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Born in chicago.
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He graduated Univeristy of Chicago in the top third of his class where he studied law, commerce and political science. This is important because its how he was able to get in to the police.
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This is important because it is the job that eventualy got him a job at the Prohibition buero in the Justice department.
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This is important because this is were he started to work on stopping bootlegging dure prohibition.
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In 1929 he had his team ready to destroy alcapones brewerys and find evedence against him proving he was a bootlegger. Called the Untouchables
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He treid to prove that Al Capone was a bootlegger and also 68 other members of the gang. But Capone was never brought to trail against prohibtion. This is importna tbecause he figure=d out what capone was doing and tried to prove it.
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resigned 200 crooked police and 15 officials to court
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Cleveland was the second worst place to drive in the U.S with about 250 deaths a year. Ness started arresting drunk drivers and a car inspection program. Cleveland was names safest city in the US. This is important to day because it now we still have car inspections and still test drivers for being drunk.
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He died in Couderspot PA
