December 7, 1966 Chico was 6’ 2” and weighed over two hundred pounds. He was known for wearing long dark Chesterfield coats with velvet collars over sports shirts without a jacket or tie. He had been married and divorced. He had a minor record until August 1966, when along with Joe Barboza and Nick Femia,…

I often think had these gangsters spent more time listening to nursey rhymes as kids rather than playing with guns they might have been a lot better off. When I think of how Tommy DePrisco and Tash Bratsos died, I immediately recall a nursery rhyme I heard as a kid: Three little mice sat down…

June 16, 1966 –   Rocco DiSeglio was murdered on June 16, 1966. DiSeglio had no criminal record. Joe DeNucci, a popular middleweight boxer from Newton who would be elected Massachusetts state auditor and serve in that position longer than any other individual, said he knew DiSeglio as well as anyone. He worked to help him…

July 9, 1965 – Romeo Martin was a good athlete. We know that about him. A good athlete does not necessarily mean he was a smart guy. Rather, his athletic skills must have interfered with his education. He seemed to lack much brain power. He, like most of the guys in this book, did not…

May 20, 1965- We know the famous Willie Sutton answer when he was asked why he robbed banks, he responded, “that’s where the money is.” That was the circumstance that led up to the killing of William E. Fergnani. He operated and lived at the Catalina Trailer Sales on Route 3 in Tyngsboro located about…

April 12, 1965- Peter Cassetta was a Somerville guy. We know that because he was one of those guys who like to stay around their home area to commit crimes. They feel more comfortable hanging around the town they know. Whitey Bulger was like Cassetta. All the murders Whitey probably committed were done in South…