“TEX” RICKARD’S ESTATE ONLY £IOO,OOO
“Sucker” for Cranks LOST MILLIONS IN WALL STREET BOOM BANK OF FLOWERS. Australian Press Association. Received Thursday, 11.0 p.m. VANCOUVER, Jan. 9. The late Mr. “Tex” Rickard's estate will net only £IOO,OOO. He made millions but lost heavily ou Wall Street last year and was himself a “sucker” for every crank who came wishing for 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 tho centre of Madison Square Gardens, where the ring was formerly pitched. The largest floral tribute, costing thousands of dollars, was a large, blanket of carnations from Mr and Mrs Dempsey. An Episcopal clergyman pronounced the benediction over the remains of a man who scorned religious rites when alive and once said he hoped rather for the referee’s “eight, nine, fen, out,” when he died with his boots on.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6808, 11 January 1929, Page 6
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156“TEX” RICKARD’S ESTATE ONLY £lOO,OOO Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6808, 11 January 1929, Page 6
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