Edward J. McLaughlin (May 16, 1917 – October 20, 1965) was an American boxer and a member of "
The McLaughlin Brothers
The Charlestown Mob was an Irish mob group in Charlestown, which figured prominently in the history of Boston for much of the 20th century.
The gang was headed by the McLaughlin brothers ( Bernie, Georgie, and Edward "Punchy" McLaughlin) a ...
" gang of
Charlestown,
.
Vincent Teresa
Vincent Charles Teresa (1930–1990) was an American mobster in the Boston branch of the Patriarca crime family who claimed to be a top captain for Raymond Patriarca.
Early life
Teresa was born in Revere, Massachusetts in 1930. He was the ...
, former mobster described Edward in his biography "My Life in the Mafia" as, "Punchy was just as crazy as George... a legbreaker for the longshoreman's union (
International Longshore and Warehouse Union). Punchy was a cuckoo and as hotheaded as they came." After his brother
Bernard McLaughlin was murdered in October 1961 by their former friend, "
Winter Hill Gang" leader
James "Buddy" McLean
James Joseph McLean (January 26, 1930 – October 31, 1965) was an American mobster boss, who was the original boss of the Somerville, Massachusetts-based Winter Hill Gang during the 1960s. McLean was well known throughout the Greater Boston ar ...
(Punchy and his brothers had been known to perform hits for gangs all over
New England
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, including the Winter Hill Gang), Punchy and brother
George McLaughlin murdered
Russell Nicholson
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who was rumored to be McLean's driver in the shooting. After surviving many assassination attempts, one where he lost a hand and another where he lost half his jaw, Punchy was on his way to Boston's Suffolk Superior Courthouse for his brother Georgie's murder trial, and was shot dead at the Spring Street Metropolitan Transit Authority Loop in
West Roxbury, Massachusetts.
References
*
English, T. J. ''Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster''. New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 2005.
*
Teresa, Vincent ''My Life in the Mafia''
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Edward (Punchy) McLaughlin
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1917 births
1965 deaths
Boxers from Boston
American gangsters
Murdered American gangsters of Irish descent
Mafia hitmen
People murdered in Massachusetts
Deaths by firearm in Massachusetts
People murdered by the Winter Hill Gang
Gangsters from Boston