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:: Saturday, May 29, 2004 ::

Book prompts authorities to probe home for link in Hoffa case BY DAVID ASHENFELTER, Knight Ridder
Sheeran implied in the book that the Andretta brothers were in the house with Sal Briguglio when he walked in. The brothers were there to clean up the blood and had spread linoleum in the vestibule.

He said Hoffa's foster son, Charles (Chuckie) O'Brien arrived a short time later and picked up Sheeran and Briguglio. O'Brien drove them to the Red Fox to pick up Hoffa. Sheeran said Briguglio was there to keep an eye on him.

When they arrived at the Red Fox around 2:45 p.m., Sheeran said, Hoffa was angry he had been kept waiting. Sheeran said Hoffa had asked him to be at the meeting as protection.

Although Hoffa questioned why Giacalone and Provenzano hadn't picked him up personally, Sheeran said Hoffa got into the car because he trusted Sheeran and believed he would be driven to a meeting with Provenzano, Giacalone and Russell Bufalino.

After arriving at the house, Sheeran said he and Hoffa got out of the car and walked in as O'Brien and Briguglio drove away.

"When Jimmy saw that the house was empty, that nobody came out of any of the rooms to greet him, he knew right away what it was," the book quoted Sheeran as saying. "If Jimmy had taken his piece with him he would have gone for it. Jimmy was a fighter.

"He turned fast, still thinking we were together on the thing, that I was his backup," Sheeran continued. "Jimmy bumped into me hard. If he saw the piece in my hand he had to think I had it out to protect him. He took a quick step to go around me and get to the door. He reached for the knob and Jimmy Hoffa got shot twice at a decent range - not too close or the paint splatters back at you - in the back of the head behind his right ear. My friend didn't suffer."

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