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Oct 6, 2025

[Answer] 3. Why were Eliot Ness' Prohibition agents called 'Untouchables'?

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...1. They were social outcasts 2. They could not be killed 3. They could not be bribed or corrupted 4. They were germaphobes The Mob offered Ness $2,000 a week if he agreed to 'take it easy.' The next morning, Capone's agents tossed an envelope full of money into the car of two of Ness' men, who then tossed the envelope right back at the gangsters. Ness arranged a press conference later that afternoon, where he announced to the world that his team had refused Capone's attempted bribes. One newspaper reported that "Eliot Ness and his young agents have proved to Al Capone that they are untouchable." Soon other newspapers began referring to Ness and his men as 'The Untouchables.' Extra trivia: According to Eliot Ness, one member of the team was a germaphobe. Sam Seager, a 6'2" tall ex-prison guard from Sing Sing, never used a hotel bathroom before washing it down with carbolic acid. Apparently germs scared him more than bullets.




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They could not be bribed or corrupted:


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