Eliot Ness

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Prohibition agent human law enforcement officer public official

Eliot Ness was an American Prohibition agent and law enforcement official best known for leading "The Untouchables" in the fight against Al Capone’s criminal empire in Chicago.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Prohibition agent ⓘ
human ⓘ
law enforcement officer ⓘ
public official ⓘ
causeOfFame leadership of an incorruptible team of agents targeting bootlegging and racketeering in Chicago ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
employer Bureau of Prohibition ⓘ
Cleveland ⓘ
surface form: City of Cleveland

United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
ethnicGroup American of European descent ⓘ
familyName Ness ⓘ
fieldOfWork crime fighting ⓘ
organized crime investigation ⓘ
public safety administration ⓘ
genre true crime (as subject of works) ⓘ
givenName Eliot ⓘ
hasCharacteristic reputation for incorruptibility ⓘ
symbol of federal efforts against organized crime ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn mythology of The Untouchables ⓘ
popular culture depictions of Prohibition ⓘ
influenced public perception of federal law enforcement ⓘ
influencedBy Prohibition policies in the United States ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf The Untouchables ⓘ
movement Prohibition enforcement ⓘ
name Eliot Ness self-link ⓘ
notableAchievement helped build criminal cases that contributed to dismantling Al Capone's operations in Chicago ⓘ
notableFor enforcing Prohibition laws in Chicago ⓘ
fighting Al Capone's criminal organization ⓘ
leading The Untouchables ⓘ
notableWork The Untouchables (memoir, co-authored) ⓘ
occupation Prohibition agent ⓘ
federal agent ⓘ
law enforcement officer ⓘ
public safety director ⓘ
participantIn Prohibition-era raids on illegal breweries and distilleries ⓘ
enforcement campaign against Al Capone ⓘ
partOf United States federal law enforcement ⓘ
surface form: United States federal law enforcement history
placeOfActivity Midwestern United States ⓘ
positionHeld Safety Director of Cleveland, Ohio ⓘ
Special Agent in the Bureau of Prohibition ⓘ
leader of The Untouchables ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
subjectOf The Untouchables ⓘ
surface form: The Untouchables (1959 television series)

The Untouchables ⓘ
surface form: The Untouchables (1987 film)

various books and biographies about Prohibition-era law enforcement ⓘ
workLocation Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois

Cleveland ⓘ
surface form: Cleveland, Ohio

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Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio, United States → notableBurial → Eliot Ness ⓘ
subject surface form: Lake View Cemetery
The Untouchables → basedOnAuthor → Eliot Ness ⓘ
The Untouchables → mainCharacter → Eliot Ness ⓘ
The Untouchables → characterPortrayed → Eliot Ness ⓘ
The Untouchables → historicalFigureDepicted → Eliot Ness ⓘ
The English High School of Boston → hasNotableAlumnus → Eliot Ness ⓘ
Bureau of Prohibition → employer → Eliot Ness ⓘ
Lake View Cemetery → notableBurial → Eliot Ness ⓘ
Agent George Stone / Giuseppe Petri → memberOf → Eliot Ness ⓘ
subject surface form: Agent George Stone
this entity surface form: Eliot Ness's team
Agent George Stone / Giuseppe Petri → loyalTo → Eliot Ness ⓘ
subject surface form: Agent George Stone
Eliot Ness → name → Eliot Ness self-link ⓘ