Lester Joseph Gillis was better known as Baby Face Nelson after his youthful appearance. Lester was born on December 6, 1908 in Chicago, Illinois. He started to get into crime at the age of 13 by stealing cars and hanging around future gang members of the gang of Roger "Terrible" Touhy. Some thought that he might have worked for Al Capone before, but it was never confirmed. Nelson was dismissed by a lot of crime bosses because of his overly vicious killings and violence.
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In 1922 Baby Face was committed to a boy's home for auto theft. He was released two years late but was then brought back for similar charges. In 1931 Nelson was arrested and given a sentence of a year to live. This didn't last long because shortly after Baby Face overpowered a guard and escaped. After this he started robbed banks, which is what he's most famous for. Nelson and John Dillinger joined up for a couple of bank robberies in 1934, then in July Dillinger was ambushed and killed by the FBI. Shortly after they said that Nelson was Public Enemy No. 1. Later that year he was killed by the FBI at 26 years old.