“As a federal investigator for 9 years he crashed into gang hide-outs with steel-nosed trucks, shot it out with gunmen, and tapped the wires of wire tappers. His tamer sports are handball, badminton, and tennis.” American magazine embraces the Ness myth in 1937.
Wallace Jamie and Eliot Ness, future lawmen
Eliot Ness, University of Chicago, class of ’25
Ness and his fraternity brothers, grim-faced in the midst of Jazz Age prosperity
Left to right: “Untouchables” Joe Leeson, Sam Seager, Lyle Chapman, Paul Robsky
Al Capone, aka the Big Fella
Eliot Ness, leader of the Capone squad
Chicago’s Prohibition administrator, E. C. Yellowley (left), and Assistant Administrator Alexander Jamie (right) pose with Frank White and Eliot Ness after the young agents break up an illegal liquor-importing operation carried out by Pullman passenger-train porters.
A scrapbook photo captures Edna and Eliot in transition.
Edna enjoys—sort of—a rare evening out with her dashing husband.
Elisabeth Andersen, new art school graduate, poses for Cleveland’s top art photographer.
“We have no place for traitors in the police department.” Cleveland’s “Boy Wonder” turns over evidence to Cuyahoga County prosecutor Frank T. Cullitan.
With tear gas wafting through the air, strikers at the Fisher Body plant hurl stones at police.
The most popular man in Cleveland
“Suppose you were a bandit and told Safety Director Eliot Ness to ‘stick ’em up.’ He might surprise you in any one of 30 different ways.” Ness shows police recruits how to fight for their lives.
Two of the many faces of the sexy, troubled Evaline McAndrew Ness
The torso of a young woman, victim number seven of Kingsbury Run’s “Mad Butcher.” Her head and limbs are never found, making identification impossible.
“He certainly doesn’t leave many, if any, clues,” Ness says in frustration as public pressure builds to stop the torso murders. Over five years, Cleveland police collect hundreds of items from the crime scenes in hope of piecing together the killer’s identity.
Mrs. Hugh Seaver, stylish and headed for divorce
Eliot Ness for mayor. Not even his dutiful new wife believes he has a chance at winning.
The lion in winter