Whitey Bulger America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him To Justice (53 page)

38 Charles “Chip” Fleming, interview with the authors, January 2012.

39 Margaret McCusker, letter to US District Judge Douglas P. Woodlock, June 4, 2012.

40 Jacobs, “The Long, Unlikely Journey of Cathy Greig.”

41 Ibid.

42 William St. Croix (Steve Flemmi’s son), interview with the authors, November 2011; Shelley Murphy, “Breaking Silence, Flemmi Son Says Gangster’s Kin Also Victims,”
Boston Globe
, January 2, 2012.

43 Stephen J. Flemmi debriefing by the DEA and Massachusetts State Police, October 29, 2003, 90.

44 Steve Davis (brother of Debra Davis), interview with the authors, June 2011.

45 Stephen J. Flemmi debriefing by the DEA and Massachusetts State Police, October 29, 2003, 90.

46 Stephen Flemmi, testimony in US District Court, Boston, July 9, 2009.

47 Ibid.

48 Stephen J. Flemmi debriefing by the DEA and Massachusetts State Police, October 2003, 90–91.

49 Ibid. Teresa Stanley told the authors in an interview in April 1998 that she did not know Whitey was an FBI informant until the fact was disclosed in court in 1997.

50 Stephen Flemmi, testimony in US District Court, Boston, July 9–10, 2009.

51 Victor Davis (brother of Debra Davis) interview with the authors, March 1998.

52 Patrick Nee, interview with the authors, February 2012.

53 Stephen Flemmi, testimony in US District Court, Boston, July 10, 2009.

54 Ibid.

55 Patrick Nee, interview with the authors, February 2012.

56 Stephen J. Flemmi debriefing by the DEA and Massachusetts State Police, October 29, 2003, 92. Patrick Nee, in an interview with the authors in 2012, denied being present for Davis’s burial.

57 Steve Davis, interview with the authors, June 2011.

58 Stephen J. Flemmi debriefing by the DEA and Massachusetts State Police, October 29, 2003.

59 Steve Davis, interview with the authors, June 2011. The Davis family blames Flemmi’s exploitation of Michelle Davis for her later drug addiction. She died of a heroin overdose in 2006 at the age of thirty-seven.

60 Drug Enforcement Administration, interviews with witnesses who were involved in the disappearance and missing persons investigation of Debra Davis, filed in US District Court, Boston, September 15, 2003.

61 Stephen Flemmi, testimony at John Connolly murder trial in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, September 22, 2008.

62 Stephen J. Flemmi debriefing by the DEA and Massachusetts State Police, October 29, 2003, 75–76.

63 Ibid, 87–88.

64 Ibid.

Chapter 8. Lancaster Street

1 Bob Fitzpatrick, interview with the authors, June 2011.

2 The account of the state police bugging operation at Lancaster Street is based on interviews with the principal investigators, Rick Fraelick, Bob Long, and Jack O’Malley, and with Tim Burke, the prosecutor who obtained court authorization for the bugs, 1988.

3 Bob Long (former state police detective), interview with the authors, 1988.

4 John O’Donovan, interview with the authors, January 1996.

5 John Connolly, interview with the authors, February 1998.

6 Ibid.

7 John Connolly, FBI memo, October 30, 1980.

8 Lawrence Sarhatt, FBI memo, November 25, 1980, debriefing of Whitey Bulger.

9 Ibid.

10 John Connolly, FBI memo, December 2, 1980.

11 Kevin Cullen, “Mobster’s Charges Put the FBI on the Defensive,”
Boston Globe
, July 5, 1997.

Chapter 9. Circles Within Circles

1 The dialogue for the Dining Room scene at the Ritz is as recalled by Kevin Weeks, in an interview with the authors, January 2012.

2 Kevin Weeks, interview with the authors, 2012.

3 Kevin Weeks, interview with the authors, January 2012.

4 Kevin Weeks and Phyllis Karas,
Brutal:
The Untold Story of My Life Inside Whitey Bulger’s Irish Mob
(New York: HarperCollins, 2006), 37.

5 Ibid., 44.

6 Kevin Weeks, interview with the authors, January 2012.

7 Mike Swidwinski (retired DEA agent), interview with the authors, January 2007. Swidinski took Whitey’s keys to make sure he didn’t take off when they were questioning him.

8 Teresa Stanley, interview with the authors, January 2012.

9 Shelley Murphy, “Tales from the Whitey Watch—Former DEA Agent Recounts 2 Years of Stealth, Frustrations,”
Boston Globe
, January 18, 2007.

10 Frank Dewan (retired Boston Police detective), interview with the authors, January 2007.

11 Kevin Weeks, interview with the authors, January 2012.

12 Ibid.

13 Patrick Nee, interview with the authors, February 2012.

14 Kevin Weeks, interview with the authors, January 2012.

15 Stephen J. Flemmi debriefing by the DEA and Massachusetts State Police, October 29, 2003, 117.

16 Paul Brown, interview with the authors, 1990.

17 Kevin Weeks, interview with the authors, January 2012.

18 Brian Mooney, “Eerie Graffiti Pops Up in City,”
Boston Globe
, September 13, 1990.

19 Kevin Weeks, interview with the authors, January 2012.

20 Frank Bellotti, interview with the authors, August 2012.

21 Bulger,
While the Music Lasts
, 202.

22 Kevin Weeks, interview with the authors, January 2012.

23 Kevin Weeks, testimony at John Connolly racketeering trial in US District Court, Boston, May 15, 2002. All of the agents except Morris denied receiving money from Whitey and Flemmi. Jim Ring testified that he did not receive any gifts from the pair.

24 Kevin Weeks, testimony at John Connolly racketeering trial in US District Court, Boston, May 15, 2002.

25 Nicholas Gianturco, testimony during hearings before Judge Mark L. Wolf in US District Court, Boston, January 15, 1998.

26 John Morris, testimony at John Connolly racketeering trial in US District Court, Boston, May 9, 2002.

27 Jim Ring, testimony during hearings before Judge Mark L. Wolf in US District Court, Boston, June 10, 1998.

28 Kevin Weeks, testimony at John Connolly racketeering trial in US District Court, Boston, May 15, 2002.

29 Kevin Weeks, interview with the authors, January 2012.

30 Stephen J. Flemmi debriefing by the DEA and Massachusetts State Police, October 29, 2003.

31 Stephen Flemmi, testimony at John Connolly murder trial in Miami-Dade District Court, September 22, 2008.

32 Kevin Weeks, interview with the authors, January 2012.

33 John Connolly, interview with the authors, September 1997; Kevin Weeks, interview with the authors, December 2012.

34 John Connolly, interview with the authors, September 1997.

35 John Connolly, interview with the authors, July 1998.

36 IRS special agent Sandra Lemanski, testimony at John Connolly murder trial in Miami-Dade District Court, September 25, 2008.

37 FBI assistant Denise Taiste, testimony at John Connolly murder trial in Miami-Dade District Court, September 25, 2008.

38 Stephen Flemmi, testimony at John Connolly murder trial in Miami-Dade District Court, September 22, 2008.

39 National Park Service Public Affairs Office, Golden Gate Park, February 2012.

40 Richard Sunday, interviews with the authors, December 2002 and January 2012.

41 Teresa Stanley, interview with the authors, January 2012.

42 Whitey Bulger, letter to Richard Sunday, April 20, 2012.

43 Teresa Stanley and Richard Sunday, interviews with the authors, January 2012.

44 Peter Dracopoulos (operator of Alcatraz book and souvenir shack on Pier 41 in San Francisco), interview with the authors, February 2012.

45 Robert Embry (former director of the Atoke Funeral Home), interview with the authors, December 2004.

46 Ibid.

47 Whitey Bulger, letter to Jerry Champion (author and Alcatraz historian), July 2011.

48 Kevin Weeks and Peter Dracopoulos, interviews with the authors, January and February 2012.

49 Leon Thompson’s book,
Last Train to Alcatraz
, self-published, inscribed to Whitey, and letter tucked inside seized by FBI’s Bulger Task Force and viewed by the authors.

50 Whitey Bulger, letter to Jerry Champion, July 2011.

51 Ibid.

52 Peter Dracopoulos, interview with the authors, February 2012.

53 Teresa Stanley, interview with the authors, September 2007.

54 Kevin Weeks, interview with the authors, January 2012.

55 FBI ad placed in
Plastic Surgery News
seeking tips on Whitey and Greig’s whereabouts, April-May 2010.

56 Margaret McCusker’s testimony before a federal grand jury, February 9, 2012.

Chapter 10. Overreach

1 Robert Lenzner and Donald Lowery, “Boston’s Links to Jai Alai World,”
Boston Globe
, June 7, 1981.

2 David Wessel, “The Life and Death of John B. Callahan,”
Boston Globe
, August 8, 1982.

3 Robert Boyle and Nancy Williamson, “The Spreading Scandal in Jai Alai,”
Sports Illustrated
, June 11, 1979.

4 David Kindred, “The Hit at Southern Hills,”
Golf Digest
, June 2001.

5 George Getschow, Neil Maxwell, Steve Frazier, and Chester Goolrick, “Friends of Slain Telex Chairman Believe He Wanted to End Interests in Gambling,”
Wall Street Journal,
June 1, 1981.

6 Robert Lenzner and Donald Lowery, “Boston’s Links to Jai Alai World,”
Boston Globe
, June 7, 1981.

7 John Martorano, testimony at John Connolly murder trial in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, September 17, 2008.

8 Ibid.

9 Stephen J. Flemmi debriefing by the DEA and Massachusetts State Police, October 29, 2003.

10 Stephen Flemmi, testimony at John Connolly murder trial in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, September 22, 2008.

11 Kevin Weeks, testimony at John Connolly racketeering trial in US District Court, Boston, May 15, 2002, and interview with the authors, January 2012.

12 Ibid.

13 Stephen J. Flemmi debriefing by the DEA and Massachusetts State Police, October 29, 2003.

14 Kevin Weeks, interview with the authors, January 2012.

15 Kevin Weeks, recalling conversations with Whitey while testifying at John Connolly racketeering trial in US District Court, Boston, May 2002, and in interview with the authors, January 2012.

16 John Martorano, testimony at John Connolly murder trial in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, September 17, 2008.

17 Ibid.

18 Ibid.

19 Kindred, “The Hit at Southern Hills.”

20 Tulsa Police Department, report on the murder of Roger Wheeler, May 1981.

21 Stephen Flemmi, testimony at John Connolly murder trial in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, September 22, 2008.

22 Sergeant Michael Huff (homicide squad, Tulsa Police Department), letter to US District Court Judge Joseph Tauro, September 4, 2002.

23 John Morris, testimony at John Connolly’s racketeering trial in US District Court, Boston, May 9, 2002.

24 Ibid.

25 Daniel Golden, “The Last King of Chinatown,”
Boston Globe
Sunday Magazine
, November 3, 1991.

26 Commonwealth v. Salemme, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, April 1, 1985.

27 William Murphy, interview with the authors, February 2012.

28 Brian Halloran, summary of debriefings with FBI agents Leo Brunnick and Gerald Montanari, February 23, 1982.

29 John Morris, testimony at John Connolly racketeering trial in US District Court, Boston, May 9, 2002.

30 Ibid.

31 Ibid.

32 John Morris, testimony at John Connolly racketeering trial in US District Court, Boston, May 9, 2002.

33 Stephen Flemmi, testimony at John Connolly murder trial in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, September 24, 2008. In an interview with the authors in 1998, Connolly said he learned Halloran was shopping a story to the FBI but didn’t know he was cooperating until after he was killed and never told Whitey and Flemmi that he was.

34 The dialogue and action described in the Pier restaurant is taken from a report, “Activities of Edward Brian Halloran,” May 11, 1982, by FBI special agents Leo E. Brunnick and Gerald J. Montanari, June 23, 1982.

35 Patricia Donahue, interview with the authors, June 2012.

36 Kevin Weeks, testimony at John Connolly racketeering trial, US District Court, Boston, May 14, 2002.

37 Kevin Weeks, interview with the authors, January 2012.

38 Kevin Weeks debriefing by the DEA and Massachusetts State Police, January 24, 2001.

39 Kevin Weeks, testimony at John Connolly racketeering trial in US District Court, Boston, May 13, 2002, and interview with the authors, January 2012.

40 Ibid.

41 Ibid.

42 Judge William G. Young, US District Court, Boston, May 1, 2009.

43 Brief of the Estate of Edward (Brian) Halloran, January 20, 2010.

44 Federal Bureau of Investigation report, May 11, 1982.

45 Kevin Weeks, testimony at John Connolly racketeering trial in US District Court, Boston, May 14, 2002, and interview with the authors, January 2012.

46 Stephen J. Flemmi debriefing by the DEA and Massachusetts State Police, October 29, 2003..

47 Kevin Weeks, interview with the authors, January 2012.

48 Ibid.

49 Ibid.

50 Patricia Donahue, interview with the authors, June 2012.

51 Kevin Weeks, interview with the authors, January 2012.

52 Kevin Weeks, testimony at John Connolly racketeering trial, US District Court, Boston, May 16, 2002.

53 John Morris, testimony at John Connolly racketeering trial, US District Court, Boston, May 9, 2002.

54 Ibid.

55 Brief of the Estate of Edward (Brian) Halloran, January 20, 2010, 14.

56 Stephen J. Flemmi debriefing by the DEA and Massachusetts State Police, October 29, 2003.

57 Ibid.

58 Stephen Flemmi, testimony at John Connolly murder trial in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, September 23, 2008.

59 John Martorano, testimony at John Connolly murder trial in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, September 17, 2008.