Ruth Ellis Is Hanged -- Crowds Rush across the road at Holloway Prison, London, This Morning July 13 to Read the official notice Saying Ruth Ellis had been Hanged. She was Executed for the Murder of her Lover, David Blakely, a racing motorist, and was the 14th Woman hanged in Britain This Century. Mounted Police were needed to keep the crowds in order outside the Gaol. July 21, 1955. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).