 The major distillery still in operation is the Glenmore Distillery Company, now owned by the Sazerac Company.On August 14, 1936, downtown Owensboro was the site of the last public hanging in the United States.A 26 year old African American man, Rainey Bethea, was convicted and sentenced for the rape and murder of 70-year-old Lischa Edwards in a very short time (only 37 days lapsed between the crime and the execution).