    
Title: Eliot Ness Description: Eliot Ness (April 19, 1903-May 16, 1957), American law enforcement officer became famous for enforcing Prohibition in Chicago, Illinois, during the Great Depression; leader of the famous team of law enforcement agents known as The Untouchables; their efforts to put gangster Al Capone (Alphonse Capone; AKA: Scarface; January 17, 1899-January 25, 1947) behind bars failed, although the Chicago mobster went to prison in 1932 after being convicted of income tax evasion; After Prohibition ended in 1933, Ness became Cleveland, Ohio's safety director, heading efforts to clean up police corruption and modernize the fire department; Ness authored a book, The Untouchables, that was made into a motion picture of that name (1987 U.S. film) starring Kevin Costner (January 18, 1955 - ) as Ness; Location: Cleveland, Ohio, 1935 Keywords: Al Capone, Kevin Costner, films, Cleveland, Ohio, gangsters, Great Depression, income tax evasion, law enforcement, crime, criminals, criminology, criminal justice, motion pictures, movies, Eliot Ness, prisons, Prohibition, tax evasion, The Untouchables, 1930s. Orientation: Vertical Dimensions: 1200 x 2546 (3.06 MPixels) (2.12) Print Size: 10.2 x 21.6 cm; 4.0 x 8.5 inches File Size: 8.75 MB (9,176,010 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000096512 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
