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#8 Police officers taking Bethea to the gallows.

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Police officers taking Bethea to the gallows.

Rainey Bethea: Story and Photos of the Last Person in the United States Who Was Executed Publicly in Kentucky on August 14, 1936

#8 Police officers taking Bethea to the gallows.

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