A young Whitey Bulger was part of Killeens crew, as was the feared hitman William OSullivan. Frankie leaned into his attorney and told him that Stevie was soft, while motioning with his tongue in his cheek that he had a stroke. 4.5 out of 5 stars. A third brother, William Bennett, was shot and. Some 60 men died in the next couple years as the two sides hunted each other. And it gets too ugly. Log In. He shot at them but they got away. They tried to hide in a basement of a local house, but were cornered and sent back to Shirley. In the meantime back in Boston, Billy Stuart denied that he was involved in the murder, and claimed that hed been shocked to hear that Billy Bennett had been murdered. . Hed been with the BPD for 19 years. It goes too deep. It was a sad year for the Bennett family and put a microscope on just how bad the war had gotten with some 60 men killed. that they were paying Billy Stuart $50 a week, but the dates he gave were after both Walter and Wimpy had already disappeared. Bennett Brothers Balm is made by our family, in our kitchen, always with cancer patients in mind, and 100% of our profits are donated. Fast forward to June of 2018, as we mentioned at the beginning of this episode Stevie was on the stand and asked to ID Frankie in the courtroom and he couldnt. Hugh Shields and Billy Stuart were acquitted on April 30th. It grew too many formations to ever say that the war has officially ended. He operated both out of Southie and the Savin Hill section of Dorchester. Well get more into Poulos murder a little later in this episode and at the end of this season. On. Born and raised in the South West corner of Bay Ridge Brooklyn, by the Verrazano . He went on to star as Moe Greene in the Godfather. Sweet claimed he paid $30,000 to William Kelley and Andrew Von Etter, to murder Maxcy. On the other side was the three McLaughlin brothers and the Hughes brothers. Frank Salemme and Stevie Flemmi claim responsibility for the slayings of all three, but have never been able to provide the location of Wimpy and Walter's bodies. For more Local news, myCNN.com will bring you news from the areas and subjects you select. How we compiled the list. One of the boys said his boss named Steve gave him permission to use the car. , Larry Baione claimed that Walter Bennett had hired Frankie to take out Larry. James Buddy McLean (1929-1965) Buddy McLean was the original boss of the Winter Hill Gang. . Punchy was in front of the Beaconsfield Hotel on Beacon St in Washington Sq in Brookline when he was shot. Indulge me in one of my tirades for a minute. He was the FBIs #2 most wanted man until Osama Bin Laden was killed, and then he was #1. Round 1 - Tyler Milks (Jonesville HS) 25-12 won by fall over Elliot Corrigan . Hannon suffered a horrific death. Hed been with the BPD for 19 years. I mean its only 190 miles long! Questions or comments, email lara@doubledealpodcast.com or nina@doubledealpodcast.com. Bernie and his other brother Ed Punchy McLaughlin were furious at the response. two days later and a trial date was set for April 7. an alleged associate of the Bennetts testified. In an interview with the press, he lambasted the prosecution and alleged that the investigation into Billy Bennetts murder had been sloppy because Daddieco had turned prosecution witness so quickly after the indictments. But when he went to jail on a weapons charge he was held on $100,000 bail. The Bennett brothers were delivered by the forces of truth and justice into the hands of darkness. When McLean got killed in 1966, Winter took over the Winter Hill Gang, which was not named after him. ``I know that some of the rocks will probably be pulled back on guys like Rico. At the trial of Hugh Shields in April 1970, Daddieco testified that there were six men involved in the plot to kill Billy Bennett. . Speaking of Jack, next week were going to be talking about the botched heists of the late 1960s. It was a power struggle between the Bennetts and the Office and former underling Flemmi set them up. Somehow, Doe was able to survive all the attacks and eventually things died down as the gangster culture in Boston died out. The following day Wimpy met with a friend at 10:00 am and was supposed to sign a company payroll after that, but never showed up. Boston Police officer, Frankie Desario talks about the Bennett Brothers and their violent demise.Oral History. His two uncles, Edward ``Wimpy,'' and Walter Bennett ran a gambling. In 1954, Walter Bennett was accused of funding one such operation along with Anthony Pino and Vincent Costa of Brinks Heist fame. . Donald Killeen would be murdered in 1972. Oral history can also indicate lifestyle, dialect and terminology, and customs that may no longer be prominent. Nicholson would be murdered three years later by George and Punchy McLaughlin, avenging their brothers death. and blamed him for having a role in at least 50 of the gangland murders of the 1960s saying that he manipulated people and instigated the hits in an effort to clear out the competition. He violently crashed into a guardrail and died on the scene. The year 1967 was not a good one for the Bennett family. Nee was a supporter of the IRA and spent a significant amount of his efforts raising money to send them firearms. Stevie Flemmi and Frankie were in a second car in order to retrieve Billys dead body, but the passing cabbie put an end to that plan. He did not want the war in the first place but the McLaughlins persisted. That was one of dads lines, but hed say 4th grade. The beating is another possible reason why Stevie hated Larry and the LCN guys, but Frankies story of being teamed up with Larry still doesnt make sense. Hes gone, reporters heard Salemme say about Flemmi as the defendant shuffled off after trial, stooped with age. Billy Stuart denied that he was involved in the murder, , and claimed that hed been shocked to hear that Billy Bennett had been murdered. He went on a mission to kill Buddy McLean but instead shot the wrong man. So their cooperation came naturally to them. He was shot three separate times within a year back in 1989-1990. Still, I don't think the government wants to see the whole mess come out. that while Walter Bennett had not been that helpful he was a valuable pipeline and further contact should be maintained to nurture this cooperation., In October of 1966, citrus Baron Charles Von Maxcy was attacked in the bedroom of his Florida home. They are still missing to this day. Others heard him say, Hes soft, and that Flemmi had had a stroke, gesturing at the side of his mouth. A street war ensued and bullet riddled bodies started turning up all over the streets of Boston. MafiaHitters.com gets compensated for referring traffic and business to Amazon. The big winner of the war was Stephen The Rifleman Flemmi. South Boston aka Southie and its neighboring town Dorchester are the Irish mob hot spots in the city, going back at least a century. MALDEN (CBS) - Two young brothers from Malden are in the spotlight Thursday after being named "heroes" by a national organization that recognizes young people doing great things. Georges brother Bernie McLaughlin knew Somerville gangster Buddy McLean casually and reached out to him to get information on his brothers attackers. If Flemmi had been prosecuted in 1969 for the Fitzgerald bombing or the William Bennett murder, his role as an FBI informant might have been disclosed, and its legal implications might have been examined, three decades ago. He is best known for representing President Bill Clinton during the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal. Or was someone else responsible for their demise? OSullivan was the main muscle for the Killeens who were at war with an ambitious young crew known as the Mullen Gang. It is the Irish gangsters like Whitey Bulger who dominated the headlines over the years. He grew up in Southie and came up under Whitey Bulgers wing. He did concede however that the Bennetts had all been his informants. Was Steve supposed to be Stevie Flemmi? Once at a South Boston wedding two men in long coats came up to her and said, Are you a Bennett? Said Judy, My heart started beating. This was essentially a rehash of the Jerome Sullivan article from 1965 that we mentioned in the Hit Parade of 1965. Flemmi testified for about an hour and a half Wednesday. In August of 1964, Buddy got a tip from notorious corrupt Boston FBI agent H. Paul Rico that Ronald Dermody was trying to kill him.Rico was so crooked that he was actually made an appointment to meet with Dermody and set him up for McLean to kill. Never has there been a more violent stretch in Boston like there was in the 1960s during the McLean/McLaughlin gang war. The mans nickname was the Great Deceiver.. Frank Salemme and Stevie Flemmi claim responsibility for the slayings of all three, but have never been able to provide the location of Wimpy and Walter's bodies. He received frequent visits from the postal inspectors throughout the five year investigation of the Plymouth Mail Robbery. By now, most of the main early targets of the war were dead or in jail. Community See All. It all came crashing down for OSullivan on March 28, 1971. But this is far from the only scene carved into Bill Bennett's heart and soul. A full two years before the Bennett brothers were wiped off the face of the earth, H. Paul Rico turned Stevie Flemmi into his No. He heeded the warning. It was Joe Barboza again who did the job. Bennett Brothers Balm. They weren't asking.''. Billy was shot four times in the chest. Bennett Brothers are one of Wilmington's source providers of marine dockage in deep brackish water at Cape Fear Marina. With his friend and partner Buddy gone, Joe Barboza decided to go on another killing spree. Is that the cardboard box in the back of the beachwagon story? They pistol whipped the guard and forced the bank manager and customers to the floor. In November of 2001, authorities were digging at a firing range in Hopkinton looking for the remains of Walter and Wimpy after Salemme told them the location claiming he helped bury the Bennett brothers hoping to shave time off of his sentence. This time their trump card was Robert Daddieco. .''. One of the boys said his boss named Steve gave him permission to use the car. 1 rat. Sweet was an associate of Walter Bennetts and a frequent visitor of Walters Lounge on Dudley St. near Uphams Corner in Dorchester. He had a good reason though, he had just found out that his bosses Whitey Bulger and Stephen The Rifleman Flemmi were both informants. In 2018, he was beaten to death by another prisoner in West Virginia, the very same day that he was put into general population. He sent the three men out to get tributes from the local wiseguys. It was hard enough finding the census! Punchy was transferred there by ambulance not lured there by Earl Smith. Here is a brief history of the Bennett Automobile Agency and the building, by Guy Bennett Jr. 1939 Car lot with cars front to back order 39, 38, 37, 36. The cops found Dickies corpse face up in the trunk after theyd towed it to the police garage. The names of other opium barons are engraved on university buildings, high schools and . The ambitious, duplicitous thug will always be more important to the ambitious, duplicitous FBI. The indictments came down on September 11. . While Hannon was tortured for hours, McLean decided to go easier on Willie Delaney, who just happened to be with Hannon. But the charges were never proven. The cops found Dickies corpse face up in the trunk after theyd towed it to the police garage. They also lived in fear thinking something awful would happen to them, too. MafiaHitters.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. He went by the name Bobo Petricone in Boston and was close friends with Buddy McLean and an ally of the original Winter Hill Gang. And part of the family got counted twice. Frankie would later blame Stevies becoming an informant on his relationship with Wimpy. Sweet's first trial ended in a hung jury. His father had passed away the previous summer. But he stated that he had never revealed his sources even to his bosses. In 1953 he escaped with two other boys from Shirley. vintage bennett brothers blue book of quality merchandise 1976 $80.00. When she heard of Whitey Bulgers arrest, Judy Bennett Ewell said she just felt nauseous, the same way shes felt every time there was news about Flemmi or Bulger. Was she being followed? Buddy had a handsome baby face but was a feared streetfighter. Just a few days after Billy Bennett was murdered, Rico went to his home looking for documents pertaining to the activities of Wimpy and Walter, but not for the FBI, but rather to assist Stevie. BENNETT BROTHERS, INC, New York NY He would be in his early 90s. Even the FBI does not reveal the names of informers.. He soon went back to prison for narcotics trafficking. Harold Hannon (1937-1964) Harold Hannon was an enforcer for the McLaughlin brothers in Charlestown during the 1950s and early 1960s. Pilgrims! Robert was a small-time hoodlum who had been arrested in June 1969 after he and three accomplices from Canada tried to rob a bank in Somerville. In 1953, he escaped with two other boys from Shirley. Rico had reason to be concerned about embarrassment to the FBI. was accused of funding one such operation along with Anthony Pino and Vincent Costa of Brinks Heist fame. Punchy was an ex pro boxer who drank hard and got in many bar fights. Cornelius Connie Hughes (died 1966) Connie and his brother Stevie Hughes were by far the most feared members of the McLaughlin crew. A taxi driver who was passing found Billy, and the assailants couldnt retrieve the body. the Boston Globe ran an article about Wimpys disappearance. The McLean vs. McLaughlin Boston Irish Gang War. Hugh Shields had a record that dated back to the time he was in juvie. So every time we saw a strange car in the yard we were always thinking, Daddys home. McLean teamed up with Barboza in 1964 for a double murder of McLaughlin associates Harold Hannon and Willie Delaney. ESPN's incredible interview with the Bennett brothers is a must-read. Seven months later, William Bennett's crumpled body would be pulled off a snowbank, a bullet through his brain. Billy Stuart was indicted in February of 1970 for being an accessory after the fact in Billy Bennetts murder. In DiSarros case, prosecutors say Salemme was afraid DiSarro would cooperate with authorities, and had him killed and buried behind a mill in Providence. - YouTube Ret. or. But since Stevie Flemmi was involved, the whole thing went terribly wrong. All tatted up in full vor style. Four days later, informant number BS-922-C stated that Stevie Flemmi and Frank Salemme had taken out Walter and Wimpy Bennett. along with three other local guys, found himself in a jail in Maine after fleeing from the scene of a robbery they committed at Steubens Restaurant in Boston. His brother Edward was murdered in 1968. Salemme looks every bit his 84 years; Flemmi, whos been in prison for more than two decades, will be the same age in a few days. But when Stephen The Rifleman Flemmi peered out at the capacity crowd in Boston federal court Wednesday to look for Francis P. Cadillac Frank Salemme who was sitting at the defense table, accused of murdering a Providence native 25 years ago Flemmi stumbled. The official excuse handed down by a federal judge was improper use of a grand jury. Piecing together the stories and the players in Richies tangled tale. Back to the Von Maxcy case. The only reason Stevie and Co. came out on top is because they had the full support of the FBI! The Bennett family has yet to receive any closure. I bet most of our listeners dont know where the story that Frankie Salemme murdered Walter Bennett came from. On the lam some time later, Flemmi was driving across the country with one of the men who helped orchestrate the car bombing. Butchie Doe passed away from cancer in 2018. Actually I do. Before the end of his time in the service, Wimpy was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Moving on. Howie Winter had an entirely different version of events which at least had the location and events spot on. We'll be profiling criminals, informants, law enforcement officers, politicians and molls. He couldnt! He pleaded innocent to the charges two days later and a trial date was set for April 7. The Bennetts were well established gangsters in the area and one of the strong Irish sets that resisted working with Patriarca and the Italian Office in Providence, Rhode Island. Buick sedan was found in Brookline a week later. Wimpy Bennett and his two brothers Walter and William were all murdered in 1967 during the middle of the McLean/McLaughlin War. But while they were waiting for Larry to appear, Frankie shot and killed Walter instead. He wanted Buddy to set his friends up to be killed. Stevie Hughes (died 1966) Stevie Hughes was the man who killed Buddy McLean in 1965, among many others. Whitey kept a low profile during the McLean/McLaughlin war. They stole a car and made their way to Albany, NY where they led the State Police in a high speed chase. 201 people follow this. Walters Lounge on Dudley St. near Uphams Corner in Dorchester. While Robert was sitting in Walpole awaiting trial, SA Rico pressured him into becoming, the star witness in the Billy Bennett murder case. That same day he was relieved of his duty as a cop. Experts say another 30,000 households will hit the $1 million mark in Boston in the next four years. The shooter was Stephen Flemmi. A good looking lady willing to have sex with both men lured them back to an apartment. He was involved in the murder of Arthur Bucky Barrett in 1983, along with Bulger enforcer Kevin Weeks. Subscribe today . In January of 1960 a man named Charles Kirby received a phone call at his TV repair shop by a man looking for Wimpy. Follow us on Twitter for sneak peeks of upcoming episodes. Her father was around for dinners and breakfasts of bacon and eggs on an electric frying pan. BOSTON, Massachusetts (The Boston Herald) -- Any illusions Bill Bennett Jr. had about life being fair evaporated in 1967. Some octogenarian central figures have spent decades in jail or in the witness protection program. Episode 3 Episode 7 Wimpy was looking for Det. On December 23rd, William Bennett was murdered. Dermody was affiliated with the McLaughlin brothers and looking to gain traction. Bernie McLaughlin (died 1961) Bernie McLaughlin was the leader of the McLaughlin brothers and the most powerful gangster in Charlestown. Buccelli was killed on June 19, 1958. His brother Walter vanished three months later in April. The only odd thing is that 11 year old Wimpy was nowhere to be found in the 1930 census. Georges brother Bernie vowed revenge and when McLean wouldnt give up his friends, the war began. Nicholson was with Buddy McLean the day that Bernie McLaughlin was killed outside of the Morning Glory Cafe in Charlestown. Nina, who was the first to find themselves in trouble with the law? He decided to team with up and coming Southie gangster Whitey Bulger. After he died, the job went to close associate Howie Winter, who was later succeeded by James Whitey Bulger. Walter ended his statement: You guys are on the right track.. He was often tipped off about the activities of his rivals and more than once was given a heads up about potential informants. Were the Feds involved in the disposal of their bodies? A podcast about organized crime in Boston & New England. Oral sources identify intangibles such as atmosphere, insights into character, and clarifications to points made briefly in print. It was one of the most horrific double murder scenes in Boston history. She had last seen him at 10:30pm the previous Tuesday. In 2002 the son of Steve Busias, a cousin of Billie Aggie, came forward during Kelleys appeal to say that he believed his late father was responsible for the murder of Von Maxcy. Joe went on to testify and put Patriarca behind bars, although much of his testimony is proven false. Written source materials are different in the execution of information, and that they may have additional sources. Among his gangster peers, Buddy was revered for his extreme toughness and loyalty. After his brother was gunned down in May of 1966, Stevie was now missing his layers of protection.