Black Mass. Dick Lehr

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      Published in Great Britain in 2015 by Canongate Books Ltd, 14 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1TE

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      This digital edition first published in 2015 by Canongate Books

      Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2012 by Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill

      First published in the United States of America in 2000 by Public Affairs, a member of the Perseus Book Group, 250 West 57^th Street, Suite 1321, New York, NY 10107, USA

      The moral rights of the authors have been asserted

      British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available on request from the British Library

      ISBN 978 1 78211 623 3

      eISBN 978 1 78211 625 7

      Every effort has been made to trace copyright holders and obtain their permission for the use of copyright material. The publisher apologises for any errors or omissions and would be grateful to be notified of any corrections that should be incorporated in future reprints or editions of this book.

      Photo credits: James J. “Whitey” Bulger Jr. / FBI photo; Stephen J. “the Rifleman” Flemmi / FBI photo; Former FBI agent John Connolly / Boston Globe Staff Photo by George Rizer; Donato “Danny” Angiulo . . . / FBI photo; An early arrest photo of Bulger / Boston Globe;Frank Salemme . . . / Boston Globe Staff Photo by John Tlumacki; Flemmi / FBI photo; Gennaro J. Angiulo . . . / Boston Globe Staff Photo by Jim Wilson; John Connolly Jr., . . . / Boston Globe Staff Photo by Ted Dully; Boston FBI agent . . . / FBI photo; John M. Morris . . . / Boston Globe Staff Photo by Tom Herde; Millionaire Roger Wheeler . . . / FBI photo; Edward Brian Halloran / Boston Police photo; South Boston Liquor Mart / Boston Globe Staff Photo by John Tlumacki; By 1984, Bulger . . . / Boston Globe Staff Photo by John Tlumacki; FBI wanted poster . . . / FBI web site; Bulger and Catherine Greig, 1988 / Boston Globe Staff Photo by John Tlumacki; James J. “Whitey” Bulger / FBI photo.

       For my sons, Nick and Christian Lehr,and my daughters, Holly and Dana Lehr

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       For my even keel wife Janet and my sons, Brian and Shane O’Neill

      Contents

	Cast of Characters
	Prologue
	Introduction
	Introduction to the Paperback Edition
	Map: Whitey’s World
	PART ONE
one	1975
two	SOUTH BOSTON
three	HARD BALL
four	BOB ’N’ WEAVE
five	WIN, PLACE, AND SHOW
	PART TWO
six	GANG OF TWO?
seven	BETRAYAL
eight	PRINCE STREET HITMAN
nine	FINE FOOD, FINE WINE, DIRTY MONEY
ten	MURDER, INC.
eleven	BULGERTOWN, USA
twelve	THE BULGER MYTH
thirteen	BLACK MASS
fourteen	SHADES OF WHITEY
fifteen	CONNOLLY TALK
sixteen	SECRETS EXPOSED
	PART THREE
seventeen	FRED WYSHAK
eighteen	HELLER’S CAFÉ
nineteen	IN FOR A PENNY, IN FOR A POUND
twenty	THE PARTY’S OVER
	Epilogue
	Sources
	Notes
	Acknowledgments
	Index

       Cast of Characters

       THE BULGER GANG

      James J. “Whitey” Bulger

      Stephen J. “The Rifleman” Flemmi

      Nick Femia,