I was born January 17th 1899, in Brooklyn, New York

The fourth of nine children born to Italian immigrants, I dropped out of school at the age of 12

On January 25th 1947, after living reclusively in Florida, I died.

I was convicted of income-tax evasion in 1931 and sentenced to serve 11 years in prison

Infected with syphilis compounded by a deteriorating mental condition, I was released to a Baltimore hospital in 1939

As a teenager I joined the James Street Gang, which was operated by the notorious New York mobster Johnny Torrio

I was involved in a brawl that left me with a scar on the left side of my face, eventually giving rise to my nickname

In 1919, I moved to Chicago, where Torrio had relocated his business.

I quickly rose through the ranks, eventually becoming the leader of Chicago’s bootlegging, gambling, and prostitution rackets. During the Prohibition Era my involvement in gang and liquor wars left hundreds of people dead in Chicago and its suburbs

The most notorious of my commissioned murders occurred on February 14th 1929 (commonly known as the St. Valentine's Day Massacre), in which members of a rival gang were brutally killed by a fusillade of bullets