Francis Thomas "Mickey" Featherstone (born September 2, 1948) is an American former mobster and the second in command of the Westies, an organized crime syndicate from Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan in New York City, led by James Coonan.
[2] His mother helped with the Veterans of Foreign Wars and his father was a United States Customs Service officer.
[1][2] When a group from New Jersey, called the Riley brothers, entered Hell's Kitchen a fight started with the outsiders.
[2] After borrowing Coonan's gun, he shot dead Linwood Willis in a confrontation outside a bar in 1971.
He was a model prisoner, seen daily picking fine lint off of his perfectly made bunk to pass inspection, and starting arguments with others for not polishing their door frame brass.
[1][5] His wife Sissy co-operated with the District Attorney's office to tape incriminating conversations with gang members, including Bokun.
[4] He pleaded guilty to a racketeering charge and received a suspended sentence of five years' probation from Judge Robert W. Sweet due to his cooperation with the authorities.