‘I never killed any women’: A letter Whitey Bulger wrote from prison is up for auction
"Anyone who gave info on me was given 'deals' 14 years ago and lied," Bulger wrote.
A letter up for auction penned by James “Whitey” Bulger during his days at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility includes claims he never killed a woman and details his failing health.
The document, addressed to Chris Duett in Orlando, Florida, is for sale through Lelands’ “2019 Spring Classic” online auction, with a $300 starting bid.
It had fetched as much as $777 after six bids by Thursday morning.
Bulger, 89, who was killed in November by inmates in a West Virginia prison, wrote to Duett about a heart murmur and his time on the run with his longtime girlfriend, Catherine Greig.
The letter — signed, “Sincerely, Jim Bulger” — is undated, but the envelope was postmarked Nov. 23, 2011, in Brockton.
“Want you to know — I never killed any women,” Bulger wrote.
“Anyone who gave info on me was given ‘deals’ 14 years ago and lied in process to justify their lies,” he added.
This letter from James “Whitey” Bulger sent from a Massachusetts prison is up for auction.
The notorious Irish-American mobster, who helmed the infamous Winter Hill Gang and served as an FBI informant, suffered multiple heart attacks in his later years, episodes he detailed in other letters to a friend.
Bulger, who was given a life sentence in 2013 for 11 murders, also mentioned his deteriorating health to Duett, a pen pal who routinely writes to convicted killers.
“Came in here healthy, but isolation from people, little (being) up on feet, etc. is slowly wearing me down,” Bulger wrote, according to Lelands. “Also affecting my mind — in time I give it a year, it’s over. By then the family can accept it easier….But I’ll never kill myself.”
Bulger and Greig spent 16 years hiding from the law. The couple was seen in Europe, Mexico, Canada, and across the United States. In 2011, they were arrested in Santa Monica, California.
Bulger wrote to Duett that they “lived like a normal elderly couple” during their days hiding from authorities. They “went out for walks every day — never looking over shoulder,” he wrote.
“Live till you die — and that’s the story,” he penned.
Bids on the letter and envelope, which include a letter of authenticity, will be accepted until June 7, according to the Leland listing.
