Final Confession (27 page)

Accardo, Tony “Big Tuna,”
10
,
136
,
194
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5
,
29

ADT alarm company,
138
–
39

Aiuppa, Joseph “Joey O'Brien,”
194
,
202

alarms,
45
,
89
,
109
,
110
,
138

Alex, Gussie,
74

aliases,
77
,
194
,
201
,
208
–
9
,
210

Angelo (crime partner of Cresta),
53
,
101
,
102
–
3
,
211
; armored car robbery and,
49
–
51
,
65
–
71
,
161
–
89
; bank robbery and,
44
–
45
; car theft and,
39
–
40
; in court,
151
,
152
; danger from Angiulo,
105
–
8
; at farmhouse,
110
; first meeting with Cresta,
34
–
36
; highwaymen robberies and,
119
; jewelry theft and,
92
–
98
,
113
–
14
,
138
–
45
,
144
–
60
; in Kansas City,
74
–
81
; meeting with Red Kelley,
162
–
69
; in New York,
83
–
88
; Parker House Hotel heist and,
4
–
6
,
7
,
9
; Rideout robbery and,
53
–
62
; sentencing of,
193
; VA Hospital job and,
125
,
127
; in Walpole Prison,
201
,
213
,
217
–
18
,
219

Angiulo, Jerry, xv,
30
,
43
,
53
,
86
,
127
; appreciation for jokes,
63
–
64
; Cresta's dislike of,
27
,
33
–
34
,
229
; Cresta's early association with,
19
–
21
,
23
–
24
; encounter with Cresta,
130
–
34
; highwaymen robberies and,
97
,
109
,
110
; media attention and,
73
; Patriarca and,
42
; in prison,
228
; suspicions of Cresta team,
105
–
6
; threats to kill debtor,
58
; VA Hospital job and,
200
,
201

Armored Banking Services,
121

Armored Car Carrier Corporation,
39
,
66
,
104

armored cars,
xiv
,
65
,
73
,
99
–
100
,
108
; Brink's heist (1950),
22
,
31
,
165
; Brink's heist (1968),
xvii
,
161
–
89
; guards' uniforms,
39
; Quincy heist (1965),
48
–
51
,
53
; violence in robbery of,
121
–
27

Ash, George E.,
162
,
223

bagmen,
61
,
155
,
157
,
158
,
160

Bailey, F. Lee,
164
,
188
,
189
,
224

Bain, Walter,
111
–
12
,
115
,
117
–
20

Baione, Larry,
23
,
134
–
35
,
136

Baker, Nathan,
157
,
160

bank guards,
43
–
44
,
45

bank robbery,
44
–
45
,
53
,
73
,
161

barbers, as informants,
42
–
43
,
54

Barboza, Joe “The Animal,”
21
,
22
,
29

bartenders, as informants,
42
,
43

Baumgold, Inc. (jewelers),
92
,
111
,
119

Bean, Orson,
18

Benjamin, Francis “Frankie,”
162
,
223

Bettano, Donald (guard),
121
–
22
,
125

Bochicchio, William (police officer),
149

bondsmen,
211

Bones (crime partner of Cresta),
20

bookmaking,
20
–
21

Boston: Cresta's knowledge of,
93
; criminals of,
18
–
22
; immigrants in,
13
; investigation of Cresta's activities,
30
–
31
; Mafia in,
19
–
25
; police in, xv–xvi

Boston Globe
,
xiv
,
228
; obituary for Ben Tilley,
217
; reports of Cresta jobs,
57
–
58
,
69
,
103
,
119
,
123
,
140
–
41
,
188

Boston Herald
,
xiv
,
23
,
58
,
69
–
70

Boston Red Sox,
42
,
43
,
44
,
62
,
129
–
30

Bourque, Holland (police officer),
149

Bowman, Detective Gary,
175

Bowman, Judge Victor,
147
–
48
,
151
–
52
; bribing of,
156
–
57
,
158
,
160
; investigation of,
160
,
227

Brady, District Attorney Peter F.,
148
–
49
,
150
–
52

Brink's, Inc.,
38
,
39
,
165

Brink's armored car robbery (1950),
22
,
31
,
165

Brink's armored car robbery

(1968),
xvii
,
161
–
89
; Cresta's arrest and trial for,
207
–
12
,
218
–
24
; trial (1969),
193
–
94

Brown Jug bar,
141
–
43
,
158
,
214
–
16

Buccola, Phil (Filippo Bruccola),
19
,
20

Bulger, Whitey, xv,
107
,
200
,
201
,
217
,
229
–
30

Byrne, Garrett (district attorney),
211
,
212

Cadigan, Lt. Neil,
96
,
119

Cameron, Lawrence (assistant D.A.),
187
–
88
,
189

canceled check robbery,
63
–
71
,
73

Capone, Al,
18
,
29

car-stalling device,
90
–
92
,
95
–
97
,
119

car theft,
39
–
40
,
49
,
173

Carroll, Dr. Francis (eyewitness),
124

Carroll, James E.,
50

Carter, Detective John,
187

Carty, Tom,
30
–
31

casing (“clocking”),
54
–
56
,
65
–
66
,
99
–
100
,
115
,
166
–
68

Cerone, Jackie,
194
,
203

Charles Street Jail,
189
,
210

Chenetti, Detective Robert,
175

Chicago, xxi,
5
,
61
; Follies Burlesque Theater,
4
,
60
,
194
,
203
; Mafia in,
4
,
18
,
29
,
76
,
201
–
4
,
225

Circella, Augie,
10
,
29
,
76
,
80
; arrest of Cresta and,
208
,
210
; Civella family and,
75
,
80
; Cresta's fugitive days and,
200
; fate of,
228
; Follies Burlesque Theater and,
4
,
60
,
194
,
203
; as informant,
74
,
83
; Mayor Daley and,
202
; pen theft and,
88

Civella family,
75
,
77
,
78
,
79
,
80

Coffey, Tim,
19

Cohen, Louie “Diamonds,”
92
–
93
,
105
,
112
,
115
; fate of,
229
; highwaymen robberies and,
95
,
97
–
98
,
110
,
120
; Parker House Hotel heist and,
3
–
4
,
74
; pen theft and,
86
–
88

coin collections,
54
,
55
,
57
–
58

Coll, Mad Dog,
18

Columbo family,
136
,
229

Connolly, Detective Thomas,
187

Cosa Nostra, La,
33
,
132
,
201
,
228
.
See also
Mafia; wise guys

Costello, Frank,
18

courts,
32
,
147
–
53
,
200
,
208
,
218
–
24

Cox, Archibald,
227

Cresta, Billy “Bad” (brother of P.C.),
13
,
132
–
36
,
191
,
225
,
229

Cresta, Bobby (brother of P.C.), xvi,
13
,
198
–
200
,
204
,
213
; bail money for Phil and,
211
; childhood of,
16
; lock picking and,
229

Cresta, “Dorothy” (first wife of P.C.),
18
,
29
,
43
,
207
,
212

Cresta, Mari (sister of P.C.),
13
,
74
,
89
,
212
; Chicago mob and,
194
–
95
; childhood of,
16
; dancing career of,
4
,
18
; divorce from Augie Circella,
225
,
228
; FBI manhunt for Phil Cresta and,
195
,
202
,
204
–
5
; marriage to Augie Circella,
4
,
60

Cresta, Mike (brother of P.C.),
13
,
228

Cresta, Mike (uncle of P.C.),
14
,
15
,
16

Cresta, Phil, Jr.: aliases of,
77
,
201
,
208
–
9
,
210
; armored car robberies,
65
–
71
; arrests of,
188
–
89
,
207
–
8
; bank robbery and,
44
–
45
; Billy Crowley remembers, xiii–xvii; Boston Mafia and,
19
–
25
; Brink's armored car heist (1968),
161
–
89
; carelessness of,
205
; casing (“clocking”) before a crime,
54
–
56
,
65
–
66
,
99
–
100
,
115
; Chicago Mafia connections,
29
–
30
,
38
–
39
,
73
–
74
,
89
,
136
,
194
–
95
,
201
–
4
; childhood of,
13
–
17
; in Civil Defense (World War II),
16
–
17
; crime team of, xv, xvi,
33
–
40
,
41
,
47
,
66
,
74
,
83
,
162
; death of,
226
; dislike of Angiulo,
27
,
33
–
34
,
229
; enemies of,
22
,
24
–
25
,
31
–
32
,
51
,
213
–
18
; farm in New Hampshire,
109
–
10
,
127
; as fugitive,
191
–
20
5; fur heist,
xvii–xviii
,
75
–
81
,
104
,
126
; hatred of authority,
15
; highwaymen robberies and,
105
,
106
,
108
,
117
–
20
; intelligence of,
194
; jewelry theft and,
3
–
11
,
92
–
98
,
110
–
16
,
138
–
45
; in Kansas City,
74
–
81
; lock-picking skills,
xvii
,
18
,
21
–
22
,
56
,
58
,
85
,
114
,
138
,
224
; meeting with Red Kelley,
162
–
69
; in New York,
83
–
88
; one-man jobs,
99
–
108
; parking-meter scam,
27
–
32
,
33
,
34
,
38
,
48
,
89
,
109
; philosophy of,
126
,
127
; in prison,
17
–
18
,
21
–
22
,
29
,
224
,
225
; reasons for choosing crime; Rideout heist and,
53
–
62
; run-in with Angiulo,
130
–
36
; safe-deposit boxes of,
192
,
194
,
210
; separation from wife,
43
; Skelly armored car heist (1968),
99
–
104
,
192
; trial for Brink's job,
218
–
24
; use of violence,
xvii
,
121
–
27
,
184
–
87
; on Whitey Bulger,
230