[citation needed] He 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 .45 revolvers and owned a ranch near Sedalia, Colorado.

[1][2][3][4][5] In the early 1920s, the North Side Gang's greatest rival was the Chicago Outfit, run first by John "The Fox" Torrio and then Al Capone.

During this period a series of disputes over bootlegging territories and other matters led the North Siders into conflict with the Outfit and its allies, the Genna brothers of Little Italy.

[2][4][5] 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.

"[citation needed] He was buried in an unmarked grave in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.