As I lived in the Boston area in the '80s (worked in Boston and Dorchester...Savin Hill, the Red Line, etc.), I remember Whitey quite well. He had quite the organization (the Winter Hill Gang)...Kevin Weeks, Steve 'the Rifleman' Flemmi, et. al.. Ruthless. I remember one time he had a girl killed by a screwdriver jammed into her eyes and temple. Columnist Howie Carr has written a couple of books about Whitey...must reads! Whitey even won the Massachusetts lottery one week...WTF?! His brother, Billy, was the president of the state senate, then became the head of the University of Mass. He was so corrupt himself, that Howie Carr used to refer to him as 'the corrupt midget' (he's only about 5'5" tall). I believe the movie 'The Departed' was based on Whitey. I always thought he was living in Costa Rica all these years, but as it turns out, he was in California. They found about $850,000 in cash in his apartment! Probably he's got more in other locations (Europe, etc.).
Typical Whitey...last week in court, when asked if he could afford a lawyer, he replied "I could if you give me my money back"
