Street Jail and prison authorities later had O'Rourke sent to the Billerica House by Judge Reuben L. Lurie on advice from the Assistant District Attorney John Mahoney. He and prison officials were worried of a possible outbreak of violence in the streets of Boston and in the prison itself among its incarcerated Charlestown Mob and Winter Hill Gang associates. The city had just overcome a brutal violent gang war and did not want another one. Repercussion of his murder After O'Toole was murdered, former associate Mullen Gang member Paul McGonagle was sentenced to death by James J. Bulger. Bulger took part in McGonagle's murder with the help of Thomas King and buried him on Tenean Beach in Dorchester, Boston. Bulger drove McGongale's car off a pier in Charlestown, Massachusetts and tossed his wallet into the water. This was to give the impression of what had happened but no definite solid answers. McGonagle's friends were also persuaded that Paul had been murdered by rival mob associates in Charlestown and take a misguided revenge against the McLaughlin Brothers gang, therefore eliminating more of the Winter Hill Gang's rivals. References "His Accuser Absent, O'Toole Out on Bail", PM Boston Globe, March 16, 1965 by Jerome Sullivan "O'Toole Murdered Gangland-Style in Dorchester", The Herald Advertiser, August 2, 1973 by Earl Marchand "2 prisoners kept apart; 'war' feared AM Globe September 10, 1970 External links James (Spike) O'Toole Dorothy Barchard Ronald Dermody Joseph (Rockball) O'Rourke 1929 births 1973 deaths American gangsters Gangsters from Boston Murdered American gangsters of Irish descent People from Dorchester, Massachusetts 1973 murders in the United States People murdered by the Winter Hill Gang People murdered in Massachusetts American prisoners and detainees Prisoners and detainees of Massachusetts