A man was executed in the electric chair for kidnapping and killing an heiress to the Evinrude motor fortune after stealing $134 from the convenience store where she worked.
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John Earl Bush, 38, was put to death Monday night for the 1982 slaying of 18-year-old Frances Julia Slater. She was working the night shift at a Stuart convenience store when four robbers entered and kidnapped her. They drove 13 miles, stabbed and shot her, and pushed her out of the vehicle.Just moments before being executed, Bush shook his head and scanned the observers' gallery when asked if he had any final words. One of the witnesses was Slater's identical twin sister, Cathy Springston.