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Robert Donati Links

$150,000 Bail for Trio (Robert Donati) In Fur Holdup Boston Globe April 13, 1965 "It was testified that shop foreman Arnold Green of Cambridge, Thomas Finn 55, of Canton, Ida Vogt 58, of Somerville, and Carl Huerth Edgehill Rd. Sharon were tied up by the fur gang."

Meet the suspects: Mobster Bobby Donati Boston Herald March 29, 2008

Hardened criminals [Robert Donati] enjoy soft treatment in the Bay State Boston Globe November 10, 1977

Informant issue[Robert Donati] remains unsettled Boston Globe June24,1997 "Lawyers representing five alleged organized crime figures argued yesterday that Rober Donati was actually an informant for the state police. Anthony M. Cardinale, lawyer for indicted New England Mafia boss Francis P. "Cadillac Frank" Salemme and his associate and codefendant Robert Deluca had just learned that Donati may have been the unnamed informant who wore a hidden devices to record conversatinos of convicted Mafia Captain Vincent Ferrara."

Revere man [Donati] found slain in trunk of his car. Boston Globe September 25, 1991

Informant Issue [Robert Donati] Remains Unsettled

Robert Donati (two others) arrested for Medford Arson Boston Globe May 25, 1973;

Unlikely Suspect Connor Crony [David Houghton] Was No Art Expert, Others Say By Daniel Golden and Ric Kahn Boston Globe September 23, 1997
"The FBI says it has no evidence linking either Houghton or Donati to the [Gardner heist] crime."

Robert Donati, Two Other Deer Island Escapees Free Only 40 Minutes Boston Globe November 2, 1959;

Robert Donati sentenced for arson May 22, 1974;

Robert Donati arrest by Secret Service for stolen securties sale and counterfeiting 1973;

Everett Home Searched For Evidence of Gardner Museum Art Heist March 3, 2022