The Hughes Brothers

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The Hughes Brothers Connie and Stevie, were two of the most feared hitmen in the Boston underworld during the 1960s and 1970s and associates of The McLaughlin Brothers Charlestown Mob. The brothers, though never seen together in public, often performed hits together, such as the murder of Somerville's "Winter Hill Gang" leader James "Buddy" McLean. Both shared similar fates, Cornelius was killed in May 1966 while driving through Revere, Massachusetts. Stevie was killed four months later while driving through Middleton, Massachusetts.