The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-28
THINK HUSBAND KILLED HER.
uartiu Ebelt Took Her Away From Home
10 Get Work. fie Said, ami Came Back
Very SOOn--Mate 10 ShoestranE with
which She Was Strangle,i Found on Him

10 Get Work. lie said, ANA came back
Very S0On--Mate 10 ShoestranE with
Whici, She Was Strangiesi Found on Him
Morvr VERNON. " Y, July ?7,--The
BODY of the woman who was found IN
sewer pipe on Sunday afternoon, with Il
inotted shoestring around her neck md
marks ON her throat. as If She had been
strangled was identified this afternoon ~
that Of Augusta Ebalt. 10 years old. A few
hours later her husband Martin, Fl years
old, q driver for a White Plains contractor,
was arrested H. is held rs u witness.
but the police and Coroner Weisendanscr
are convinced that they have evidence
which will convict him Of murder.
Ebelt denies that he killed his wife, He
took his arrest calmly. He has made a
statement to account for his movements
since Friday night, when II is pretty ce~
tain that the woman was killed.
The police believe that Ebelt enticcd his
wife from home on Friday night on pre-
tSnce of taking her 10 a place where no
had obtained employment for her, and
killed her
At the inquest, which was begun before
Coroner Weisendanger tonight. every
thing showed that Ebelts statement is
not believed. although it ia evident that
Che authorities are in doubt about some
things which they want cleared up.
Ebelt and the dead girl had had frequent
uuarrels since their marriage about two
wears ago. He was ,nilk-wagon driver
and met her while taking milk TO her home
IN Mount Vernon, where she lived with
her stepfather. Gottfried EicheI. and her
mother. The girls maiden name was
Sloat. The disagreements began shortly
after their marriage. He was jealous
and suspected her Of being too friendly
with other men. On her part, Il is said,
she was suspicious OF him.
Some time ago the girl was taken i'll.
Ebelt and his family wouldn't care for her,
1t 10 said, and her husband wouldn't let
her family look after her, so she went TO
the Westchester almshouse When she
left che almshouse she went 10 live with
her husbands family at 1853 Franklin ave-
nue.
Recently she asked her husband to let
her 20 out as a servant, but he refused
because he suspected that she would have
a better opportunity Of seeing other men.
That was the situat ion up to Friday
night, when suddenly Ebelt told her that
he had job for her There 10 nothing to
show that he had anything Of the sort in
mind until about s o'clock that night. He
told her to dress herself and he would take
her to Wolfe's lane, where he had obtained
employment for her al a servant.
They left the house together and IL is
apparent that his family were anxious
70 know where he intended to take her.
Ehl,'s younger brother, Paul, and boy
named Sullivan saw them leave the house.
Paul says that his mothe rtolC him to watch
and see where they were going. The two
boys followed the couple, but lost track Of
them The last the boys saw OF them
they were going toward Sixth street, which
is intersscted by the sewer pips and just
on Of which the womans body was found.
Ebelt returned In about half an hour HIS
brother Paul saw him enter the house
The boy says he was pesspiring. but not
excited. He went into the house, according
to the boy, washed his face and, after put
ting on a clean shirt, went out. The hoy
says he did not see him again that night.
II Ebslt took his wife TO Wolfe's lane
ne would have to walk about two miles there
and two back.
way between Ebelt's house and Woles
lane. A canvass OF the Lane, In which
there are many comfortable houses, failed
10 show that any OF the householders had
heard OF new servant being engaged.
IL La also considered strange that Ebelt
did not tell his family where his wife was
to bs employed, although they asked him.
The police are trying TO find out when
the woman's body was dragged into the
sewer and how 1t was got In there. The
body was about twenty-five feet from the
opening and the head was under an OPEN
The body to be, pushed through. 4 may
be that the murderer dropped rope through
this small opening, crawled into the sewer
from the mouth to. the small opening,
caught the end OF the rope, crawled back
% the mouth Of the sewer, against which
body. Then he could, standing above
the small opening. drag the body through
we sewer pipe to the place where it was
found and then detach the rope.
II may be that the body was not put into
the pipe until Saturday. The neishbor-
possible TO hide the body in the marshy
grass without much fear Of detection
until Saturday night When the water
in East Hutchinson creek near by Is high
it overiows into this narshy grass.
Ant Their discovery the pc lice made was
similar kind OF rope Is used by the New
York Telepho no Company in doing con-
struction wo k at White Plains. Ebelt
mas been working for a contractor named
SIcCahery, who Is working for this COM
pany.
An additional link in the chain Of evil
dence against Ebelt Ia piece of shoes;ring
found In his coat at his home. The police
say that it is duplicate or mate TO the
string that was tied three times around
the woman's neck
At the inquest tonight Mrs. Title Mitch
ell, the prisoners sister; her husband,
william: Paul Ebelt, the Sullivan boy,
Mrs. Mary McCabe, who lives next to the
Ebelts, and James Ebelt, the father Of
Martin, were examined What was brought
out at the inquest was practically what is
told above.
After the inquest the Coroner drove to
the Ebelt house and examined Mrs, Ebe.t,
who has been FRUSTRATED by her sons
arrest. She corroboratcd the testimony
given by the prisoners father and brother
and the Sullivan boy.
The inquest will be continued to-mor-
row evening, when the prisoner will be put
on the stand.