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PETER LIMONE
Arrested in 2008 on charges of extortion, gambling, and loansharking and still believed to be a high-ranking member of La Cosa Nostra.
GEORGE MCLAUGHLIN
Imprisoned since 1964 and still serving a life sentence in Massachusetts.
JOHN PARTINGTON
After leaving the U.S. Marshals Service in 1980, Partington served as police chief in his hometown of Cumberland, Rhode Island, and later served fifteen years as commissioner of public safety in Providence, RI. He died in 2006 from a viral infection following surgery. He was seventy-seven years old.
JOSEPH J. R. RUSSO
Died in federal prison of throat cancer in 1998 at the age of sixty-seven.
“CADILLAC FRANK” SALEMME
Released from federal prison in 2009 and living in Massachusetts.
JOSEPH SALVATI
Currently living in Massachusetts enjoying both his freedom and his family.
AUTHOR’S NOTE
To complete this book, I had to stand on the shoulders of those great writers and journalists who covered the FBI’s relationship with organized crime dating back to the midway point of the last century. I tip my cap to all of them.
I would also like to thank Donald Barboza, James Southwood, and John Cavicchi for their insight and guidance along the way. My goal was never to sensationalize or pay tribute to Joe “the Animal” Barboza; instead, I hoped to explain his crimes and the crimes of the federal government. The path taken by the FBI in the 1960s in the war on organized crime is eerily similar to the path some government agents took decades later in the war on terror, where their original noble efforts eventually created an enemy within.
I would like to thank my family, Laura, Mia, and Bella for putting up with lost weekends to the cause and some odd music emanating from time to time from my office. My personal playlist accompanies each chapter here.
I would also like to thank my mother, Diane, brother Todd, and Uncle Jim for their continued support. Thanks also to my good friend Toby Duane for first making me aware of Joe Barboza and his story more than two decades ago.
For further reading, I would suggest picking up Howie Carr’s The Brothers Bulger; and Hitman, The Underboss by Dick Lehr and Gery O’Neill; Paddywhacked by T. J. English; My Life in the Mafia by Vincent Teresa; Boston Organized Crime by Emily Sweeney (thanks for the great photos); The Mob and Me by John Partington and Arlene Violet; WITSEC by Pete Earley and Gerald Shur; and, if you can find it, Barboza by Joe Barboza and Hank Messick. These books were an incredible help during my research.
Out of the shadows now and off to chase the sun— Regards,
CASEY SHERMAN, 2012
NOTES
1 Vincent Teresa (with Thomas C. Renner), My Life in the Mafia (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1973), 253.
2 See whalingcity.net: “Local New Bedford, Ma. History 1850—1858 in Chronological Order.”
3 “Azoreans on Shore in New England,” by Robert L. Santos, California State University, Stanislaus Librarian/Archivist.
4 “Mass Moments—Stock Exchange Crash Heralds Great Depression,” Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities 2011.
5 Author interview with Donald Barboza, June 2012.
6 Joseph Barboza (with Hank Messick), Barboza (New York: Dell, 1975), 29.
7 Ibid., 30.
8 Teresa, My Life in the Mafia, 57.
9 “Special Report: State of the Mob,” Providence Sunday Journal, July 15, 1984.
10 “Worcester Mafia Boss Frank Iaconi’s War with the Providence Mob,” by Steven R. Maher, InCity Times, October 8, 2008.
11 Ibid.
12 Teresa, My Life in the Mafia, 54.
13 “Prisons: The Siege of Cherry Hill,” Time magazine, January 31, 1955.
14 Barboza (with Messick), Barboza, 40.
15 Congressional Reports: H. Rpt. 108–414, “Everything Secret Degenerates: The FBI’s Use of Murderers as Informants,” vols. 1, 2.
16 John Partington (with Arlene Violet), The Mob and Me: Wiseguys and the Witness Protection Program (New York: Gallery Books, 2010), 3.
17 Ibid.
18 Providence Journal Bulletin, September 10, 1961.
19 Teresa, My Life in the Mafia, 52.
20 Gerard O’Neil and Dick Lehr, The Underboss (PublicAffairs Books, 1989), 51.
21 Howie Carr, The Brothers Bulger (Grand Central Publishing, 2006), 48.
22 Joe the Rat Valachi. A&E Home Video. 2004.
23 Ibid.
24 Evan Thomas, Robert Kennedy: His Life (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000), 257.
25 “Investigations: The Smell of It,” Time magazine, Friday, October 11, 1963.
26 Ibid.
27 Barboza (with Messick), Barboza, 42.
28 Ibid., 52.
29 Ibid., 21.
30 Ibid., 61.
31 Ibid.
32 Ibid., 62.
33 Congressional Reports, “Everything Secret Degenerates,” vols. 1, 2.
34 Barboza (with Messick), Barboza, 65.
35 Howie Carr (with John Martorano), Hitman (New York: Forge Publishing Company, 2011), 87.
36 Barboza (with Messick), Barboza, 69.
37 Ibid., 70.
38 “Mob Warfare Is Replacing Stranglings,” by James Calogero, Associated Press, January 13, 1965.
39 Ibid.
40 Teresa, My Life in the Mafia, 272.
41 FBI Field Memo, March 10, 1965.
42 Barboza (with Messick), Barboza, 103.
43 Ibid., 104.
44 Ibid., 103.
45 Ibid., 101.
46 FBI interview of Anthony Stathopoulos, August 22, 2001.
47 Ibid.
48 Ibid.
49 Deposition of Francis P. Salemme, Limone vs. United States, March 20, 2001.
50 Barboza (with Messick), Barboza, 112.
51 Ibid., 113.
52 Ibid., 114.
53 Ibid., 116.
54 Ibid., 117.
55 Ibid., 119.
56 Congressional Reports, “Everything Secret Degenerates,” vols. 1, 2.
57 Ibid.
58 Ibid.
59 Teresa, My Life in the Mafia, 117.
60 Barboza (with Messick), Barboza, 126.
61 Ibid., 127.
62 Ibid., 128.
63 Congressional Reports, “Everything Secret Degenerates,” vols. 1, 2.
64 Barboza (with Messick), Barboza, 130.
65 “2 Slain in Revere Bar,” by Jeremiah Murphy, Boston Globe, November 16, 1965.
66 Ibid., 133.
67 “Was Just a Question of Time for the Hughes Brothers,” by Richard Connolly, Boston Globe, September 24, 1966.
68 Barboza (with Messick), Barboza, 137.
69 Ibid., 136.
70 State v. Patriarca, 308 a.d 300 (1973), Supreme Court of Rhode Island, July 20, 1973.
71 Barboza (with Messick), Barboza, 145.
72 “It Was Just a Question of Time for the Hughes Brothers,” by Richard J. Connolly, Boston Globe, September 24, 1966.
73 Barboza (with Messick), Barboza, 145.
74 Ibid., 155.
75 Ibid.
76 Ibid., 156.
77 Ibid., 158.
78 Ibid.
79 Ibid., 160.
80 Ibid., 162.
81 Ibid., 165.
82 Federal Bureau of Investigation Memo 166–629, March 8, 1967, pg. 1, submitted by SA’s Dennis M. Condon and H. Paul Rico.
83 Ibid., 2.
84 Ibid., 3.
85 Barboza (with Messick), Barboza, 166.
86 Federal Bureau of Investigation Memo 166–629, March 21, 1967, 5.
87 Federal Bureau of Investigation Memo 166–629, March 8, 1967, 5.
88 Barboza (with Messick), Barboza, 167.
89 Federal Bureau of Investigation Memo 166–629, April 13, 1967, 18.
90 Federal Bureau of Investigation Memo 166–629, March 21, 1967, 12.
91 Federal Bureau of Investigation Memo 166–629, April 18, 1967,
17.
92 Congressional Reports, “Everything Secret Degenerates,” vols. 1, 2.
93 Federal Bureau of Investigation Memo 166–629, April 13, 1967, 17.
94 Ibid.
95 Federal Bureau of Investigation Memo 166–629, March 8, 1967, 18.
96 Federal Bureau of Investigation Memo 166–629, April 13, 1967, 18.
97 Ibid., 19.
98 Ibid.
99 “The Patriarca Tapes: Crime Boss Dispenses Advice & Consent on All Family Matters,” by Robert Kramer, Providence Journal Bulletin, November 17, 1985.
100 Partington (with Violet), The Mob and Me, 11.
101 Barboza (with Messick), Barboza, 172.
102 “A Letter from Barboza: Why I Decided to Tell All,” by James Southwood, Boston Herald, July 9, 1967.
103 Teresa, My Life in the Mafia, 247.
104 Federal Bureau of Investigation Memo 166–629, May 22, 1967, 49.
105 Federal Bureau of Investigation Memo 166–629, May 1, 1967, 29.
106 Federal Bureau of Investigation Memo 166–629, June 8, 1967, 1.
107 Partington (with Violet), The Mob and Me, 20.
108 Federal Bureau of Investigation Memo 166–629, May 5, 1967, 32.
109 Congressional Reports, “Everything Secret Degenerates,” vols. 1, 2.
110 Ibid.
111 Federal Bureau of Investigation Memo 166–629, June 21, 1967, 13.
112 Federal Bureau of Investigation Memo 166–629, July 31, 1967, 2.
113 Congressional Reports, “Everything Secret Degenerates,” vols. 1, 2.
114 Ibid.
115 Ibid.
116 Joseph Salvati testimony in Deegan Trial transcript, 20.
117 Partington (with Violet), The Mob and Me, 21.
118 Ibid., 22.
119 Ibid., 23.
120 Ibid., 25.
121 Ibid., 29.
122 Ibid., 30.
123 Congressional Reports, “Everything Secret Degenerates,” vols. 1, 2.
124 Ibid.
125 Ibid.
126 Ibid.
127 Barboza (with Messick), Barboza, 178.
128 Author interview with Donald Barboza, June 12, 2012.
129 Ibid.
130 Partington (with Violet), The Mob and Me, 40.
131 “Baron Faces Accused, Talks,” by Robert J. Anglin, Boston Globe, January 11, 1968.
132 Ibid.
133 “Barboza Testifies on Double Cross,” by Robert J. Anglin, Boston Globe, January 12, 1968.
134 Ibid.
135 “Defense Hints Baron Shot DiSeglio; Now up to Jury,” by Robert J. Anglin, Boston Globe, January 18, 1968.
136 Ibid.
137 Ibid.
138 Partington (with Violet), The Mob and Me, 35.
139 Ibid., 39.
140 Ibid.
141 “Car Ignition Wired: Barboza’s Lawyer Loses Leg in Everett Dynamite Blast,” by Robert J. Anglin, Boston Globe, January 31, 1968.
142 Ibid.
143 Ibid.
144 Partington (with Violet), The Mob and Me, 47.
145 Barboza (with Messick), Barboza, 181.
146 “US Blames Murder on Patriarca,” by Robert J. Anglin, Boston Globe, March 5, 1968.
147 “Baron Tells of Patriarca Kill Order,” by Robert J. Anglin, Boston Globe, March 6, 1968.
148 “Patriarca Case to the Jury Today,” by Robert J. Anglin, Boston Globe, March 8, 1968.
149 Ibid.
150 Ibid.
151 Partington (with Violet), The Mob and Me, 51.
152 Ibid.
153 “Patriarca Gets 5 Years in Plot,” Boston Globe, March 26, 1968.
154 Congressional Reports, “Everything Secret Degenerates,” vols. 1, 2.
155 Ibid.
156 Author interview with Donald Barboza, June 12, 2012.
157 Partington (with Violet), The Mob and Me, 5.
158 Federal Bureau of Investigation transcript of Anthony Stathopoulos interview on August 23, 2001.
159 Ibid.
160 “Baron Tells Why Deegan Died,” by Robert J. Anglin, Boston Globe, July 2, 1968.
161 “Baron Describes Arsenal Used to Rub Out Deegan,” by Robert J. Anglin, July 3, 1968.
162 “Defense Hints Personal Motive in Deegan Killing,” by Robert J. Anglin, July 4, 1968.
163 Partington (with Violet), The Mob and Me, 59.
164 Ibid., 60.
165 Congressional Reports, “Everything Secret Degenerates,” vols. 1, 2.
166 Ibid.
167 Joseph Salvati testimony in Deegan Murder Trial, July 1968.
168 Ibid.
169 Congressional Reports, “Everything Secret Degenerates,” vols. 1, 2.
170 “Defendant Testifies in Deegan Trial,” by Jeremiah Murphy, Boston Globe, July 23, 1968.
171 “Deegan Trial Lawyers Call Baron ‘Liar,’” by David Taylor, Boston Globe, July 30, 1968.
172 Ibid.
173 “Jury Gets Deegan Case, Resumes Deliberations Today,” by David Taylor, Boston Globe, July 31, 1968.
174 Ibid.
175 “Deegan Trial: Four Get Chair, Two Get Life, Judge Hails Jury,” Boston Globe, August 1, 1968.
176 FBI Memo 94–536–3267, July 31, 1968, from Boston Special Agent in Charge to Director J. Edgar Hoover.
177 Partington (with Violet), The Mob and Me, 64.
178 Ibid., 65.
179 Ibid., 67.
180 Deposition of Francis P. Salemme, March 20, 2003. Peter J. Limone vs. United States of America.
181 Ibid.
182 Congressional Reports, “Everything Secret Degenerates,” vols. 1, 2.
183 “Judge Sets Bail at $100,000,” Associated Press, September 24, 1970.
184 Congressional Reports, “Everything Secret Degenerates,” vols. 1, 2.
185 Ibid.
186 “Confessions with a Stool Pigeon,” by Anson Smith, Boston Globe, May 12, 1974.
187 Ibid.
188 Congressional Reports, “Everything Secret Degenerates,” vols. 1, 2.
189 Ibid.
190 Ibid.
191 Ibid.
192 Ibid.
193 Ibid.
194 Ibid.
195 Ibid.
196 “Legislators Hear Sinatra in High Fie,” by Gerald Strine, Washington Post, July 19, 1972.
197 Ibid.
198 Ibid.
199 “Patriarca Denies Link to Sinatra, Track,” by Charles E. Claffey, Boston Globe, July 20, 1972.
200 Ibid.
201 Congressional Reports, “Everything Secret Degenerates,” vols. 1, 2.
202 Ibid.
203 Ibid.
204 Ibid.
205 Ibid.
206 “Jury Told of Plan to Kill for Angiulo,” by William F. Doherty and Richard Connolly, Boston Globe, October 31, 1985.
207 “Barboza Death Tied to Dispute on West Coast,” by Robert J. Anglin, Boston Globe, February 13, 1976.
208 Author Interview with Donald Barboza, June 12, 2012.
209 “Boasting of a Murder: Angiulo Jury Hears Description of Baron Killing,” by William F. Doherty, Boston Globe, August 29, 1985.
210 “FBI Tapes Reportedly Contain Discussion of Baron Murder,” Boston Globe, July 9, 1985.
211 “Angiulo Attorney Raps US on Baron,” by William F. Doherty, Boston Globe, July 16, 1985.
212 “Mobsters Get Tough Sentences, Soft Words,” by Matthew Brelis, Boston Globe, April 30, 1992.
213 “The Murder Case That Never Ends, The Crime That Keeps on Giving,” by David Boeri, WBUR Radio, July 30, 2010.
214 Hearing before the Comm. On Govt. Reform, 107th Congress, May 3, 2001.
215 Ibid., May 4, 2001.
216 “At 78 Rico Dies under Guard,” by J. M. Lawrence, Boston Herald, January 18, 2004.
217 “Appeals Court OKs Wrongful Convictions,” by Rodrique Ngowi, Associated Press, August 27, 2009.
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