Will Ruth Ellis Hang -- Jacqueline Dyer about to enter Holloway Goal on one of her Daily Visits to see her friend Ruth Ellis. Ruth Ellis, Due to be hanged on Wednesday for the murder of her lover David Blakely, is Likely to be told today whether she is to be reprieved. Her Friends and supporters together with the opponents of capital punishing have been making strong representation The home Secretary, Major Lloyd-George the Belief that no home secretary would Refuse mercy to any woman whose reprieve had been Demanded by Spontaneous Public Outcry. July 12, 1955. (Photo by Paul Popper Ltd.).