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Show PRINTS OF HIS FINGERS Murderer Left Means of Identification on Lamp of Auto. CHICAGO, Nov. 2L Search for the murderer of John Bate, Jr., the young chauffeur, who was found In an automobile auto-mobile near Lemont, was continued today. to-day. The fact that the mysterious "Mr. Dove," who ordered the machine from ttye Auditorium hotel, has not appeared to aid in solving the problem, caused the police to believe that beyond doubt the passenger with the checked suit and the red necktie Is the man they are seeking. seek-ing. The theory Is advanced that the supposed sup-posed "Dove" may not have been a man but a woman in disguise. Edward Sla-vin, Sla-vin, telephone operator In the Auditorium Audi-torium hotel, who arranged for the renting rent-ing of the machine for "Dove," bears this out in a slight degree. Slavln says that "Dove" was dressed In clothing that seemed to be either too lafge or that "Dove" did not know how to dress himself properly. Capt. Evans of the bureau of Identification Identifi-cation today examined the machine in which Bate was found dead. One of the brass oil lamps of the automobile was taken by Capt. Evans to the Harrison street police station, where a reproduce tlon of finger prints discovered, on the lamp could be made. ' ' : "If any suspects are taken,"- paid i Capt. Evans, "we may be enabled to Identify him by his fingers." 1 r |