Eliot Ness (45 page)

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Adams, Merle,
19
–20,
26

Addams, Jane,
46

Advertising Club,
198
–99

Ahern, Michael,
97

Alberts, Clarence H.,
174

Alcohol Tax Unit (ATU),
107
–8,
114
–19,
121
,
123
–24,
149
,
292

Alexander, Grover,
47

Algren, Nelson,
46

American Women’s Voluntary Services (AWVS),
265
–66

Anderson, Dan,
38

Andrassy, Edward,
143
–44,
158
,
212

Annual Exhibition of Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen (May Show),
114
,
162
,
274

Anti-Saloon League,
22

Antoszewski, Joseph,
156

Antoszewski, Mrs.,
156

Art Institute of Chicago,
232
,
266
,
267

Artwell, Joe,
200
,
239
,
240

Ashworth, Ray,
252
–54

Avis, Dwight,
56
–57,
65
,
66

Ayers, William,
288
,
293

Baltimore American,
153

Barker, George “Red,”
98

Barrett, Fenton E.,
169

Basile, Frank,
32
–35,
38
–39

murder of,
38
–40,
89
,
289

Bataan Death March,
254

Bayard, Arnold,
291

Beatty, William,
15
–16,
19
,
21
,
26

Bemis, Constance,
20
–21

Beneš, Edward,
221

Bennett, W. E.,
51

Berard, Ulrich,
54
n

Berardi, Tony,
78
,
88
,
96

Birns, Alex “Shondor,”
200
–201,
239
,
257

Blackman, Bill,
278

Blackwell, Michael,
140
,
141
,
236
,
237

Blecke, Martin,
248

Blossom, Dudley S.,
160

Blythin, Edward,
245
,
246
,
278
n

Boardman, Thomas L.,
270

Bollaert, Armand,
12
,
37
,
99
–100

Bolm, Adolph,
58

bootleggers,
168

moonshiners,
116
–19,
197

police officers and,
154
–57,
175
–81,
183

status of,
45
–46

yachts of,
9

bootlegging,
25
,
26
,
195

Capone operations in,
61
–64,
67
–72,
76
,
84
,
94
–95; see also Capone syndicate

in Cleveland,
115

Prohibition’s repeal and,
107

in Zanesville,
118
–19,
121
,
123

bootleg liquor,
10

scared whiskey,
116
–17

Borden, Mary,
47
–48,
59
–60

Bourke, Viola,
101
–2

Bowman, Milton,
294
–95

Boy Scouts,
187
,
242

Boys Town,
242

Brady, Thomas J.,
174
,
181

Brodzinski, John,
156

Brown, Warren,
106

Bruner, W. K.,
115
–16,
123

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives,
7

Bureau of Prohibition,
see
Prohibition Bureau

Burke, Thomas A.,
2
,
279
,
281
–83

Burns, Edwin C.,
174
,
175
,
179
–81

Burns, Ken,
4

Burton, Billy,
146

Burton, Harold H.,
111
,
120
–26,
128
,
130
,
136
,
137
,
146
,
155
,
161
,
168
,
171
,
182
,
211
,
245
,
253
,
255
,
279
–80,
283
,
293

on crime prevention,
242
–43

letter to Ness from,
209
–10

Ness’s divorce and,
217

Ness’s resignation and,
256

unions and,
206
,
209

Butkus, Dick,
28

Butler, John Patrick,
2
,
282
,
294

Cadek, Louis,
154
–57,
176
,
178
,
180
,
181

Caffey, Myron,
15
,
18
,
21

Calloway, James,
76

Campbell, Donald A.,
204
–10,
216

Capone, Al,
2
–4,
37
,
45
–49,
57
,
290

conviction and sentencing for tax evasion,
97
–98,
100
,
104

death of,
275
,
290

fame and popularity of,
46
–49,
96
,
108

furniture shop of,
45

imprisonment of,
98
,
99
,
217

indictments against,
85
–86,
91

Johnson and,
48
,
49
,
50
–51

Martino and,
45

possible successors to,
91
–92

press and,
47

St. Valentine’s Day Massacre and,
48
–49,
50
,
59

soup kitchen opened by,
59

syphilis of,
98
,
217
,
275

tax case against,
44
,
49
,
51
,
85
–86,
91

Torrio and,
23
,
25
,
45

trial of,
93
,
94
,
96
–98

Volstead case against,
82
,
83
,
100
,
104

Capone, Ralph,
49
,
73
,
289

Capone squad,
see
Untouchables

Capone syndicate,
4
,
65
,
66
,
122

barrel-cleaning plants of,
63
,
64
,
70
,
84
,
94
–95

breweries of,
61
–64,
67
–72,
76
,
94
–95

Capone squad’s raids on,
67
–72,
76
,
92
–94,
99
,
122
,
289
–91

cost increases of,
84
,
95

indictments against,
85
–88,
91

wiretap surveillance of,
72
–76,
82
,
89
,
91
,
92

see also
Outfit

Celebrezze, Frank,
132
–33

cemetery lot scam,
153
–54,
178

Chamberlin, Jo,
235

Chamberlin, Robert W.,
181
,
216
,
245
,
246
,
279

Chaplin, Charlie,
47

Chapman, Lyle,
56
–57,
66
,
75
,
84
,
87
,
98
,
104

appearance and personality of,
82

attention desired by,
82
–83

in brewery raid,
69

bribery attempts and,
79

Capone investigation report of,
100
–102

debts of,
102

investigation of conduct of,
101
–2

later career of,
292

Chicago, Ill.:

Prohibition resistance in,
24
,
55

South Side of,
27
–28,
30

Chicago American,
78
,
88

Chicago Daily News,
76
,
95

Chicago Heights, Ill.,
26
–27,
33
–39

raids in,
41
–44,
45
,
48
,
61
,
71
–72

Chicago Herald and Examiner,
42
,
88
,
106

Chicago Mob,
see
Outfit

Chicago Police Department:

corruption in,
24

crime laboratory and,
77

Chicago Prohibition office,
13
,
14
,
16
,
107

Basile in,
32

Ness promoted to chief investigator of,
104

secretaries in,
10
–12

staff reduction at,
104
–5

Chicago Tribune,
2
,
20
,
21
,
26
,
41
,
43
,
47
,
58
,
86
,
91
,
97
,
105
,
107

Chope, H. D.,
252

Christian Science,
31
,
174
,
229

Citizens’ Committee for the Prevention and Punishment of Crime,
see
Secret Six

Civilian Conservation Corps,
263

Clark, Darwin H.,
89
–90

clearing-house games,
195
–99,
201
,
202
,
238

Cleveland, Ohio,
114
–15

conventions and trade shows in,
160

crime decrease in,
189

Evaline Ness’s move to,
222
,
227

financial troubles of,
121
,
184

fire department in,
144
,
184
,
246
,
250

Great Lakes Exposition in,
160
–63,
171
,
273

Kingsbury Run,
170
–73,
224
–26

Ness appointed safety director of,
4
,
120
–31

Ness’s campaign for mayor of,
276
–83,
285

Ness’s destruction of homeless camps in,
224
–26

Ness’s move to,
4
,
114

Ness’s return to,
272

relief checks issued in,
202

Roaring Third district in,
129
,
173

Tin Can Plaza in,
115
,
160

traffic safety in,
144
,
187
–88,
189

Tremont neighborhood of,
185
–86,
241
,
242

Cleveland Barons,
205

Cleveland Mob:

extortion convictions and,
257

Mayfield Road Mob (Hill gang),
193
–98,
204
,
236
–40

Ness’s campaign against,
193
,
198
–201,
204

protection racket and,
194
–95

see also
gambling

Cleveland Museum of Art,
114

Cleveland News,
5
,
115
,
143
,
209
,
225
,
238

Cleveland Orchestra,
114

Cleveland
Plain Dealer,
see
Plain Dealer

Cleveland Police Department,
184

binoculars for,
185
,
188

crime-prevention campaigns in,
185
–87,
188
,
241
–43,
281

foot patrol in,
184
,
189
n

Ness’s reorganization and innovations in,
184
–86,
188
–89,
216
,
256

patrol cars for,
185
,
188

stations of,
144

training school for,
111
,
145

two-way radios for,
185
,
188

Cleveland Police Department, corruption in,
120
,
121
,
126
,
127
,
141
,
256

bootleggers and,
154
–57,
175
–81,
183

Burns and,
174
,
175
,
179
–81

Cadek and,
154
–57,
176
,
178
,
181

Flynn and,
180
–81

Harwood and,
163
–66,
174
,
175
–82

Nebe and,
174
,
179
–81

Ness’s investigation of,
130
,
147
–52,
160
,
163
–69,
174
–83,
184
,
193
,
199
,
210
,
255

Ness threatened during investigation of,
192

Cleveland Press,
4
,
122
–23,
126
,
142
,
143
,
145
,
153
–54,
157
,
171
,
181
,
191
,
196
,
229
,
244
,
270