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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.
Apr 2, 2014 · Eliot Ness was a law enforcement official in Chicago, best known for his efforts to enforce Prohibition as head of 'The Untouchables.' Updated: Nov 1, 2021. Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images....
Apr 15, 2024 · May 7, 1957 (aged 54) Role In: Prohibition. Eliot Ness (born April 19, 1903, Chicago—died May 7, 1957) was an American crime fighter, head of a nine-man team of law officers called the “Untouchables,” who opposed Al Capone’s underworld network in Chicago. A graduate of the University of Chicago, Ness was 26 when, in 1929, he was hired ...
Dec 31, 2018 · Updated on December 31, 2018. Eliot Ness (April 19, 1903 - May 16, 1957) was a U.S. special agent in charge of enforcing prohibition in Chicago, IL. He is best known for leading a squad of special agents, nicknamed “The Untouchables,” which was responsible for the capture, arrest, and ultimate incarceration of Italian mobster Al Capone .
Feb 15, 2014 · By Douglas Perry. Purchase. Hollywood's been known to dramatize even the most dramatic of real-life narratives. So of course the real Eliot Ness wasn't nearly as dashing as Robert Stack or...
Sep 16, 2022 · Review by Sam Kean. September 16, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. EDT. Eliot Ness gained fame as the FBI agent who headed the investigation of Chicago mobster Al Capone. Later, as head of the police force in...
Special Agent Eliot Ness is one of the most famous federal agents in the history of law enforcement. As a supervisor of an ordinary team of agents, he did the extraordinary. Against all odds, he and his Untouchables broke the back of organized crime in Chicago, a city that was dubbed the "Crime Capital of the World."
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