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ELIOT NESS [|ELIOT NESS: THE REAL STORY]

Soon after President Hoover was elected Andrew Mellon was selected to bring down Al Capone, Mellon was to target the tax evasion and Ness was broughten in to target the Volstead Act. And that meant targeting and bringing down illegal brewaries and supply routes that Capone used. Ness selected 10 men to work with him and raid to bring down Capone. Soon after starting and bringing down brewaries worth over $1 Million dollars. Capone sent a man to try and bribe Ness $2,000 a week and every week after if he would stop the searches and raids, and Ness turned down the offer and told the media and they then recived the nickname "THE UNTOUCHABLES".



Nes's greatest achievement was in 1937 in traffic control. At the time Cleveland was the second worst city in traffic related deaths and injuries with about 250 a year. Ness established the traffic court, and he also implemented the imediate examination of suspected drunk drivers and automatic arrest for those found intoxicated, harsh punishment for officers found adjusting tickets, and an automobile expection program. By 1938 accident deaths fell to an average of 130 and in 1939 down to an average of 115. All of these efforts by Ness resulted in Cleveland reciving the title "Safest city in the U.S.A."



In December of 1935 Ness landed a new job as investigator in charge of the Treasury Department's Alcoholic Tax Unit in Ohio, at 32 years old he was the youngest in Cleveland history to recive that title. He was instructed to clean up the city and establish a safe enviroment sense the city had been overloaded with crime and corruption. Along with 34 other agents working for him he began to clean up the city and its crooked police men, Doing most of the investigation himself he gatherd various eveidence of criminal activity and took the information before a grand jurry in October of 1936. He brought in 15 officials including a deputy inspector, two captains, two lieutenants, and a sergeant. Following that 200 police officers were forced to turn in their resignations.



An incident that began to question Nees's character was the Torso Muder. The Torso Murder, an unidentified serial killer dismembered his victims and threatend the city of Cleveland from 1935-1938. The citizens became outraged and this pressured Ness to do something, so Ness decided to conduct a raid on an area of where homeless people gathered and the criminal was suspect of living. Finding no evidence Ness arrested all of them who gatherd there, and burned all of their belongings. The public became bitter and wanted Ness removed from his position.

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