The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-09-28
they WERE HUNG
I've White hen Lynched at Tampa, Fla.
For Shooting a White Han.
PROMINENT ITALIANS

"
Mob.-They Had Been Arrested
and Were Being Carried TO Bar-
racks When Small Mob Halted the
Conveyance and Procured Them.
While being transported 20 the
county jail Tuesday night about nine
O'Clock at Tampa. Fla. CastenSe
Ficcarot,a and Angelo Aibano. two
prominen, Italians. who have made
themselves conspicuous in the cigar
strike here. were taken from deputy
sheriffs at Howard and Grand Cen
trail avenues. hurried to heavily
wooded tract nearby and hanged 70
| the same limb.
Roth men were arrested about six
o'clock in the afternoon by deputy
sheriff charged with being accessor-
les 10 the shooting Of j. D. Easter
ling. the bookHeepeT OF Busti!!o
Brothers and D!az several days ago
They we're locked up in the west
Tampa barracks for short time aud
afte, nine o'clock were taken out.
placed in hack and started To-
wards the county jail in Tampa.
They were accompanied by Deputy
Sher!ns Evans and Bryan. When
.he hack in which the four men were
riding reached Howard and Grand
Central avenues squad OF armed
men, estimated in numbers from 80
20 IS halted the party. The officers
we're told 20 get out. and the driver
ordered 70 turn around. The pris-
oners. handcuffed TO each other.
were then ordered to alisht.
AS the two prisoners were march
ed OF the :wo officers hurried TO the
nearest telephone and sent mes
sage TO police headquarters.
When Police Chief Woodward ar
rived at the scene no one was III
sight. " was greeted with the
gruesome sight OF the dangling bod
les in the moonlight.
a hasty examination was made oui
there was no clue upon which the
officers could proceed. The two dep
u,y sherics. when questioned stated
that they believed the lynchins party
was composed OF Italians and Gu
bans. and would DE able 10 identity
some OF them if they could be
brought face 70 face with them.
When the bodies were cut down al
IL O'Clock il was found that the nee
essity for hanging both 70 the same
limb arose when the mob failed In an
effort 70 sever the chain connecting
the handcurS Ficcaro;to had his
pipe gripped firmly in his teeth anc
wore his hat
Following the discovery OF the
bodies wild excitement reisned. Al
midnight Z crowd estimated at 1000
persons had gathered and the real
,ensity Of feeling. resultant from the
strike now on in Tampa was evil
denced.
Ficar.otta and Albano. 1t Is charS'
ed. have made themselves conspicu'
Gus recently in the labor troubles be-
tween the manufacturers and ciSaI
makers Marshal Logan. OF The West
Tampa force. stated that he has ac
eye witness who will testify that AL
bano was the man who fred the
sho: which seriously wounded J. D.
Eas;erling. and that Ficarrotta TaS a
conspicuous member OF the crowd
gathered in front OF the Bustilic
brothers factory at the time OF the
assault.
| Eight months ago Ficarrotta was
tried on a charge OF numbering his
uncle. G. Ficar-otta. pCom!nen;
wholesale dealer Of West Tampa. lie
was acquitted for lack Of sufficient
evidence. and as he was being carried
Ito Jail Tuesday night he made the re-
mark that he had escaped hanging
on a charge Of murder. and that be
supposed be would escape on this
minor charge.
The police do not believe that the
execution OF these two Italians has
any bearing on the loca! strike Sit
uation. alleging that 1t is rather the
resul: OF recent feuds between GER
tain elements Of the local Italian col
ony. Deputy Sheriff Keaggin. how
ever, who arrested the two men ear
/ lier in the evening. stated that he
was approached by mum ber Of pee
| pie who asked at what time the TWO
! men would be sent 20 the county jail.