Eliot Paul Ness

1903 - 1957  (54 år)

• Navn	Eliot Paul Ness
  Fødsel	19 Apr 1903	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
  Kjønn	Mann
  Historie	Federal Law Officer. He was the Federal Bureau of Investigations lawman who brought gangster Al Capone to justice. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he was educated at the University of Chicago, graduating in 1925 with a degree in business and law. He initially worked as an investigator for the Retail Credit Company of Atlanta, Georgia, working in their field office in Chicago, where he conducted credit investigations on persons applying to banks for credit loans. In his spare hours, he took courses in criminology at the University of Chicago, eventually earning a Masters Degree in Criminology. In 1926, his sister's husband, an FBI agent, influenced him to enter law enforcement, and Eliot joined the Treasury Department, working for the Bureau of Prohibition in Chicago. Ness was assigned the job of getting Capone into jail. With corruption among law-enforcement agencies rampant, Ness decided to create a reliable team, ultimately selecting just nine men for it. Raids against stills and breweries were quick to follow, and when Capone tried to bribe Ness's agents, Eliot seized the opportunity for some favorable publicity, leading the press to nickname the team "The Untouchables." In 1931, his team was able to get Capone convicted of 22 counts of Income Tax evasion and over 5,000 violations of the Volstead Act. Capone was sentenced to 11 years in prison. In 1933, Ness was promoted to Chief Investigator of the Prohibition Bureau in Chicago, and a year later, for all of Ohio. When Prohibition ended in 1935, he then took a job as Director of Public Safety in Cleveland, Ohio. He cleaned out police corruption in the city and attacked illegal gambling. However, his failure to find a serial killer the press called the Cleveland Torso Murderer overshadowed his success, and in 1942, he was involved in an auto accident while intoxicated; the press's criticism caused him to resign his job. Moving to Washington, DC, Ness then worked for the federal government, but in 1944, he left to become Chairman of the Diebold Corporation, a security safe manufacturing company in Ohio. In 1947, he ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Cleveland, and went to work for the North Ridge Industrial Company in Coudersport, Pennsylvania. His book, "The Untouchables" was published shortly before his death of a heart attack in 1957. On September 10, 1997, the ashes of Eliot Ness, his wife and their son were returned to Cleveland, Ohio, where they were scattered in a pond in Lakeview Cemetery, where a cenotaph for them stands today.
  Historie	Eliot Ness leda den legendariske etterforskargruppa (Dei ubestikkelege), som sørga for at mafiakongen Al Capone hamna bak lås og slå. Al Capone var foretningsmann og gangster i Chicago. Han ble millionær under alkoholforbudet i USA (1920– 1933) med ulovlig omsetning av alkohol. Capone ble dømt til fengsel i 1931 for blant annet skatteunndragelse. I oktober 1931 ble Capone dømt til ti års straffarbeid. Først tilbrakte han to år i Atlanta i Georgia, senere ble han sendt til Alcatraz Island i San Francisco, California. Etter å ha blitt løslatt på prøve i 1939 tilbrakte han resten av livet sitt i leiligheten i Palm Island i Florida. I 1987 vart kampen for å stanse Al Capones gangstervelde i Chicago udødeleggjort i filmen . Kevin Costner spelar rolla som Eliot Ness, og både Sean Connery og Robert De Niro har sentrale roller i filmen.
  Yrke	Department Of The Treasury 1928 - 1935 Safety Director of Cleveland 1935 - 1942
  Død	16 Mai 1957	Coudersport, Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Begravelse	Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I156056	Nordvikslekt
  Sist endret	15 Jan 2025

  
  

  Far	Peder (Peter) Johns. Ness (Ørsvik),   f. 31 Mar 1850, Ørsvikan Nes Ålvundfjord d. 31 Des 1931, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Alder 81 år)
  Mor	Emma King,   f. 18 Nov 1863, Jessheim Ullensaker Akershus d. 6 Nov 1937, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Alder 73 år)
  Famile ID	F26739	Gruppeskjema  |  Familiediagram

  
  

  Familie 1	Evaline Ruth Michelow,   f. 24 Apr 1911, Union City, Darke County, Ohio, USA d. 12 Aug 1986, Kingston, Ulster County, New York, USA (Alder 75 år)
  Ekteskap	1939
  Skilsmisse	Skilt
  Sist endret	15 Jan 2025
  Famile ID	F26742	Gruppeskjema  |  Familiediagram

  
  

  Familie 2	Elisabeth Lee “Betty” Andersen,   f. 9 Apr 1906, Redfield, Spink County, South Dakota, USA d. 4 Nov 1977, Orange County, California, USA (Alder 71 år)
  Ekteskap	1946
  Barn	1. Robert Eliot Ness,   f. 10 Jul 1946, Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA d. 31 Aug 1976, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA (Alder 30 år)
  Sist endret	15 Jan 2025
  Famile ID	F26743	Gruppeskjema  |  Familiediagram

  
  

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  Fødsel - 19 Apr 1903 - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Død - 16 Mai 1957 - Coudersport, Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA Begravelse - - Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA  = Link til Google Earth

  
  

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  Ness_Eliot.jpg Eliot Ness f. 1903 i Chicago

  
  

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  Ness_Eliot_Al_Capone.jpg FBI-agent Eliot Ness og storforbryteren Al Capone i Chicago

  
  

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  [S111] Avisa "Driva". [S77] findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188975771/eliot_ness (Troverdighet: 3).