Misfortune on Cleveland's Millionaires' Row

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-husbands 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 Carnegies 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 Clevelands super-rich.