wife to come pick him up. Angry that her husband had broken his promises, Anna refused. Bill stayed in the neighborhood and continued drinking, spending most of Halloween with an old friend named Joseph Flynn. Later that night, both Flynn and Lovett staggered into the rear of an abandoned store at 25 Bridge Street to sleep off their drunks. Flynn later told police he awoke in the middle of night and went home while Lovett was still asleep. Police later determined that sometime between 2 and 3 that morning, two men entered the rear of the store to attack Lovett. As one beat him about the head with a blunt instrument, the other shot Bill three times in the head and neck. Lovett's dead body was found several hours later. He was buried in Cypress Hills Cemetery with full military honors." While it has long been said that Bill Lovett was surprised in a speakeasy and killed by gangsters working for Frankie Yale (specifically Willie "Two-Knife" Altieri), the police investigation indicated that Lovett was most probably killed by fellow Irish gangsters for one reason or another, just as his old adversary Dinny Meehan had been. References Further reading Asbury, Herbert. The Gangs of New York. New York: Alfred A. Knoff, 1927. English, T.J. Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster. New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 2005. Downey, Patrick. Gangster City: The History of the New York Underworld 1900–1935. Barricade Books, 2004. External links Gangster City Profiles: Wild Bill Lovett The White Hand Gang (also referred to as The Lovett Gang & Lonergan Gang), a collection of news articles including the New York Times and the Brooklyn Eagle 1894 births 1923 deaths American gangsters Murdered American gangsters of Irish descent Criminals from Brooklyn People from Little Ferry, New Jersey Gang members of New York City Gangsters from New York City People murdered in New York City Burials at Cypress Hills National Cemetery Prohibition-era gangsters American crime bosses United States Army personnel of World War I Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United States) Deaths by firearm in Brooklyn Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923)