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Writers of Wrongs Jun 16, 2023

#OTD in 1989: #CadillacFrank Salemme was severely wounded in a #SaugusMA shooting. Later in the day, the remains of #WildGuy Grasso were discovered along the Connecticut River at #WethersfieldCT. About a decade later, #FBI manipulation was found to be the cause of this #NewEngland gangland violence.

Read about it:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2018/06/top-new-england-mobsters-targeted.html

#MafiaHistory #Patriarca #Histodons

Top New England mobsters targeted

News, notes, articles and book excerpts from authors of crime history.

The Writers of Wrongs

Tom Hunt has moved Jan 10, 2023

#OTD in 1995, officials revealed a federal racketeering indictment against #NewEngland #Mafia boss Francis "#CadillacFrank" Salemme, James "Whitey" Bulger and five others. Salemme and Bulger were not around to be arrested. A government source had tipped them off days earlier, and they were in hiding. #MafiaHistory #WhiteyBulger #Histodons
Read more in Salemme's bio:
https://mafiahistory.us/a047/f_salemme.html

Patriarca mob without options chose Salemme | American Mafia

Fate removed rivals in the Patriarca Crime Family and allowed Boston organized crime figure Cadillac Frank Salemme to briefly lead the New England Mafia.

Tom Hunt has moved Dec 21, 2022

#Bio of recently deceased Francis #CadillacFrank Salemme, once (briefly) the boss of the #NewEngland #Mafia. #MafiaHistory #Histodons #Boston
https://mafiahistory.us/a047/f_salemme.html

Patriarca mob without options chose Salemme | American Mafia

Fate removed rivals in the Patriarca Crime Family and allowed Boston organized crime figure Cadillac Frank Salemme to briefly lead the New England Mafia.