“TEX” RICKARD.
MOST OF FORTUNE LOST
SCENES AT FUNERAL
iied Pres* Association —By Electric Telegrapn Copyright.; (Australian Press Association.)
VANCOUVER, Jan. 9
“Tex” Rickard’s estate nets only £100,000.” He made millions, hut lost heavily on Wall Street last year. He was himself a “sucker” for every crank who came wishing help towards the manufacture of new inventions, especially household appliances. He owned dozens of worthless patents. Tremendous crowds attended the funeral. The bier was’ placed exactly in the centre of Madison, where a ring was formerly pitched. The largest floral tribute, costing thousands, was a huge blanket of carnations from Mr and Mrs Dempsey. An Episcopal clergyman pronounced the Benediction over the remains of the man who scorned religious rites when alive, and once said he hoped rather for the referee’s. “Eight, nine, ten, out-!”' when he died with his boots on.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 11 January 1929, Page 5
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