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London Woman Dies on Gallows LONDON A-18 THE EVENING STAR Washington. D C. WEDNESDAY, JULY IS. IMA Shop Thursday Night: „ _ Hours 12:30 la 9:00 P.M. w. *• ¦ fjft x. WK&* ¦bet '->¦ -«• ni^y^y RUTH ELLIS —AP Wirephoto London Woman Dies on Gallows LONDON. July 13 UP).—Ruth Ellis, beautiful blond mother of two children, died on the gal- lows inCiondon s Holloway Prison for Women today for the Easter 6unday murder of the lover who jilted her. The 28-year-old divorcee, a former model and night club hostess, W'as the 14th woman to be hanged in Britain this cen- tury and the third since World W '*h *traps War 11. Her sentencing revived A sliver-of-a-dress —lean and *1 D cup, sls, ' a Nation-wide controversy over uncluttered as an unsheathed I / \ \ capital punishment, which con- *\ tinued unabated today. J/l A crowd of 1.000 persons—- cuffed-and-cool bateau neck- rounded some weeping, others laughing—- WK stood in the grimy North Lon- don . street outside the ivy-cov- j ered, red-brick prison as Hang- man Albert Pierrepoint pulled P the death trap. Sobs Self to Sleep « Reports from inside the prison said the icy calm that Mrs. Ellis had maintained during her trial in June and ever since finally broke last night. Prison sources ¦aid she sobbed herself to sleep.; ¦creaming, “I don’t want to die.” The matrons let her sleep until the last minute, forgoing the usuar 6:30 waking hour. Earlier in the night she had ¦aid goodby to her mother and father, who reported she was re- signed to her fate. The woman had refused to appeal for mercy Home Secietary Gwilym Lloyd - George, the only man who can recommend royal clemency, earlier this week turned down petitions signed by more than 25.000 persons. * Mrs. Ellis at her trial ed-i mitted tracking her lover, 25- year-old David Blakely, to a London bar and pumping four bullets into him. Claiming her Jealousy had disturbed her emo- tions, she tried to get the murder charge reduced to manslaughter. The court threw out that de- fense and a jury of 10 men and 2 women found her guilty on June 21, after only 24 minutes of deliberation. Two Women See Execution Only government and prison officials witnessed the execution today. Two of them were women: Dr. Charity Taylor, the 39-year-old governor of the prison, and the prison matron. More than 30 policemen, standing shoulder to shoulder, kept the crowd outside away from the massive oak gates into the prison yard. Just before the execution Mrs. Ellis’ brother.’ Julian Arthur Neilson, strode up to the gates, beat on them, and handed a bunch of white carnations to a guard. Returning to the crowd, his face ashen and his lips trem- bling, he said, "I just told him to tell Ruth I would never for- get her and God bless her.” Hacker Admits Rape Slayings JAMESTOWN, N. Y„ July 13 UP). —An unemployed taxi driver has admitted the rape slaying of his sister-in-law and her 19-i month-old daughter, police say. Joseph Reade, 26, who de- scribed himself as a "damn maniac.” was to be arraigned in City Court today on two counts of first-degree murder. 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