
ing a systematic search for the mys-
terious Dove.
The only one able to identify Dove is
telephone operator at the Auditorium
hotel in Chicago, who has been with the
detectives in their quest for the pos
sible murderer.
The affair made much talk at the
time but has been forgotten by the
public, but the sleuths have been fol-
lowing a blind trail with relentless
persistence for more than year.
Local Sleuths Inactive
The local police detectives have not
been working on the case at all, but
they admitted last night that they
knew search was being made for
Clyde Dove.
The Chicago "plain clothes men
are confident that he knows enough of
the shooting to clear up the mystery.
Bate was chauffeur for Dan Canary
of Chicago. His lifeless body was dis
covered lying near his automobile one
stormy night in November, 1904 A
bullet hole through his head was the
cause of death and there was absolute
ly no evidence pointing to suicide.
1t is said that the big touring car had
been rented the day before the tragedy
by a man giving the name of Clyde
Dove.
Goes With Auto
An operator at the Auditorium hotel
ordered the machine by telephone from
the garage of Dan Canary and Bate
was the driver sent with the automo-
bile.
1t was supposed by the Chicago po-
lict that Dove was guest at the hotel,
but the Auditorium management denied
that any such man had registered
there.
The telephone operator as far as Is
known is the only man able to identify
Dove, and he is with the detectives
from Pinkerton's flee. The automobile
in which the murder was prODdDly
committed bore bad name and ever
since has been regarded by supersti-
tious people as haunted" The po-
lice have found out that at least two
murders were committed in this par
ticular machine.
Haunted Devil Wagon
A weird story of fiction that appeared
in one of the magazines last year was
based on this incident, and the author
solved the mystery of devil wagon"
by having a maniac with homicidal
proclivities concealed inside the car,
from which he directed the movements
of the steering apparatus and picked
off the driver at his ease.
The police detectives are unwilling to
give out any information of the pos
sibility of Doves being in Los Angeles
They say that the case is being han
died by private detective agency and
that they have no reason for appearing
in the case until requested to do so by
the Chicago police department.
In spite of all obstacles the sleuths
have been working hard on the case,
and if they land their long-sought-for
prize In Los Angeles, 1t will make ma
terial for some big feature stories
In the eastern newspapers, where COL
umns were devoted to the mysterious
murder.