Wilfred J. Delaney [SEP] date of death
Wilfred J. Delaney
Wilfred J. Delaney- O'Dubhshlaine (c. 1937 South Boston – August 4, 1964 Port of Boston) was an Irish-American gangster and member of the McLaughlin Gang who was a friend and associate of Harold Hannon, a contract killer who had murdered boxer Tommy Sullivan in 1957.
Biography.
Delaney was born to second-generation Irish-Americans from Leinster, Ireland. He was known as a friend and criminal associate. He detested the old-fashioned and feminine-sounding name "Wilfred" among
get information from them. After getting the information he wanted he strangled them both and dumped them in Boston Harbor. Delaney did not meet the same slow, agonizing, drawn-out death as Harold Hannon. Wilfred was made to swallow large amounts of sedatives and was strangled after he drifted into unconsciousness. The method used to murder Delaney mimics the murder methods of Mullen Gang mob associate Buddy Leonard, ordered by James J. Bulger and bartender Kenneth Conrad, murdered by Louis Litif.
References.
- http://www.thebrothersbulger.com/Wilfred%20J.%20Delaney.htm