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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: Al Capone, Robert Franklin Stroud, James J. Bulger, Alvin Karpis, Roy Gardner, Kurt Frederick Ludwig, List of Alcatraz escape attempts, Machine Gun Kelly, Frank Morris, Frankie Carbo, Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe, James C. Lucas, Clarence Carnes, Allen West, John Anglin, Joseph Paul Cretzer, Rufus Franklin, John K. Giles, John Paul Scott, Arthur Barker, Clarence Anglin, Sam Shockley, Henri Young, Bernard Coy, Miran Edgar Thompson, Harvey Bailey, Joseph Bowers, Rufus McCain. Excerpt: James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger, Jr. (born September 3, 1929) is a former organized crime figure from Boston, Massachusetts. Local folklore depicted Bulger as a Robin Hood-style social bandit dedicated to protecting the neighborhood and its residents. Bulger allegedly masterminded a protection racket targeting drug kingpins and those running illegal gambling operations. Based upon the testimony of former associates, Federal prosecutors have indicted Bulger for nineteen murders. Beginning in 1975, Bulger served as an informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. As a result, the Bureau largely ignored his organization in exchange for information about the inner workings of the Italian American Patriarca crime family. Beginning in 1997, the New England media exposed criminal actions by federal, state, and local law enforcement officials tied to Bulger. For the FBI especially, this has caused great embarrassment. On December 23, 1994, after being tipped off by his former FBI handler about a pending indictment under the RICO Act, Bulger fled Boston and went into hiding. For sixteen years, he remained at large. For twelve of those years, Bulger was prominently listed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. On June 22, 2011, Bulger was arrested outside an apartment in Santa Monica, California. Arrested with him was his longtime...