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...schemes would seem almost ludicrous if it weren't for their viciousness. A scenario that called for running Kerrigan's car off the road was rejected because the team was afraid that their own "beater car" might be disabled and strand them at the scene of the crime. The hitman, Shane Stant, roamed Cape Cod in a vain attempt to find his quarry. She wasn't there, though Gillooly claims that Harding herself made phone calls to get the times of Kerrigan's practices. When Stant finally scored in Detroit, Eckardt boasted to Gillooly that Stant had hit Kerrigan...
Gillooly has charged that Harding obtained the name of Kerrigan's Cape Cod training rink, the place where hitman Shane Stant said he stalked Kerrigan before pursuing her to Detroit. Gillooly testified that Harding, after listening to a message from Marano, told him the name of Kerrigan's rink sounded something like "Toby Can." Later, Gillooly claimed, he heard Harding tell Marano by phone, "Spell it out," and watched her write "Tony Kent Arena" on a piece of paper...
...course, the final blow was delivered this winter by the Hitman himself. What's the deal with Wade Boggs going to the accursed Yankees and telling the press he likes it there? Is this the same Chicken Man who did all the promos for the Jimmy fund and was the idol of every sandlot hitter in New England? Do you realize, Mr. Boggs, that you're wearing the same uniform that Bucky Dent donned when he killed our pennant hopes...
...trying a more drastic strategy. According to the police, Holloway plotted to have Amber's mother killed in the hope of causing the girl so much emotional distress that she would be unable to compete. When Holloway allegedly asked her ex-brother-in-law to help her find . a hitman, he turned informant. According to the police, she toyed with the idea of killing both mother and daughter, but couldn't afford the $7,500 fee. So she offered a pair of diamond earrings to help pay for killing Mrs. Heath alone. Holloway has pleaded not guilty, and the trial...
Citing government committee testimony, Scheim argues that Carlos Marcello, head of a famous Mafia family based in New Orleans, decided to have the president murdered. In keeping with a strategy the Mafia occasionally used, Scheim suggests, Marcello chose a hitman not easily identifiable as a Mob associate...