Origins of the Scars

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Al Capone would like to refer to those nasty marks on the left side of his face as a result of fighting in the lost Battalion back in France during World War 1.

Here is the real factual account of the origins

of Al Capone's scars.

Al capone with that look when a photographer gets his wrong side.

Back in 1917 young burly Al Capone was working in the Harvard Inn on Coney Island for Frankie Yale.

Frankie Yale was a mob boss in New York.

On one particular evening back in 1917

a New York hood by the name of Frank Galluccio entered the dance hall/ speakeasy with his sister Lena and his date by the name of Maria Tanzio.

Al Capone was a bouncer/waiter at the Inn.

Al noticed Galluccio's young sister and began smiling at her.Lena became annoyed and embarrassed at Capone's constant staring and advances that she asked her brother Frank to kindly ask Capone to stop it. Frank was just about to ask Capone to stop when Capone leans over to Lena and tells her "Honey, you got a nice ass and i mean that as a compliment, believe me"Frank hears this and goes ballistic, he quickly tells Capone that he won't take this shit from anybody and demands that Capone apologize immediately to his sister or else.

Al tells Frank with his arms extended "Come on buddy,i'm only joking"Galluccio responds "This is no fucking joke "Capone at this moment stops smiling and comes charging at Galluccio who quickly takes out a pocket knife and slashes Capone three times.He aimed for the neck, but got his face instead as Galluccio had sveral drinks that evening.Capone required up to 30 stitches at Coney island hospital.After the incident Galluccio had a sitdown with the NewYork bosses. Capone was called upon and warned by the underworld not to attempt retribution for that slashing as Capone was at fault for insulting Galluccio's sister. Capone agreed and apologized for insulting his sister. Galluccio did feel bad for scarring Al, but did what he felt was right in protecting his sister's honor.Frank Galluccio was married .He died around 1966 and is buried in St .John Cemetary in Brooklyn, New York . Al later told reporters his scars were acquired from the great war or from some barber as a young child.He applied talcum powder everyday to soften the glow of those scars and always preferred to take photos on his right side.His scars were

One oblique scar of 4" across cheek 2" in front of left ear

One vertical scar of 2 and a half inches on left jaw

One oblique scar of 2 and a half inches 2 "under left ear on neck.

Some unscrupulous newspapers and magazines even made his scars seem bigger to make Capone look more ruthless.Newspaper men dubbed him Scarface ,but none of them would dare say it to his face.

Capone hated the ugly look of his scars even though they helped his persona

of being a tough guy.

Capone's favorite pose without scars.

Capone hiding his scars with a handkerchief.

Two same photos notice how the scars become more apparent in second retouched photos. (Comparison taken from Bill Helmer's book Public enemies).

*Info from Bill Helmer's excellent book called Public Enemies


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Here is the real factual account of the origins of Al Capone's scars. Al capone with that look when a photographer gets his wrong side. Back in 1917 young burly Al Capone was working in the Harvard Inn on Coney Island for Frankie Yale. Frankie Yale was a mob boss in New York. On one particular evening back in 1917 a New York hood by the name of Frank Galluccio entered the dance hall/ speakeasy with his sister Lena and his date by the name of Maria Tanzio. Al Capone was a bouncer/waiter at the Inn. Al noticed Galluccio's young sister and began smiling at her.Lena became annoyed and embarrassed at Capone's constant staring and advances that she asked her brother Frank to kindly ask Capone to stop it. Frank was just about to ask Capone to stop when Capone leans over to Lena and tells her "Honey, you got a nice ass and i mean that as a compliment, believe me"Frank hears this and goes ballistic, he quickly tells Capone that he won't take this shit from anybody and demands that Capone apologize immediately to his sister or else. Al tells Frank with his arms extended "Come on buddy,i'm only joking"Galluccio responds "This is no fucking joke "Capone at this moment stops smiling and comes charging at Galluccio who quickly takes out a pocket knife and slashes Capone three times.He aimed for the neck, but got his face instead as Galluccio had sveral drinks that evening.Capone required up to 30 stitches at Coney island hospital.After the incident Galluccio had a sitdown with the NewYork bosses. Capone was called upon and warned by the underworld not to attempt retribution for that slashing as Capone was at fault for insulting Galluccio's sister. Capone agreed and apologized for insulting his sister. Galluccio did feel bad for scarring Al, but did what he felt was right in protecting his sister's honor.Frank Galluccio was married .He died around 1966 and is buried in St .John Cemetary in Brooklyn, New York . Al later told reporters his scars were acquired from the great war or from some barber as a young child.He applied talcum powder everyday to soften the glow of those scars and always preferred to take photos on his right side.His scars were One oblique scar of 4" across cheek 2" in front of left ear One vertical scar of 2 and a half inches on left jaw One oblique scar of 2 and a half inches 2 "under left ear on neck. Some unscrupulous newspapers and magazines even made his scars seem bigger to make Capone look more ruthless.Newspaper men dubbed him Scarface ,but none of them would dare say it to his face. Capone hated the ugly look of his scars even though they helped his persona of being a tough guy. Capone's favorite pose without scars. Capone hiding his scars with a handkerchief. Two same photos notice how the scars become more apparent in second retouched photos. (Comparison taken from Bill Helmer's book Public enemies). *Info from Bill Helmer's excellent book called Public Enemies