I reckon the Pinkertons were aware of their presence in Saint Denis quite early on. They probably had men near the bank for that reason. If Bronte had people in high places and police in his pocket the message would of got passed on somehow. Bronte probably told them himself as he did set up the trolley after all.

In my opinion killing him probably didn’t change anything but then again if the pinkertons didn’t know where the gang was it would certainly be pushing them in the right direction. The gang leave chaos everywhere they go leaving body’s for breadcrumbs everywhere. Difference is it’s much harder to hide amongst all that civilisation

Even if they didn't kill Bronte, I think that he would've made an educated guess that the gang was going to rob the bank.

Who knows, maybe Bronte was working with the Pinkertons. He even said "the dogs are on their way". That's the contrast between Dutch and Bronte. Dutch is a criminal who fights against the law, while Bronte is a criminal works with the law to commit crime.

All in all, it was a bust from the beginning. Seems like a common theme.

Definitely seems like a common theme. The more I think about the story of RDR 2, the more it seems like the gang was doomed to fail ever since Blackwater.

Bronte’s last words “the dogs are on their way” definitely hint at him working with the Pinkertons, or perhaps even the police more generally, against the gang. Also foreshadows the bank robbery’s failure. So, although killing him undoubtedly would’ve drawn attention, not killing him may not have led to a much better outcome for the gang as they’d have a powerful enemy in the city against them. Overall, I certainly think it’s a hard call to make. Maybe it wouldn’t have made any difference either way.

Angelo was worse than a outlaw he was Máfia Don and so he belonged to the organized crime world which is far worse the than unorganized world of the outlaws, Dutch kinda did a huge favor to the Police of Saint Dennis by killing Angelo Bronte even though this wasnt Dutch's intention to Begin with

Bronte dying was quite a positive, he had strings to so many officials and politicians that his death probably eased the corruption problems of Saint Denis (as well as a few other deaths and imprisonments along the way) even if Martelli did take the reigns after his death.

Still the operetic drama of the assault on his mansion could probably have been avoided.

Clearly a public figure, and someone who thought himself to be a omnipotent feature of Saint Denis, a good shot (most likely Arthur) could have picked him off during a public appearance, thus at least to some extent avoiding the gang of exposure to the farce-like circumstances of the assault.

Mauling down dozens of gangsters as well as police officers whilst kidnapping a public figure like Bronte.. Well one good aspect is that there was very little in terms of physical evidence later on.

As other people have said, Bronte is a Mafia Don who worked within the law to commit his crimes, and I feel attempting to work with him, rather than getting the Hell away from Saint Denis after getting Jack, was the mistake. Then, Dutch used his real name when he met Bronte, I feel was a even greater mistake. I'm certain that Bronte would keep tabs on major events, and would've known he had *the* Dutch van der Linde sitting in his living room.

This is why I think he feigned a desire to work with the gang, especially as he knew the gang had just massacred his business associates the Braithwaite's, to lure them into a trap. If Bronte was willing to use the Saint Denis Police Department to try and take out the gang, I don't see why he wouldn't get the Pinkertons involved, but I think that it's more likely the Pinkertons simply followed the gun smoke. Killing Bronte, while a violent massacre, simply told the Pinkertons the gang was still in the area, rather than tipping them off to the gangs location.

Killing Bronte wasn't the mistake, it was a consequence of the gangs actual mistake, working with him.

That’s an interesting interpretation of it. I think going so far east made the gang’s destruction almost inevitable. They simply can’t function where the law are as well-equipped and effective as they are in places like Saint Denis.