Category: Boston Gang Wars

March 18, 1973- A week and a couple of days after murdering Milano, Martorano and Winter took another ride with their automatic weapons in a vehicle being driven by Jimmy Sims. Martorano again places Whitey in another car with them – the crash car. As I understand it, the crash car is to block people…

March 9, 1973- Jerry Angiulo must have had his doubts about engaging the Winter Hill gang after he heard about the murder of Michael Milano.  Winter Hill had hit the wrong guy.  Winter Hill’s capabilities were mostly unknown. John Martorano had killed lots of people, so he certainly knew how to shoot a gun. But…

Winter Hill is a section of Somerville, Massachusetts. Howie Winter is a person. The Winter Hill Gang was not named after Howie but the section of Somerville where Howie had a garage, Motorama Auto Sales, on Marshall Street. The garage is now a church. Howie’s group hung out there. Frank Salemme said he sent his…

February 11, 1976- Barboza was Portuguese. He could not be admitted to the Mafia because of his heritage but he liked to hang around with Mafia folk. He was in trouble since his youth. He wrote a book about his life and at least one person has written about him. He was involved in some…

December 23, 1969- It is surprising Zinna lasted as long as he did. He was a small fish swimming in a small pool with some much larger killer fish. Maybe it is hard for some people to leave town. But when you know your life is not worth the cost of a postage stamp you…

April 30, 1968 Timmons is the only one I have among the murdered whose body was not discovered but the circumstances of his disappearance leave no other conclusion than murder. He was a lifelong criminal. The day that it was announced that Betty Grable and Jackie “the Kid” Coogan had filed for divorce on July…