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   In December of 1935, Cleveland’s Mayor Harold Burton recruited Eliot Ness to serve as the city’s new Safety Director. The same year, Cleveland was the fifth largest city in our nation and was considered to be the most dangerous city in the United States. During his tenure, Ness nearly eliminated corruption and major crimes on our streets ...

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3. case.edu › ech › articlesNESS, ELIOT | Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case ...

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   NESS, ELIOT PAUL (19 April 1903-16 May 1957) has a place among America’s most well known and respected lawmen. Best known for sending mobster Al Capone to Alcatraz as an income tax evader, Ness lived and worked in Cleveland for 19 years. His Cleveland accomplishments far exceeded his TV, book, and movie-hyped Chicago exploits.

4. www.washingtonpost.com › outlook › 2022/09/16The grisly Cleveland murders that unraveled Eliot Ness

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   Sep 16, 2022 · 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 Cleveland, he...

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   Who was Eliot Ness?

   • Cleveland Safety Director Eliot Ness, 1941 In 1935, Mayor HAROLD H. BURTON (later Supreme Court Justice Burton) recruited Ness to clean up the scandal-ridden Cleveland police department. At the time, Cleveland was the fifth largest city in the nation, but it ranked first as the most dangerous city in the country. The job would last seven years.

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   What happened to Eliot Ness?

   • His innovative changes to the Divisions of Fire and Police contributed to many positive improvements in both organizations. Director Eliot Ness passed away in 1957 at the age of 54 in Coudersport, Pennsylvania. His last wish was to be cremated and laid to rest in Cleveland, Ohio. He had also asked that his remains be dispersed over water.

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   Did Eliot Ness live in Chicago?

   • Eliot Ness had come home. It wasn’t his birthplace of Chicago, the city where his exploits as leader of federal Prohibition agents, the “Untouchables,” would become the stuff of books, TV and movie dramatizations.

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   What impact did Eliot Ness have on Cleveland?

   • Eliot Ness is remembered for the impact he had on Cleveland. Ness restored a sense of hope and pride to a city that had been beaten down for a long time. It can easily be said that Eliot Ness’ integrity was sincere and his sense of justice was inflexible. His life was never easy, but he didn’t allow fear to guide him.

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   Apr 2, 2014 · Ness' greatest achievement was in traffic control. Cleveland was notorious at that time for being the second-worst American city in traffic-related deaths and injuries, with an average of 250...

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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.