Misfortune on Cleveland's Millionaires' Row

Affairs, infidelity and betrayal. Multiple affairs to remember ; Adventures in the Cross family bedroom ; The four wives of Dan Hanna ; Ellena Topliff's scandalous affair -- Tragedies on the avenue. Amasa Stone's frightful misfortunes ; Extermination of the Potter family ; The horrifying suicide of of Charles Crumb Jr. ; Corrigan family catastrophes -- Bending and breaking the law. The search for Josie Blann ; The doctor and the swindler -- Business in the gilded age. An attack of brain fever ; Cleveland's streetcar wars ; Violence in the mills ; Ida Tarbell, the Rockefeller nemesis ; The incredible electricity rivalries ; The demise of Guardian Trust.;"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."--Back cover.