11 Facts About Louis Alterie

Louis Alterie moved to Chicago as a young man, and eventually joined the predominantly Irish North Side Gang, which was headed by Dean O'Banion.

Befitting his California background, Alterie was a Western enthusiast who wore a ten-gallon hat and two holstered Colt.

Louis Alterie's act was so convincing that many considered him actually insane.

Moran convinced Louis Alterie to leave Chicago until it was safe to return.

Louis Alterie chose to go to his Moonridge ranch in Colorado.

In November 1932, Louis Alterie was involved in a gangland shooting in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.

In February 1933, as part of a sentencing agreement, Louis Alterie agreed to leave Colorado and not come back for a period of five years.

Louis Alterie was killed on July 18,1935, while leaving his North Side Chicago apartment.

Ironically, Louis Alterie was shot by snipers lying in wait for him across from his apartment, using a technique Louis Alterie had pioneered during Prohibition.

The lead story in that afternoon's Chicago Daily News, written by Robert J Casey, began: "'Two-Gun Louie'" Alterie came out of the shadows of the alky racket long enough to die.

Louis Alterie was buried in an unmarked grave in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.