Misfortune on Cleveland's Millionaires' Row

ISBN-13: 9781467117982 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 160 str.

Alan F. Dutka

Opis

Extreme wealth could buy a mansion in Millionaires Row but not immunity from unsavory business dealings or shameful behavior. May Hanna gave her millionaire ex-husband s hired Pinkerton detectives the slip to sneak out of the country. To escape financial embarrassment, James Potter, the manager of a prominent Euclid Avenue apartment building, gave his family cough medicine laced with poison, killing his entire family including himself. Married to a Millionaires Row doctor, the infamous con woman Cassie Chadwick posed as Andrew Carnegie s illegitimate daughter and forged a fake $5 million check. Author Alan Dutka delves into sixteen tales of anguish and deceit that offer a startling perspective on Cleveland s super-rich."