![Gallows used to hang bootlegger who SMILED as he faced death at one of America's last public executions in 1928 are discovered in an old barn | Daily Mail Online Gallows used to hang bootlegger who SMILED as he faced death at one of America's last public executions in 1928 are discovered in an old barn | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/16/article-2325294-19CBB9ED000005DC-771_634x599.jpg)
Gallows used to hang bootlegger who SMILED as he faced death at one of America's last public executions in 1928 are discovered in an old barn | Daily Mail Online
![Britain's last executions: hanging of two jobless criminals a 'low key' affair | Capital punishment | The Guardian Britain's last executions: hanging of two jobless criminals a 'low key' affair | Capital punishment | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/8/12/1407860312573/Composite-of-Gwynne-Evans-009.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none)
Britain's last executions: hanging of two jobless criminals a 'low key' affair | Capital punishment | The Guardian
![Ruth Ellis: Who was the last woman hanged in Britain and why are we so obsessed with her murder case? | The Independent | The Independent Ruth Ellis: Who was the last woman hanged in Britain and why are we so obsessed with her murder case? | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2018/03/14/10/ruth-ellis.jpg?quality=75&width=1200&auto=webp)