Frank Sheeran: Difference between revisions

When he left the service, Sheeran became a meat driver for Food Fair, and he met [[Russell Bufalino]] in 1955 when Bufalino offered to help him fix his truck, and later worked jobs driving him around and making deliveries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/frank-sheeran|title=Frank Sheeran|website=Biography|language=en-us|access-date=December 4, 2019}}</ref> Sheeran also operated out of a bar located in [[Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania]] which was run by Bill Distanisloa, a soldier for [[Angelo Bruno]].<ref name=amp>{{cite web|url=https://amp-clickondetroit-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.clickondetroit.com/news/interview-charles-brandt-author-i-heard-you-paint-houses?usqp=mq331AQA&amp_js_v=0.1|title=Interview: Charles Brandt, author 'I Heard You Paint Houses'|website=amp-clickondetroit-com.cdn.ampproject.org}}</ref>

According to his biography, Sheeran's first murder was killing Whispers DiTullio, a gangster who had hired him to destroy the Cadillac Linen Service in Delaware for $10,000. However, Sheeran did not know that Angelo Bruno had a large stake in the linen service.<ref name="paint"/> Sheeran was spotted outside the business in Delaware and was brought in for questioning. Bufalino had convinced Bruno to spare Sheeran but he ordered Sheeran to kill DiTullio as retribution.<ref name="paint"/> Sheeran was also suspected of the murder of [[Joe Gallo]] at [[Umberto's Clam House]] on April 7, 1972.<ref name="paint">{{cite book|title="I Heard You Paint Houses": Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran and the Inside Story of the Mafia, the Teamsters and the Last Ride of Jimmy Hoffa|last=Brandt|first=Charles|year=2004|publisher=Steerforth Press|location=Hanover, New Hampshire|isbn=978-1-58642-077-2|oclc=54897800|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/iheardyoupaintho00bran | ref=refBrandt2004}}</ref><ref name=amp/>