Description: UP FOR AUCTION IS AN INCREDIBLE FIND. IT IS THAT OF PROMINENT WINTER HILL GANG MEMBER, AND WHITEY BULGER'S RIGHT HAND MAN, JAMES LOUIS SIMS. Sims, a resident of Malden, was a charter member of the Winter Hill Gang. A 1974 newspaper story identified him as the “number-two man in the football card racket.” He was involved in the late 1970s Winter Hill race-fixing scheme, fleeing in 1977 and remaining on the lam until his capture in Key West in 1982. Sentenced on state charges, he inquired in court, “Do they have televisions at Walpole?” He was freed in 1987, after which he soon vanished. He has not been seen since. The Winter Hill Gang was a loose confederation of organized crime figures in the Boston, Massachusetts, area. It is generally considered an Irish Mob organization, with most gang members and the leadership consisting predominantly of Irish-Americans, though some notable members, such as Johnny Martorano, are of Italian-American descent.The organization itself derives its name from the Winter Hill neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts, north of Boston. Amongst its members several have been notorious Boston gangsters, such as Buddy McLean, Whitey Bulger, Howie Winter, Joseph McDonald, Patrick Nee and Stephen Flemmi. They were most influential from 1965, under the rule of McLean and Winter, to the 1979 takeover led by Bulger.The Winter Hill Gang was given its name in the 1970s by journalists at the Boston Herald, but the name is hardly ever openly used as a reference to them. Winter Hill Gang members are alleged to have been involved with most typical organized-crime-related activities, but they are perhaps best known for fixing horse races in the northeastern United States and shipping weapons to the IRA. Twenty-one members and associates, including Winter, were indicted by federal prosecutors in 1979. THIS FBI WANTED POSTER OF JAMES LOUIS SIMS WAS ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ON MARCH 3RD, 1976. IT IS IN PHENOMENAL CONDITION AS YOU CAN SEE. PLEASE MAKE US YOUR BEST OFFER, WE WILL ACCEPT ANY REASONABLE OFFER.
Price: 299.99 USD
Location: Bronx, New York
End Time: 2024-12-28T15:01:19.000Z
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