The Whitey Bulger Trial: Evidence, Dirt Burying Whitey Bulger

Howie Carr, author and columnist for the Boston Herald, is covering the Whitey Bulger trial in Boston.

The feds are burying Whitey Bulger, shovelful by shovelful, just like his tubby gravedigger Kevin “Two” Weeks used to do with his boss’ 26-year-old female strangling victims. The only difference is, Whitey is being buried alive, smothered by an avalanche of facts and pictures and evidence.

Consider yesterday. The defense finally got Johnny Martorano off the witness stand, but the cops came back and released photos of more of his victims, including two guys who were shot two years apart, on the same street — Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester.The more gruesome Morrissey Boulevard photo is of Eddie Connors, former Marine, former boxer, owner of two gin mills across the street from each other on Savin Hill Avenue — Bulldogs and Connors Taverns.

He was allegedly shot to death by Whitey and Stevie Flemmi as he spoke to another Winter Hill gang boss in the phone booth at the old Texaco station on Morrissey. He’d apparently been bragging about his role in setting up one Spike O’Toole back in December 1973. Whitey’s charged with that slaying, too.Talking to strangers about a hit — no better way to rocket to the top of the Hit Parade.

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http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/columnists/howie_carr/2013/06/evidence_dirt_burying_whitey_bulger

And you can read other Howie Carr columns via the below link:

http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/columnists/howie_carr

The Whitey Bulger Trial: Johnny's Bad, But He's Not The Real Rat, Says Boston Herald Columnist & Author Howie Carr

Howie Carr, the Boston Herald columnist and author of Hitman: The Untold Story of Johnny Martorano, offers his take on John Martorano, who testified against his former partner-in-crime Whitey Bulger.

The worst word you can ever use against Johnny Martorano is “rat,” so you can bet that Whitey Bulger’s lawyers will be throwing it up against him again this morning within 30 seconds or so of resuming their cross-examination.

They’ll be trying to make him lose his cool. Good luck with that.Stipulated, I wrote a book with Martorano, and we split the profits. I get along pretty well with him. So does just everybody else I know who knows him, believe it or not.   

I’m not making excuses for the 20 murders. Neither is he.But let’s consider what a real rat is. There’s an old joke that a gangster can always close a business deal with these magic words: “I’ll kill you.”The feds have their own magic words: “You’re going to spend the rest of your life in prison.” 

You can read the rest of the column via the below link:

http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/columnists/howie_carr/2013/06/carr_johnny_s_bad_but_not_the_real_rat

The Whitey Bulger Trial: John Martorano Ends His Testimony Against Ex-Boss Whitey Bulger With A Smile

Laurel J. Sweet is covering the Whitey Bulger trial in Boston for the Boston Herald.

John “The Executioner” Martorano walked out of James “Whitey” Bulger’s life forever today without so much as a polite glance back — but grinning like the cat that ate the canary.

“Couldn’t care less,” Joe Martorano, the ex-enforcer’s cousin, said afterward of Martorano’s feelings about seeing his former Winter Hill Gang confederate for the first time since 1982, and testifying against him for three days as the first of the government’s three star witnesses from Winter Hill’s axis of evil — John Martorano, 72, Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi, 78, and Kevin Weeks, 57.

“He wants to live his life now,” Joe Martorano said. “He wants to be what he has always been: a good guy, taking care of his family. Whatever happens after that happens.”

You can read the rest of the story and watch a local TV news clip via the below link:

http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2013/06/martorano_ends_his_testimony_against_ex_boss_whitey_with_a_smile

Note: John Martorano was the subject of a book Herald columnist Howie Carr. 

Hitman John Martorano: Learning Whitey Bulger Was A Rat 'Broke My Heart'

Laurel J. Sweet at the Boston Herald offers a story on former hitman John Martorano, the subject of a true crime book called Hitman by Herald columnist Howie Carr, who testified against his former crime partner, Whitey Bulger in court.

The prolific hitman who was once willing to kill for mobster James J. “Whitey” Bulger testified today the South Boston monster and his sidekick Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi “broke my heart” when he learned they were undercover rats for the FBI.

“They were my partners in crime. They were my best friends,” the 72-year-old Cambridge native said in his opening minutes on the witness stand. “After I heard they were informants it sort of broke my heart. They broke all the trusts, the loyalties we had. I was beside myself with it,” John Martorano said in a deep, matter-of-fact voice.

Martorano and Bulger, 83, glanced at each other for the first time in more than three decades. Bulger then fixed his stare on a distant wall.

You can read the rest of the story and watch a local TV news clip via the below link:

http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2013/06/hitman_martorano_learning_whitey_was_a_rat_broke_my_heart

You can also watch an 60 Minutes interview with John Martorano via the below link:

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50149073n

The Whitey Gang's All Here: The Crime Partner, The Hit Man And The 'Muscle' All Line Up To Testify Against James 'Whitey' Bulger As His Trial For 19 Murders Begins

Louise Boyle at the British newspaper the Daily Mail offers a piece on the witnesses lining up to testify against Boston Irish mob boss Whitey Bulger (seen in the above photos released by the FBI).

The trial of notorious crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger is set to begin this week with a list of witnesses that appears to have been drawn from mob central casting.

Prosecutors plan to call a collection of infamous figures, including Bulger's former partner Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi, who is now serving a life sentence for ten murders and admitted pulling the teeth out of some of the gang's victims, including a girlfriend who was also his stepdaughter.  

Former hit man John Martorano, who has admitted killing 20 people, will also take the stand, as will Kevin Weeks, a former Bulger lieutenant who eventually led authorities to half a dozen bodies.   

Bulger, 83, is charged with playing a role in 19 murders. Jury selection is scheduled to begin on Tuesday in Boston.

You can read the rest of the piece and view photos of the Bulger gang via the below link:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2334810/James-Whitey-Bulgers-murder-trial-begin-mob-friends-testifying-him.html