Castenge Ficcarotta
Castenge Ficcarotta, an Italian man prominent in the Tampa cigar strike, was being taken from the West Tampa barracks toward the Tampa county jail on the night of September 20, 1910. According to newspaper accounts, an armed group stopped the deputies' vehicle, took him and Angelo Albano from the officers, and hanged them from a tree in a wooded area nearby. Deputy sheriffs reportedly said they believed the group included Italians and Cubans and could identify some of the men if they saw them again. Police were reported to link the killing either to the cigar strike or to feuds within the local Italian community, and no official findings on who carried it out have been reported.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Deputy sheriffs said they believed the lynching party included Italians and Cubans, and a mob took Casttenge Ficcarotta from their custody and hanged him.
Reported by: Deputy sheriffs of Hillsborough County (the agency that held him); news reports.
News reports (9)
- The Birmingham Age-Herald, September 21, 1910, page 1
- The Montgomery Advertiser, 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