Castenge Ficarrotta
Castenge Ficarrotta was an Italian cigar maker in Tampa, Florida. On the night of September 20, 1910, deputy sheriffs were taking him from the West Tampa barracks toward the county jail when an armed group stopped the party, ordered the officers out, and took him and another Italian man, Angelo Albano, while they were handcuffed. The group hanged both men from the same tree limb, and their bodies were found that night. Deputies told police they believed the group included Italians and Cubans, and said they would be able to identify some of the mob if they saw them again. Accounts differed on the motive: some linked the killing to the cigarmakers' strike, while police said it was likely tied to feuds within the local Italian community.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Deputy sheriffs told police they believed the lynching party was composed of Italians and Cubans, and authorities expressed little hope of arresting the lynchers.
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