Eliot Ness, American federal agent (born 1903)

Eliot Ness

American Prohibition agent (1903–1957)

Eliot Ness 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…