Notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger was found dead at a federal prison in West Virginia Tuesday, federal officials said.
Bulger, 89, had recently arrived at the high-security penitentiary USP Hazelton in West Virginia, according to the Boston Herald.
There were a lot of people who wouldn’t mind seeing Bulger — notorious Boston mob boss who went on the lam for a really, really long time — dead. Then again, he was eighty-nine. Maybe the shock of the prison transfer (from Oklahoma, I think) was too much. Hell, it might not even be him. Wouldn’t be the first time the news was wrong.
Moe Lane
PS: My dad was always interested in the Bulger case, in a true-crime sense. Dad was from South Boston, you understand. Wasn’t in that scene, but he knew about it, like locals do.
The story now says that he was killed but that there are no details available.
Oh noes. “Whitey” Bulger is dead. (has a moment of silence before resuming his beer)
Howie Carr, who earned a spot on Bulger’s hit list in his court reporter days, was throwing a small party on his radio show today.
My old apartment use to be one of Whitey’s speakeasies.