This 1953 booking-photo combo shows James "Whitey" Bulger after an arrest. Although notorious in Boston, Mr. Bulger was largely unknown to the wider world until after he disappeared in 1994. Mr. Bulger, dubbed Whitey in his fair-haired youth, was a brother of William M. “Billy” Bulger, a longtime Democratic state lawmaker and iron-fisted boss of Massachusetts government. Mr. Bulger had stashed away a fortune in cash in case he had to retire from organized crime in a hurry. William Bulger told the House panel that he had spoken by phone with his fugitive brother but did not know where he was.

Source: Washington Post October 30, 2018 17:29 UTC