Deaths in Custody
Died in custody

Name not reported

Tampa

Two Italian men who had led a cigarmakers' strike in Tampa were under arrest in 1910 when, according to a brief newspaper dispatch, a mob took them from the officers holding them and hanged them. The dispatch does not name either man. The account describes the lynching but not who held them or how the mob gained access, and it is the only report available.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

News report