The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-09-22
THEY WERE HUNG
I've White Men Lynched al Tampa, Fla,
For Shooting a White Han.

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. PROMINENT ITALIANS '.l|' u
Were the Victims Of the Lawless a
Mob.-They Had Been Arrested es1:
1. ami Were Being Carried to Bar Bar
b rasas when Small Mob Halted tn II,
Conveyance and Procured Them.
. iVahlle being transported to the
couaty Jail Tuesday night about nine 1E'
O'Clock 3at Tampa, Fla, Castenge
-Ficcarotta and Angelo Albano, two
prominent 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 TO
the same limb. ,...,s. (.
Both men were arrested about Blk
O'Clock In the afternoon by deputy
sheriff charged with being accessor- ::
les 10 tie shooting OF j.. D. Easter
linz. fthe bookkeeper Of Bustll1o ustl
Brothers and Diaz several days ago.
They were locked rup in the west
Tampa barracks for a short time and q!
after nine o'clock were taken out,
placed In q hack and started TO-
wards the county jail in Tampa.
s They were accompanied by Deputy
Sheriffs Evans and Bryan. When
the hack in which the four men we're
riding reached Howard and Grand
Central avenues "a squad Of armed
men, estimated in numbers from 5o
20 rs halted the party. The officers
were told to get out, and the driver
ordered to:.turn around. The pris'-
.one,s. handcuffed to each other,
were then ordered to alight.
81 AIS the two prisoners were march
ed Or the two officers hurried to the
nearest telephone and sent nes-
sage to police headquarters.
when Police Chief Woodward ar r,
rived at the. scene mo one was IN
sight. He was greeted with the
gruesome sight Of the dangling bod
ies in the moonlight.
ls* ssa ! Al hasty examination was made but
there vas no clue upon which the
.omcers could proceed. The two dep
3uty sherics, when questioned stated
that they believed the. lynching party.
was y / composed 5of Italians and Gu.
bans, and would be able to identity
some of them If they could be
brought face to face with them.
M when the bodies were cut down at
Il o'clock it was found that the nee
.essfty for hanging both to the same
limb arose when the mob failed In an an
effort to sever the chain connecting
the handouts. Ficcarotto had his
pipe gripped firmly in his teeth ano
wore his hat. :,
*S Following the discovery OF the
bodies wild excitement reigned. AZ
midnight crowd estimated at 1000
persons had gathered and the real
ifensity Of feeling, resultant from the
strike now on in Tampa was cyl
ldenced. s...
81 s. Ficarrotta and Albano, 1t Is charg-
ed, have made themselves conspicu-
GUS recently in. the labor troubles be-
tween the manufacturers and cigar
makers. Marshal Logan, of the West
TAMPA force, stated that he has an
eve witness who will testify that Al
.hano was the man who fred the
shot which seriously wounded J. D..
Easterling, and that Ficarrotta was
conspicuous member of the crowd
gathered in front of the Bustillo
brothers factory at the time Of the
assault.
u Eight months ago Ficarrotta was
tried on charge Of numbering MS
uncle, G.. Ficarrotta, a prominent
wholesale dealer of West Tampa. he
was acquitted for lack Of sufficient
evidence, and as he was being carried
to jail Tuesday night he made the re-
mark that he had escaped hanging
On a charge of murder, and that ne
SUPPOSED he would escape on TINS
minor charge.
The police do not believe that the
execution of these two Italians has
any bearing on the local strike Sit
uation, alleging that 1t is rather che
result 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 a number OF peo-
pie who asked at what time the two
men would be sent to the county Jail.
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