Benton Jail Museum, Charlie Birger and John Malkovich - OH MY! We visit the OLD FRANKLIN COUNTY JAIL MUSEUM in BENTON, IL where bootlegger and gangster CHARLIE BIRGER became the last man to die by hanging in Illinois on April 19th, 1928. It is also the home of actor JOHN MALKOVICH, and where GEOGRE HARRISON became the first BEATLE to land on US soil.