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Eliot Ness

Eliot NessBorn: 19-Apr-1903
Birthplace: Chicago, IL
Died: 16-May-1957
Location of death: Coudersport, PA
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Cremated, Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH

Gender: Male
Religion: Presbyterian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Government

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Treasury Agent, The Untouchables

He was the drunk driver in a hit-and-run accident, 1942.

Father: Peter Ness
Mother: Emma King
Brother: Charles Ness
Sister: Clara Jamie
Wife: Edna Staley (div. 1938)
Wife: Evaline McAndrew (m. Oct-1939, div. Oct-1944)
Wife: Elizabeth Anderson Ness ("Betty", m. Jan-1946)
Son: Robert Warren Ness (adopted)

    High School: Christian Fenger High School, Chicago, IL
    University: Business and Law, University of Chicago (1925)
    University: MA Criminology, University of Chicago (1927)

    Member of the Board of Diebold (as Chairman, 1944-47)
    Assassination Attempt multiple
    Norwegian Ancestry
    Risk Factors: Alcoholism

Author of books:
The Untouchables (1957, with Oscar Fraley)


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