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  1. 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.'

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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 ...

  3. Eliot Ness 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 as a special agent of the U.S. Department of Justice

  4. Eliot Ness. Writer: The Untouchables. Eliot Ness was an American Prohibition agent; primarily remembered for his efforts to enforce Prohibition in Chicago. He dedicated much of his efforts against the local crime boss Al Capone and Capone's criminal organization, the Chicago Outfit. Ness led a team of law enforcement agents known as "The Untouchables", who were reputedly incorruptible.

  5. Dec 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.

  6. Image of Eliot Ness Special Agent Eliot Ness, a Legacy ATF Agent 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

  7. Eliot Ness was one of the most renowned Federal Agents in the history of U.S. law enforcement. Along with his small team, ‘The Untouchables’ he destroyed organized crime in Chicago and brought down gangster Al Capone. He displayed great aptitude, competence, honesty, integrity, and reliability throughout his Federal law enforcement career.

  8. May 19, 2024 · Born in Chicago on April 19, 1903, Eliot Ness was raised by his Norwegian immigrant parents on the South Side of the city. After finishing school, he initially pursued a somewhat dull job investigating insurance claims.

  9. 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.

  10. Dec 27, 2017 · Eliot Ness, the man who brought down Al Capone, had been all but forgotten by the time he began writing his autobiography, with sportswriter Oscar Fraley, in 1956. The book, celebrating its 60th ...

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