Angelo Albano
Angelo Albano was an Italian man who had been prominent in the cigar makers' strike in Tampa, Florida, and he was being held at the West Tampa barracks. On the evening of September 20, 1910, he was being driven toward the county jail in the custody of deputy sheriffs, along with another man, Castenge Ficarrotta, when an armed group stopped the carriage, ordered the officers out, and took the two handcuffed men away; one newspaper reported that the deputies had been warned not to resist. The men were hanged from a tree limb in a wooded area nearby, and their bodies were found that night. Deputy sheriffs told police they believed the group was made up of Italians and Cubans, and said they could identify some of its members if they saw them again. Newspapers reported that a crowd estimated at 2,000 gathered in Tampa after the bodies were found.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Angelo Albano and another man from deputy sheriffs while they were being moved toward the Tampa county jail in 1910 and hanged them from a tree limb, according to the deputies, who said they believed the mob was Italian and Cuban.
Reported by: Deputy sheriffs, West Tampa barracks (the agency that held him); Newspaper reports (Tampa coverage of the 1910 killings) (reporters).
News reports (10)
- The Birmingham Age-Herald, September 21, 1910, page 1
- The Montgomery Advertiser, September 21, 1910, page 1
- The Waxahachie Daily Light, September 21, 1910, page 1
- El Paso Herald, September 21, 1910, page 10
- San Antonio Light And Gazette, September 21, 1910, page 7
- The Ocala Evening Star, September 21, 1910, page 2
- Alexandria Gazette, September 21, 1910, page 1
- Fitzgerald Enterprise, September 22, 1910, page 1
- Hopkinsville Kentuckian, September 24, 1910, page 1
- The Tupelo Journal, September 30, 1910, page 6