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Big Names of Cleveland Ohio - 6 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 11/2/2024
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The cache IS NOT at the posted coordinates.  If you attempt to search for it at the posted coordinates you will get very wet for absolutly no reason.

Cleveland Ohio has been the home of many famous people. Very many good people and a few not so good people. 

To obtain the final coordinates you need to determine the name of this important Cleveland person and answer some math problems.

I am a man

I am dead

I was born in Chicago

My ashes were scattered into the pond near my cenotaph in Cleveland's Lakeview Cemetery

I brought down one of the most famous and notorious mobsters of all time.

I created a group of men that is often known as "The Untouchables"

After I left Chicago, I worked in Cincinnati to bring down moonshiners.

I became the Cleveland Safety Director in 1935 and worked at cleaning up the Cleveland Police Department which was at the time known as the most corrupt police department in the USA.

Over 200 Cleveland police officers were remove after my investigation including two captains and two lieutenants.

I created a traffic control program for Cleveland that brought the average of 250 yearly automobile deaths down to 115.

I was highly criticized for destroying one of Cleveland's shanty towns.

I ran for Cleveland Mayor in 1947.

I died almost penniless in Coudersport Pennsylvania.

The Great Lakes Brewing company has a beer named after me.

You can find the final at:

N 41 30.ABC
W 81 41.DEF


A = The number of children I had minus 1
B = The number of marriages I had minus 1
C = The single digit cross sum of the year I was born minus 3

E = The single digit cross sum of the year I died multiplied by 2
F = The cross sum of the age I died minus 9
G = The number of siblings I had plus 3

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)