Former member of the Untouchables, Eliot Ness was appointed as City Safety Director, on the premise of elimination of city corruption. Under Mayor Burton, Ness led a number of raids of gambling and prostitution dens, as well as the elimination of corrupt city officials including police Captains Louis J. Cadek and Michael J. Harwood. Ness hired a number of people to work under him to ferret out corruption, the most unusual being the son of Mayor Burton, Billy, who asked his father if he could aid the Safety Director during his summers off from school. Harold Burton agreed, and Billy was immediately put to work staking out a local bookie hideout. | Source: Cleveland Memory Project, Cleveland State University Library Special CollectionsDownload Original File
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