Eliot Ness

Eliot Ness

Fighting crime and cleaning up towns from alcohol since the 1920's

Eliot Ness was born in Chicago, Illinois; on April 19.

Ness attended the University of Chicago, where he graduated from with a business and law degree on 1925.

Ness joined the Chicago branch of the United States Treasury Department.

Ness died on May 16, in Coudersport, Pennsylvania due to a heart attack at the age of 54.

The Untouchables

Ness joined the Justice Department

1903

1928

Eliot Ness was chosen to be the head of the Justice Department; this is when he created "The Untouchables".

He helped capture Al Capone, incriminating him for his speakeasies, who was sentenced for 11 years.

During the years of 1935-1937 he tried to solve the "Torso Murderes" but the killer was never found.

Ness founded a training school that wound up being the Cleveland Police Academy.

Eliot Ness acted as director of public safety in Cleaveland.

1929

1921-1925

1927

1931

1936

1935

The Untouchables' Movie Trailer

Short Biography of Eliot Ness

1957

1935-1947

Eliot Ness tried to run for mayor of Cleaveland on 1947, but he lost the elctions.

Timeline

Eliot Ness' last case: Torso Murders

Journal Entry by Eliot Ness