Angelo Albano
Angelo Albano was an Italian man who, according to press accounts, was prominent in the cigar makers' strike in Tampa, Florida. On the evening of September 20, 1910, he was being taken from the West Tampa barracks toward the county jail in Tampa when an armed group stopped the carriage, ordered the deputy sheriffs out, and took him and another man away while they were handcuffed. The group hanged both men from the same tree limb in nearby woods, and their bodies were found that night. The deputy sheriffs told police they believed the lynching party was made up of Italians and Cubans and said they could identify some of its members, while accounts differ on motive, with some linking the killing to the strike and others to an Italian feud. A coroner's jury was called to hold an inquest after the bodies were brought to the city.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Deputy sheriffs told police the lynching party was composed of Italians and Cubans, and press dispatches report he was taken from the sheriff and hanged.
Reported by: Deputy sheriffs (the agency that held him); press dispatches.
News reports (14)
- 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
- The Washington Times, September 21, 1910, page 10
- Evening Star, September 21, 1910, page 8
- The Washington Herald, September 21, 1910, page 1
- Fitzgerald Enterprise, September 22, 1910, page 1
- The Washington Herald, September 23, 1910, page 4
- Hopkinsville Kentuckian, September 24, 1910, page 1
- The Tupelo Journal, September 30, 1910, page 6