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Boston Evening Globe Thursday, September 11, 1969 26 Byrne Tops Getting Gang Witnesses 2 Indicted Men Heirs To Bennett's Empire i ing to testify about the murderous goings-on ordered by the Cosa Nostra. The wit-Baron, a jut-jawed admitted loanshark and gun-for-hire. Working again in close conjunction with the FBI Byrne secured from Baron sufficient testimony to result in the conviction of six men for murder in Suffolk County. Federal authorities, accorded complete cooperation and accessability to Baron by Byrne, were able to convict New England Cosa Nostra boss Raymond Patriarca and his lieutenant, Henry Joseph J. (Specs) O'Keefe, a member of the gang who was cheated out of his share of the loot, was the major government witness.

This case was the start of a working relationship between Byrne and the FBI which has continued to this dav to the advantage of both. All eight were found guilty. Then in April. 1967, Byrne accomplished what no other law enforcement official had ever been able to do. He developed an informant will known where he is being kept under guard.

Making the presentation of evidence to the jury was Asst. Dist. Atty. Lawrence Cameron of Byrne's staff. Daddieco, imprisoned as a parole violator, is under indictment in Middlesex County as a bank robber.

ipfllli Tameleo, on the basis of Baron's testimony in Federal Court. Augmenting Baron's testimony in the Suffolk County case was Anthony Stathop-oulos, a close friend of murder victim Edward Deegan who was with him at a burglary site when Deegan was kilied. PAYDIRT AGAIN Byrne continued to hit paydirt early this year when Andrew Deleary of Saugus, a Brink's company empolyee, delivered the names of those allegedly responsible for last Decemeber's $500,000 Brink's armored car holdup. Putting the pieces -gether from data supplied by informants in the most recent cases were Byrne's detective staff under Det. John F.

Doyle the Bo Police Organized Crime Squad, headed by Det. Sgt, Frank Wralsh, who previously served under Byrne, and the FBI. As a result of Deleary's testimony, John F. (Red) Kelley, 54, of Watertown, a fabled criminal figure, was indicted. BYRNE DIST.

ATTY No other prosecutor in the country can match Suffolk Dist. Atty. Garrett H. Byrne's record of convincing underworld figures to become witnesses for the state. Most would give their right arm to win just one major informant for a courtroom prosecution in their career.

Byrne has had four in his 20-year span as Suffolk County district attorney. In fact, his record stands at six, but two served as corroborating witnesses, augmenting the principal testimony given by the others. Making his achievement even more remarkable is the fact that his staff of lawyers and police investigators is small compared to prosecutor's offices in other metropolitan areas. Yet, his caseload is just as heavy in fagt, heavier than most. BRINK'S CASE BREAK His first breakthrough in winning over a criminal participant as a witness for the state occurred in the 1956 trial of eight defendants charged with the $1.2 million Brink's Robbery.

Wimpy Blamed For Most INDICTED Continued from Page 1 Boston Police intelligence records list Flemmi, Sa-lemme and Poulos as partners in one of the most formidable underworld combines in the city. Flemmi and Salemme especially are feared. They are considered heirs apparent to the Bennett brothers' empire in Roxbury. There were three Bennett brothers. William was the least known.

His two younger brothers, Edward, known as "Wimpy," and Walter have been missing for more than two years. While still listed officially as missing, they are believed dead. According to the informant, William Bennett was slain because he was hunting Flemmi and Salemme, believing them responsible for the disappearance of his brothers. "Wimpy" Bennett, was also known as "The Great Deceiver" and considered responsible for a major portion of Boston's 50 gangland murders by inciting individuals an dsetting one individual off against another in a Machiavellian attempt to clear the field of competition. "Wimpy" Bennett and Flemmi were know to be occasional visitors to the office of Raymond Patriarca, jailed New England boss of Cosa Nostra, in Providence.

Heavily armed Boston police curtained the Grand Jury section on the sixth floor of the courthouse from all visitors during the presentation. The indictments were handed to Superior Court Judge Reuben Lurie at 12:10. Arrest warrants were issued immediately. After giving testimony, Daddieco was spirited from the courthouse to parts un Murders Gang By ALAN H. SHEEHAN And then, Kelley, mastermind of the robbery, decided to talk and turn state's evidence.

His testimony added four more men to those indicted for the robbery. Kelley currently is under protective custody of the U.S. Marshal's office and has delivered testimony to the Federal Grand Jury concerning organized crime and resulting in indictments. And now comes Robert Daddieco. Sfarfing Thursday Punch in of 4 P.M.

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Officially, he was designated the 47th Greater Boston gangland murder victim. Under his left arm was a shoulder holster, its .38 caliber revolver still encased, unfired. When word of his death was circulated in the underworld, it was remembered that Billy had vowed to avenge the disappearances of his brothers, Edward (Wimpy) Bennett, 47, of Mattapan, and Walter, 55, of Dorchester. Bennett's death came at a time of vicious gang rivalry a time of broken alliances and a period of a mammoth power struggle for control of illicit enterprises in Greater Boston. His youngest brother, was a notorious underworld figure whose base of power encompassed Roxbury and Somerville.

He had earned the nickname of "The Great "Deceiver" for his machinations in setting one underworld member against another. It was believed that "Wimpy" was responsible for most of the gangland murders. He was hoping to land on the top of the heap once the gunsmoke had cleared. Anyone, it seemed, who came into contact with "Wimpy" ended up on a slab. In 1956 and 1957, he served time at Deer Island with John F.

(Fats) Buccelli for receiving $57,000 of the $1,219,000 Brink's robbery loot. A month after Buccelli was released from Deer Island, he was found shot to death in his car. "Wimpy" disappeared about 10 months before Billy's slaying and is presumed dead. At the time of his disappearance, "Wimpy" reportedly was looking for a police "friend." Within a month, the middle brother, Walter E. Bennett, 55, of Dorchester, also was reported missing.

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