Matt Connolly's Writing on the Boston Gang Wars
BERNARD McLAUGHLIN, 40 October 31, 1961 On Tuesday, October 31, 1961, shortly after noon and thirty-six hours after Buddy McLean fired shots near his car at night, Bernie McLaughlin walked down Chelsea Street, in City …
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The supposed Irish gang war is commonly proposed to have started Labor Day weekend, 1961. That weekend, members of two Irish gangs – one, the Somerville Gang from the City of Somerville under the leadership of James “Buddy” McLean; the other the McLaughlin Gang from Charlestown under the leadership of the McLaughlin brothers- partied at …
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ANTHONY SASSO, 36 October 14, 1960 When the body of an unidentified person (later identified as George Joynt) was found on July 8, 1962, under …
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GAETANO J. DeNICOLA, 49 December 23, 1959 A little over a month following DeMarco’s murder, on December 23, 1959, Gaetano J. DeNicola, last name also spelled DiNicola, …
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JOSEPH (ANGIE) DeMARCO, 42, November 12, 1959 Six months after Goldstein was found, the body of Joseph (Angie) DeMarco, 42, was found in the Everett city dump. DeMarco called a “North End Shakedown Artist” had been convicted for the homicide of …
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PHILIP GOLDSTEIN, 45 …
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