Howie Winter waxa uu dhashay Howard Thomas Winter maalinta Saint Patrick’s Day 1929 waxaana lagu yaqaanaa doorkiisa hogaamiyihii labaad ee kooxda gaangiska Winter Hill. Imaatinka dadka Irishka ah ee soo galay Mareykanka lama soo dhaweyn. Takoorka ka dhanka ah soogalootiga Irishka ayaa sii socday waxayna noqdeen bartilmaameed sahlan oo ka yimid bulshooyinka kale. Dabcan, nacaybku wuxuu abuuray taageero iyo isbahaysi. Muhaajiriinta Irishka ah waxay bilaabeen inay shaqo ka helaan waaxda booliiska ama maafiyada. Bilawga Mamnuucida, waxay arkeen kor u kaca burcad Irish ah.

Laba ka mid ah kooxahan Irish-ka ah ee caanka ah waxay ahaayeen Charlestown Irish Mob, oo ay hogaaminayeen walaalaha McLaughlin, iyo Winter Hill Gang, oo uu hoggaamiyo James "Buddy" McLean. Buddy iyo walaalaha McLaughlin waxay ahaayeen kuwo aad isku yaqaan. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, khilaaf u dhexeeya McLean iyo walaalaha McLaughlin ayaa keenay xafiiltan khatar ah. Dagaalka joogtada ah ee u dhexeeya labada kooxood ayaa horseeday dilka Buddy ee Oktoobar 31, 1965 oo ay weheliso ciribtirka ugu dambeyntii Charlestown Mob. Ninka gacanta midig ee McLean, Howie Winter, wuxuu caddeeyay qiimahiisa mooryaan ahaan, wuxuuna noqday hoggaamiyaha xiga ee Gang Hill Hill. Waxa kale oo jira aaminsanaan caan ah oo sheegaya in Winter uu mas'uul ka ahaa dilkii Edward McLaughlin, oo ka mid ah hoggaamiyeyaasha Charlestown Mob, oo u jeexaya waddo degdeg ah madaxa kooxda Winter Hill Gang.

Inta u dhaxaysa 1965 iyo 1979, hoggaanka Winter keentay in faa'iido go'annidaamyada tartanka fardaha. Intii uu hogaaminayay kooxda Winter Hill Gang, xafiiltanka ka dhanka ah kooxda Charlestown ayaa sii socday. Dhimashada tirada badan ee u dhaxaysay labada kooxood, xooggii Winter Hill Gang ayaa ugu dambeyntii soo afjaray dagaalkii Gang Irish. Sannadkii 1979-kii, Winter waxaa lagu soo oogay fal-dambiyeed rafcaan ah oo ay weheliyaan dhawr ka mid ah xubnihiisa. Anthony Ciulla, oo u shaqayn jiray Jiilaalku, waxa uu helay xasaanad si uu uga marag furo jiilaalka. Waxa uu ka marag kacay in uu si toos ah ula macaamilay kaftanka iyo tababarayaasha hagaajinta tartanka fardaha. Isla wakhtigaas, Jiilaalku waxa uu maalgeliyay qorshayaasha, waxa uu dhigay khamaar ka baxsan buug-sameeyayaal sharci-darro ah, oo uu ururiyay oo u qaybiyay guusha orodyahannada. Ciulla ayaa ku tilmaamay dhowr jinsiyadood oo go'an - mid kaas oo keenay faa'iido $ 140,000. Waxa uu tilmaamay hal tusaale oo ah tartan go'an markii koox, oo uu ku jiro Jiilaalku, ay iibsadeen faras, farasku lumiyay jinsiyado dhowr ah (oo u qalma jinsiyadaha naafada), oo ay ka faa'iideysteen soo laabasho go'an. Difaaca Jiilaalku wuxuu ka kooban yahay dabeecadda ka-hortagga markhaatiga koowaad, Ciulla.

Winter waxaa lagu xukumay 10 sano oo loogu talagalay qorshayaasha tartanka fardaha waxaana la sii daayay 1987. Kadib markii xabsiga laga sii daayay, Winter waxaa loo xiray haysashada iyo ujeedo si loo qaybiyo kookeynta. FBI-da waxay isku dayday inay heshiis la gasho Jiilaalka si ay ugu marag furto James "Whitey" Bulger, oo ay wada shaqeynayeen waqtigooda iyo xog-hayaha FBI-da, laakiin Winter wuu diiday. Sidaa darteed, Jiilaalku wuxuu ahaalagu xukumay xabsi. Waxaa la sii daayay ka dib markii uu u shaqeeyay waqtigiisii ​​ka ganacsiga maandooriyaha, oo hadda wuxuu ku nool yahay Massachusetts.