James Martorano DOB 11-10-41, Cambridge MA. Father ran Combat Zone club, but boys were born in Somerville and raised in Milton. Jimmy Martorano went to BC with, among others, future FBI agent John “Zip” Connolly.

Jimmy Martorano - the Ivy League Years. Jimmy was the first member of the Winter Hill gang ratted out by Whitey and Stevie, in the Peter Pallotta case. After Whitey tipped the feds to Jimmy’s alibi witness, he was convicted and sent away. Later Stevie shrugged about what they’d done: “Jimmy does good time,” he explained nonchalantly.

Seven years later-Jimmy Martorano, the disco years. Jimmy had an apartment on Commercial Street that he shared with John Callahan, the World Jai Alai exec his brother would later murder. All of them – Jimmy, Callahan, Brian Halloran – hung out at the Rusty Scupper.
 

The Martoranos, Johnny and Jimmy, were born 11 months apart, and they were in the same class at Milton High. Can you spot them in this photo? Hint: top row. If you guessed that Johnny, with the ducktail, is fourth from the left, you're right. Jimmy is sixth from the right, with one poor guy between them.

 

Letter from James Martorano re: his older brother Johnny