Show wife murderer electrocuted martin ebelt who murdered hid wife at mount vernon N Y paid the penalty for his crime in the electria electric chair in sing sing prison monday ebelt hilled killed bis his wife july 24 1603 the young woman was 19 9 years old an and d ebelt was 22 jealousy jealous was the motive for the murder ebelt elt in deuced his wife to accompany him on the evening of the murder by telling her that he wanted to introduce her to a person who would give her work at 6 a week and that she could have the wages tor for spending money |