Pat Linskey, friend of Whitey, Mass Millions Lottery winner. DOB 1947. 1968 Photo.

Close up of Stitches on Neck (Shaving Accident or Close Shave?)

Linskey is the guy behind the heavyset gent with the coat over his face. Patrick Linskey was the buyer of record of the famous Mass Millions Lottery ticket that turned out to be a $14.3 million winner. Linskey said he bought the season’s ticket for his brother, Michael. Michael got half, and Whitey, Kevin Weeks and Pat Linskey split the other half. Not bad – he’s still collecting approximately $89,000 a year, after taxes, and will be, until 2011. This photo was taken in 1968, after he and one of  Whitey’s future thugs, Kevin O’Neil, were arrested and charged with murdering a black man in South Boston. The charges against O’Neil were dismissed after he hired a lawyer named Billy Bulger. Linskey  was acquitted after a second trial.

Linsky beats the rap: PM Globe Article, 3/11/70 and The Record 5/11/68