Unquestionably, it was going to be highly dangerous. Yet I felt it was quite natural to jump at the task. After all, if you don’t like action and excitement, you don’t go into police work. And, what the hell, I figured, nobody lives forever!
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Doubts raced through my mind as I considered the feasibility of enforcing a law which the majority of honest citizens didn't seem to want.
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Birth: | 19th April, 1903 |
Death: | 16th May, 1957 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Public Servant |
Eliot Ness was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an American Prohibition agent, famous for his efforts to enforce Prohibition in Chicago, Illinois, and the leader of a famous team of law enforcement agents nicknamed The Untouchables. He graduated in 1925 with a degree in economics. He began his career as an investigator for the Retail Credit Company of Atlanta. He returned to the University to take a course in criminology, eventually earning a Master's Degree in the field.
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