Eliot Ness
Eliot Ness | |
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Ness, c. 1933 | |
| Born | April 19, 1903 |
| Died | May 16, 1957 (aged 54) |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Spouses | Edna Stahle
(m. 1929; div. 1938)Elisabeth Andersen Seaver
(m. 1946) |
| Police career | |
| Department | Bureau of Prohibition Cleveland Division of Police |
| Service years | BOP: 1926–1935 CDP: 1935–1942 |
| Rank | Chief Investigator of the Prohibition Bureau for Chicago in 1934 Director for Public Safety for Cleveland, Ohio |
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Eliot Ness (April 19, 1903 – May 16, 1957) was an American Prohibition agent known for his efforts to bring down Al Capone while enforcing Prohibition in Chicago. He was leader of a team of law enforcement agents nicknamed The Untouchables, handpicked for their incorruptibility. The release of his memoir The Untouchables, months after his death, launched several screen portrayals establishing a posthumous fame for Ness as an incorruptible crime fighter.