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 ...

CHICAGO – In the pantheon of Chicago crime fighters, nobody has the worldwide reputation of Eliot Ness. He’s the Prohibition agent who brought down Al Capone, the principled lawman in a city awash in ...

Thanks to a movie and two television series that shared the same title — “The Untouchables” — most of us know about Eliot Ness and his role in taking down Chicago mobster Al Capone, even if the screen ...

There is a movement to name a federal building in Washington, D.C. after Eliot Ness. (The Associated Press) ELIOT NESS: THE RISE AND FALL OF AN AMERICAN HERO Douglas Perry Viking, $27.95 352 pages By ...

EXCLUSIVE: Famous prohibition agent Eliot Ness wasn’t even 30 years old when hit the pinnacle in his career by taking down Al Capone with his law enforcement team dubbed The Untouchables. The ...

Travel back to the era of Untouchables and learn about Eliot Ness during a special program at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 13, at Mentor Public Library’s Main Branch, 8215 Mentor Ave. Ness served as Cleveland’s ...

After getting a big break from Lucille Ball, he portrayed Rico Rossi on the ultra-violent ABC series for four seasons. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Nicholas Georgiade, who played the brawny Eliot Ness ...

CHICAGO (AP) – In the pantheon of Chicago crime fighters, nobody has the worldwide reputation of Eliot Ness. He’s the prohibition agent who brought down Al Capone, the principled lawman in a city ...

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