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August
18, 1938: At 12:40 A.M., Eliot Ness and a group of
thirty-five police officers and detectives, raid the hobo jungles of the
Run. Eleven squad cars, two police vans and three fire trucks descend on
the largest cluster of makeshift shacks where the Cuyahoga River twists
behind Public Square. Ness’s raiders worked their way south through
the Run eventually gathering up sixty-three men. At dawn, police and
fireman searched the deserted shanties for clues. Then, on orders from
Safety Director Ness, the shacks were set on fire and burned to the
ground.
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Eliot Ness |
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press severely criticized Ness for his actions. The public was afraid
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