Ness' Burning of Kingsbury Run ID: 3497 | This file appears in: Kingsbury Run In 1938, Cleveland safety director Eliot Ness conducted a police raid of the Kingsbury Run shantytown. 300 squatters were evicted and 100 shanty homes were burned during the raid. | Date: 1938 | Source: Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections. Download Original File SourceCleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections. Date1938 "Ness' Burning of Kingsbury Run" appears in: Kingsbury Run