Did Mrs. Surratt Wear Shoes on the Gallows

[BettyO]

Hmmm -- OK..... just curious, but I thought that they always removed the shoes when one was hanged. I know they did with the boys. I have just found an article which refers to her wearing "gaiters...." which is an ankle-high shoe with elastic gores in the sides -- just the sort of boot that a lady wore in the Victorian era....

Odd that they'd take the boy's shoes but let her wear hers....unless it was a consession to her gender. I do know that Lew Powell's feet had swollen to the extent that he could no longer get his boots on....