dynamic to hear how these two were able to do what they did to gain supremacy back in the late 60s, early 70s in terms of taking over the streets of boston. deb, the jurors heard from another interesting witness, right? reporter: absolutely. this was the bookmaker. this was whitey bulger s bookmaker. it was so interesting. because it really looked like the two men had almost a fondness for one another. as court began today, they smiled at one another. they had been through a lot together. but as the testimony wore on, the bookmaker was very flustered. he was questioned repeatedly on cross-examination. had a hard time coming up with dates. hard time coming up with certain situations. but there were certain key points in terms of his relationship with whitey bulger that there was no doubt, no doubt about whitey bulger extorting money, having him pay rent, and about a partner instilling such fear in these people that they really controlled this is how they were able to conduct the
bulger has pleaded not guilty to charges he killed 19 people. prosecutors emphasized those murders in opening statements, saying, this, ladies and gentlemen, is what this case is about. underscoring the violence that characterized bulger s so-called reign of terror from the 70s to mid- 90s, prosecutors presented an arsenal of weapons found at bulger s hideout. those weapons included dozens of fully-automatic machine guns and military rifles, sawed-off shotguns, semiautomatic pistols and double-edged knives, enough to go to war. bulger s role as an fbi informant is central to this trial. one of the first witnesses to testify was retired massachusetts police colonel thomas foley. he led the bulger investigation in the 80s and said he felt betrayed by corrupt fbi agents who put a higher priority protecting their informants than on protecting public safety. the most colorful testimony came from a former bookmaker who said he paid bulger thousands of dollars every year for nearly 14
mid-90s, prosecutors presented an arsenal of weapons that included machine guns and military rifles, sawed off shotgun, semiautomatic pistols and double edged nooif, enough to go to war. his role as an fbi informant is essential to this trial. one of the first to testify was retired massachusetts police colonel, thomas foley. he led the investigation in the 80s and said he felt betroyed by corrupt fbi agents. the most colorful testimony came from a former bookmaker who said he paid bulger thousands of dollars every year for nearly 14 years. richard on brian, on the right, dwibed a meeting between bulger and a man that owed him money. when the man bawl ked at paying, he replied, we have a business besides book making.
reign of terror from the 70s to the mid- 90s. prosecutors found an arsenal of weapons found at his house. sawed-off shotguns, semi automatic pistols and double-edged knives, enough to go to war. bulger s role is central this. the most colorful testimony came from a former bookmaker who said he paid bulger thousands of dollars every year or nearly 14 years. richard o brien seen on the right described a meeting between bulger and a man who owed him money. o brien testified that when the man balked at paying, bulger apparently replied, we have a
light, because i think for the next couple of hours, at least here at abc and around the world, it s going to be heavy and somber, where we re going to have one pope leave and now expected to have the conclave come together and figure out what they re going to do. apparently, there s an irish bookmaker is putting lots of bets on who the pope is going to be. nobody has any idea. 20,000 people have bet thousands, maybe millions of dollars on who the next guy is going to be and where he s going to be from. i say he s going to be hispanic. you taking that bet? well, it s not a bet. but yeah, i think it s about time. demographics suggest the same thing. whether they go that route though there s a whole lot of us out there. unlike in an election, we don t see all the inner workings. i always wonder what that discussion must be like. behind closed doors. who is politicking, who is whispering.