Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-03
HENRY CLAY FR|Ck DIES
At HIS NEW YORK HOME
Former Friend and Business Associ-
ate of Andrew Carnegie Was Long
Implacablc Enemy.
LEAVES s20o,oOo,ooo FORTUNE
Friends Say Much OF Vast Sum Will
BE Left to Advance Interests Of
Education-Had Been LII From
Ptomainc Poisoning.
tBy y IS ociat..i Pres.

NEW YORK. Dec. :.-fIcnry CLAY
Prick. pioneer ironmastcr and one of
the Foremost art collectors in tho
Cnitcd States, died suddenly a, his
riith .Nvenuo home here early today In
his seventeen year.
For three weeks he had been suffer.
inS from ptonlainc poisoning. but in a
his physician. DR. Lewis A. Conner
assorted thai Mr.. Prick for the pas;
month had shown symptoms OF an or
sumablE was the late result OF the Sc
we're attacks OF iniiammatory rhcuma-
tism TO which he was subject in earlier
life" Or. Conner added that Mr.. F'rick
died lin the midst Of what seemed 20
nc satisfactory improvement in his
Wealth Estimated Mt $500. 900 900.
once The associate OF Andrew Car
hcSie and then his implacablc buelncas
encmy. this master OF finance, who
from a farm hand rose In the world to
become possessor Of fortune cstimat-
I'd at $20O.U0O.0oo died less than four
months after the passing OF the laird
II is probable that large part OF
ne fortune he amassed by building UP
INC greatest coke business in The world
and becoming ono Of tho steel kings"
Will be left TO the public
oiloWing announcement tonight by
niDert II. Gary. directing head OF the
United States steel CORPORATION. ,h.,t
Mr.. Tricks costly art collections with
his homo in this city. would be left 10
had frequently told them his children
would never be the richest in The
woFih lie had in;inated that althoush
thom in his will he would not leave
thcin his entire wealth.
Much VIII he Left for Education.
HIS friends today expressed belief
nave been left to technical cduc1tiouaI
institutions
Funeral arrangements. so far an they
q private service Al the Frick home
Thursday morning. AZ which the Rev
Dr. Leighton Parks. OF ST. Bsr,holo-
news Church. will ofaciate. The BODY
then VIII be placed On a speGiai rail
road car and taken 10 Pittsburgh for
burial Friday
The carecf Of Mr.. rrsck. one Of The
most tasci ma .inE chapters in the his
i.or2 OF industrial America. ended with
out warning a, . o'clock this morning.
when only Oscar Rodgers. the imam.
C:cr's butler. was az his bedside kwaE.
ing. Mr.; l'rick asked for 4 drink OF wa
dcF' an, and ntrInG swallowed 1t. lay back
INJURED
Palms, in efforts to arouse his mas
the family, who had retired. not e.
n"ci!nS . fatal termination 10 ~.
IrnT ,he ae,, ThG ssa who GathsTea
frtck: were the from Aste-'s dauEh-
ter. Miss Helen Frick, aad his son ana
Frick.
Came to Front rs Art Collector
After the death Of tho late !. Pier.
pont Morgan, in 1918. Mr.. Fries came
10 The 'front.' one Of the most en-
thuSiastic and hiEh-sprited art col.
lectors IN tho United states. il not the
world He no; only collected Tor his
personal satisfaction. but gave his
friends TO understand that his c-ca,
collection would be kept together after
his death IN the beautiful Fifth Avenue
home and probably would he beuucath-
ed 10 the city OF state of New York
as permanent testimonial % hiss pub
lic-sp.rit and his affection for his fell
low Ci i2cns
Art COnnoisSeurS acquainted with his
collection would not hazSTd a guess AZ
20 its value. bat said that II was worth
many, many millions" X is consid-
cred one or the finest private collcc-
lions in the world. tho Widcncr coll
lection IN Ph!ladc lphia being It's only
rival