When his mother is unable to pay, he attacks and kills the money collector with a fireplace poker.
During his sentence, his sister dies of starvation and his mother commits suicide.
As an adult, Tally Man seeks revenge and becomes a mass murderer.
[1] He allies with Two-Face in Batman: No Man's Land and joins Alexander Luthor Jr.'s Secret Society of Super Villains in Infinite Crisis.
The second Tally Man is an African-American enforcer and hitman working for the Great White Shark.