death_date years_active nationality birth_date article_title name occupation
26 august 1901 1873-1875 english unknown robert anderson evans
 robert anderson evans executioner
robert anderson evans

robert anderson evans was an english executioner from 1873 to 1875 .
evans , of carmarthen , wales , was trained as a physician but did not practice .
he carried out seven hangings as the chief executioner and also assisted william calcraft on various occasions .
his most famous hanging was a triple hanging of murderers mary anne barry , edwin bailey , and edward butt on 12 january 1874 at gloucester prison .
for this hanging , which was done in the open courtyard , anderson suggested that the platform of the gallows be mounted over a pit to make it level with the prison yard .
barry did not die instantly , and anderson had to press down on her shoulders to quicken her death .
barry was the last woman to be hanged by the short drop method in england and also the last woman to be executed at gloucester gaol .
