Al capone and eliot ness biography

Eliot P. Ness
Bureau of Prohibition
Eliot Ness
April 19, 1903–May 16 1957 (aged 54)
Place of birth	- Chicago, Illinois
Place of death	- Coudersport, Pennsylvania
Rank	Chief Investigator of the Prohibition Bureau for Chicago in 1934

Eliot P.

Ness (April 19, 1903 – May 16, 1957) was an American Prohibition agent, famous for his efforts to enforce Prohibition in Chicago, Illinois, as the leader of a legendary team nicknamed The Untouchables. He is associated with Chicago gangster Al Capone in the 1930s.

While Ness didn't catch Capone (who was jailed on tax violations) he and his agents routinely disrupted Capone's illegal alcohol industry from 1929 until 1932. Ironically once he resigned his from his federal law enforcement career, his personal life unraveled due to his own problems with alcohol.

The cost of enforcing prohibition was high, and the lack of tax revenues on alcohol (some $500 million annually nationwide) affected govern