Cornelius Hughes
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Cornelius "Connie" Hughes (d. May 26, 1966) was an Irish-American mobster from Charlestown, Massachusetts and one of the most feared assassins of the 1960s, doing hits for Charlestown's "The McLaughlin Brothers" gang with his brother Stevie. He assassinated Somerville, Massachusetts Irish gang leader James "Buddy" McLean during the Boston Irish Mob Wars which left over forty men dead from both Somerville and Charlestown. He was later shot to death in his car by Somerville's "Winter Hill Gang" assassins, "Cadillac" Frank Salemme and Joseph "The Animal" Barboza, while driving in the suburban neighborhood of Revere, Massachusetts. His body was shot so badly his brain was found on the floor of his car.
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- English, T.J. Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster. New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 2005. ISBN 0-06-059003-3
