Donald Killeen
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Donald Killeen (September 14, 1923 – May 13, 1972) was an American
Early life
Donald Killeen was born in 1923, and he was the eldest of four brothers, including Edward, George and Kenneth "Kenny" Killeen.
The Transit Cafe
Killeen owned and managed a bar called the Transit Cafe on West Broadway in South Boston. The Transit Cafe would later be taken over by James J. Bulger and managed by Winter Hill Gang mob associate Kevin Weeks. His organization included Whitey Bulger, William S. O'Sullivan, and Jack Curran. He engaged in a turf war with South Boston's Mullen Gang.
Personal life
Donald's brother George was the first brother to be murdered, found shot to death in the North End neighborhood in 1950. His murderers were never discovered. In 1971 when Kenneth chewed off the nose of Michael (Mickey) Dwyer, rival Boston gang member and former brother-in-law of Boston Police Department Commissioner Francis (Mickey) Roche, he wrapped it up with a cocktail napkin and sent it to Boston City Hospital in a cab to Dwyer to be reattached. Donald's other brother, Edward, was found shot to death in 1968; it was listed by the county coroner as an apparent suicide. In 1968 he became a father to a son.
Death
He was killed outside his home in suburban
Bulger was accused of the murder by longtime rumor. However, former Mullen gang member Patrick Nee stated that the murder was actually committed by Mullen enforcer Jimmy Mantville.
Aftermath
The last and youngest brother, Kenny Killeen, was jogging past a parked car with four men in it in the City Point neighborhood of Boston. the men in the car were
Further reading
- ISBN 0-06-059002-5
- ISBN 1-891620-40-1