Eliot Ness (47 page)

Kensington, Chicago,
28

Kilbride, George,
276
–77

King, Mike,
57
,
87

Kingsbury Run,
170
–73

Kohl, Marie,
177

Koneval, Joseph,
247
–49

Kooken, Don,
30
,
32
–34,
51
,
53
,
54

Korach, Gus,
153

Korce, Casper,
178

Kubler, Everett H.,
101

labor corruption,
204
–10,
216

Laborers District Council,
204

LaBranche, Tony,
276
,
277

Lady of the Lake,
113
–14,
143
,
159

LaGassie, Frank,
113

Lahart, Marty,
36
,
75
,
84
,
87
,
100
,
107
,
292

Lahey, Richard,
266

Landers, Manny,
228

Lane, Franklin K.,
23

Las Vegas, Nev.,
257

Lausche, Frank,
245
,
246
,
253
,
254
,
278
n,
279
–80,
282
,
293

Ness’s automobile accident and,
249
–50

Lavelle, Martin I.,
121

Lawrence, Wes,
122

Lawson, Corinne,
233
,
287

Leeson, Dorothy,
77
,
78

Leeson, Joe,
53
,
54
,
62
–63,
65
–66,
87
,
98
,
292

in brewery raids,
67
–69,
72
,
73

bribes and,
79

cooking of,
77
–78

Lenahan, Adolph,
167

Lezeus, Carl,
205

lie detector (polygraph),
76
,
212
–15

Loftus, Thomas,
48

Lonardo, “Big Angelo,”
194
,
196
–98,
200
,
239
,
240
,
243
–44,
257

Lonardo, Joe,
197

Los Angeles Times,
4

Lowman, Seymour,
54
–55

Luciano, Lucky,
5
,
49

Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run,
see
Cleveland torso murders

marijuana dealers,
244

Martino, Joe,
26
,
27
,
30
,
33
–37,
89

Capone and,
45

murder of,
37
–38,
44

Mason, Benny,
196

Masterminds, Attention!,
2

Matchett, John R.,
76

Matowitz, George J.,
122
,
128
–29,
165
,
167
,
168
,
192
,
237

torso murders and,
172
,
173
,
245

union racketeering and,
205

youth gangs and,
187

May Act,
253
,
262

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

May Show,
114
,
162
,
274

McBride, Lucia,
175

McCarthy, Joe,
165

McCloskey, Mark A.,
272

McDonnell, James,
204
,
207

McDowell, Dudley,
144

McGee, John E.,
204
–10

McGill, Neil,
147
–50,
179
–80,
197
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204
–5,
216
,
237
,
244
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257
,
270

McGinty, Tommy,
166
,
167

McGurn, Jack,
47
,
58

McNamee, Charles,
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–33,
207
–8

McSwiggin, William,
47

McVey, Bill,
235

Meckstroth, E. J.,
212

Merylo, Peter,
172
–74,
211
,
223
,
244
–45,
285

Merylo, Sophie,
172

Metropolitan Opera Company,
274
–75

Michelow, Albert,
220

Michelow, Myrtle,
220

Middle East Company,
272
,
284

Mikan, George,
28

Milano, Frank,
197

Miles, Arthur,
253

Miller United Shoe Company,
209

Milles, Carl,
275

Mitchell, Dewey,
145

Mitchell, William,
49
,
50
,
86

Mob:

Chicago,
see
Outfit

Cleveland,
see
Cleveland Mob

Pittsburgh,
238
–39

Molnar, Ernest,
201
,
202
,
257
–58

collusion with Mob,
237
,
239
,
240
,
243

Zappone and,
243

Mook, Delo,
253
,
287

Moore, Dan,
234
,
273

Moore, E. A.,
53
n

Moran, Bugs,
48
,
99

Moxie’s Gang,
186

Mozina, John,
180

Muehlberger, Clarence,
76

Mulvanity, Frances,
117

Mulvanity, George,
116
–17,
194

Murphy, Clarence,
195
–96

Murray, Marie,
178
–79

Murray, W. Bruce,
66

Mutersbaugh, Marjorie,
218
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269
,
273

Nabers, Albert,
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35
–37,
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53
n,
126

Nazi Olympics,
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Nebe, John H.,
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–81

Ness, Charles (brother),
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31
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192

Ness, Edna Stahle (first wife),
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39
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n,
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–84,
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,
136
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181
,
191
–92

appearance and personality of,
11
–12

breakdown of marriage to Ness,
191
–92,
253

move to Cleveland,
4
,
114

Ness’s dating of,
10
–13,
62

Ness’s marriage to,
62

Ness’s work and,
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,
83
,
150
,
191
–92,
206

separation and divorce from Ness,
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–17,
222
,
223
,
230

on weekend holiday,
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–10,
12
–13,
19

Ness, Eliot:

as Alcohol Tax Unit investigator,
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,
114
–19,
121
,
123
–24,
149

appointed as Cleveland safety director,
4
,
120
–31

appointed as director of Social Protection,
252
–54,
272

attention to details and “eagle eye” of,
116
,
118

in automobile accident,
247
–51,
261

birth of,
27
,
31

boathouse purchased by,
231
,
261

celebrity and hero worship of,
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–91,
108
,
210
,
229

childhood and adolescence of,
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–29,
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–62,
65
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death of,
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–5,
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depressions of,
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98
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251
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268
,
293

at Diebold Company,
272
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,
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–86

drinking of,
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287
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288

fan mail to,
89
–90

financial problems of,
284
,
286
,
294

interviews of,
88
–89,
91

mayoral campaign of,
276
–83,
285

memoir of,
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–4,
52
,
83
,
94
,
289
–95

at Middle East Company,
272
,
284

move to Cleveland,
4
,
114

move to Coudersport,
286

nervousness of,
31
,
78

nightlife enjoyed by,
228
,
232
,
247

at North Ridge Industrial Corporation,
286
–88,
289
,
293
,
294

in pedestrian incident,
234

photos of,
7
,
111

politics and,
245
–46

practical jokes played by,
234

press and,
88
–91

promoted to chief investigator of Chicago office,
104

resignation as Cleveland safety director,
251
,
254
–56

resignation as director of Social Protection,
272

returns to Cleveland,
272

shyness and repression of,
5
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28
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31
,
65

in Washington, D.C.,
261
,
264
–65

women and,
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5
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–19,
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Ness, Elisabeth “Betty” (third wife),
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,
272
–75,
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,
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,
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,
293
,
294

appearance and personality of,
273
–74,
287

art career of,
162
,
274
–75

at Cleveland School of Art,
162
,
274

drinking of,
287

at Great Lakes Exposition,
162
–63,
263

Ness first noticed by,
163
,
273

Ness’s death and,
1
,
2

Ness’s marriage to,
272
–73

Ness’s mayoral campaign and,
276
–78,
280

Ness, Emma (mother),
17
,
28
,
31
,
91
,
174

death of,
192

Ness, Evaline McAndrew (second wife),
2
,
190
,
219
,
220
–22,
227
–35,
244
,
254
,
255
,
261
,
263
–64

American Women’s Voluntary Services joined by,
265
–66

appearance and personality of,
227
,
229
–31,
274

art career of,
227
,
229
,
231
–33,
251
,
265
,
266
–68,
291

at Art Institute of Chicago,
232
,
266
,
267

in automobile accident,
247
–50

breakdown of marriage to Ness,
233
–34,
265
,
267

at Corcoran School of Art,
266
–68

death of,
291

drinking of,
231
,
232
,
247
,
267
,
291

female companion of,
269
–70

kitchen accident of,
233

move to Cleveland,
222
,
227

Ness left by,
268

Ness’s divorce from,
268
–69,
272
,
273

Ness’s first dinner with,
221
–22

Ness’s first meeting of,
190
–91

Ness’s marriage to,
229
,
230

Ness’s work and,
229
–31,
234
–35

skinny-dipping expedition led by,
234

in Washington, D.C.,
261
,
264
–65

Ness, Peter (father),
17
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31
,
65
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91
,
288

death of,
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Ness, Robert “Bobby” (son),
275
,
286
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294

Newberry, Ted,
92
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Newsweek,
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,
221

Neww, F. P.,
53
n

New York Times,
2
,
25

Northern Ohio Food Terminal,
204

North Ridge Industrial Corporation,
286
–88,
289
,
293
,
294

Northwestern University forensic crime laboratory,
76
–77

Norton, Clifford,
274

Novick, Lynn,
4

Nye, Gerald P.,
54
–55

O’Banion, Dean,
45

O’Boyle, Anthony,
121

O’Boyle, Marty,
121

Odovene Club,
139
–40

Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services (ODHWS), Social Protection Division of,
252