Complex sentence: On May 22,1973 the trio found McBratney drinking at a Staten Island tavern, they had been ordered to kidnap him so as a slow and torturous end could come about for him.
Split into simpler sentences: On May 22,1973, the trio found McBratney drinking at a Staten Island tavern. They had been ordered to kidnap him so as a slow and torturous end could come about for him.