New Britain herald., 1929-01-07

! Miami Beach. Fla. Jan. R0 elled an adventurous road from cowboy to millionaire and found more gold m making boxing cham nions than in the klondike, was on 1 his last journey today.
 Rickard died in the Allison hos rital here yesterday on the si:.tf day of an illness which followed an operation for appendicitis New Years night. The body of the pro moter whose name topped all the rest in .he world of fistiana, was be- ing borne today to New York. the scene of his greatest triumphs. on the Havana special of the Florida East Coast Line railroad.
 Mrs. Rickrd. who had kept faithful vigil beside her stricken husband: Jack Dempsey. who loved the promoter as his "hcst pal;" Wal ter Field. Richards friend and Steve Hannegan, representing the city ot Mama Beach accomp panied the body. Over the bronze caskct, so heavy that IS men were required to lift it into the hoarse. lay blanket of roses. given hy Dempsey and Field. and which bore the tribute TO Our Pal"
 Rickard died gamnly fighting the vicious inroads Of pcritonitis infoc- ton which followed the operation He remained conscious until aNouf |. 1,i ic o'clock yesterday morning. Shortly before lapsing Into tho coma from which he never rallied. he turned to the faithful wife and friends Wh9 gathered at his bedside with th' assertion that he was "FeftnG torch break, but I'll fight Then the dying man Craspcd 'h" hand of Mrs. Hickard. and the feeble voice inquired solcitcusly about his three-year old daughter. When told that Maxine was all right and wanted her father 10 get well, Eicksrd said: "Hr'p me over this. sweetheart I'm fighting n.y. He did not finish th" ,.nterce, and in two hours he was dead.
 A certificate. issued shortly after ward by Tor. F.. H. Adkins. who at tended Rickard said death r"snlte1 from "an overvhe elming infection following acute gansrenous appen- d,1jtis.'' Eickard was stricken On New Years Day. but. believing h" suffered indigestion. he determined 10 bear the pain and overcome IT, l Later. the pain became so acute that physicians were summo oned and the operation followed. Rirkard aprar- ently was improving until Friday night when he suffered relapse. He rallied, however. and some hope was held for his recovery until the end, came during the carly hours Of yesterday
 Dempsey I'nstrsInE Dempsey. rugged ring warrior. became a nervous. unstrung boy as he realized that the man who had lifted him to a high place was dead. Eve lost the best pal I ever had he declared. v am grief stricken 1 over his death"
 V was Dempsey and Field who sat with Mrs. Rickard by the bed side of her husband as Rickard pa ssed. When Dempsey left the room and sought tho reception hall. he struggled 10 control hts emotions. His pale face covered hy two-daN growth of beard. Dempsey chok"1 as he said ''It must como to every one. but it's mighty hard to sec T"x go. We can only carry on as he would have done"
 Grief stricken and on thc verge Of prostration. Mrs. Rickard was forced to go 10 bed. where she TO- mained all morning. hut. demon- strating the same strength that car ried her through the ordeal Of her husbands illness. she was able 10 attend brief funeral services in the afternoon.
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 Eickard was not a church mcm- Der. but Father William Barry of i tho Catholic church. 10 which Mrs.
 Rickard belongs. oificiatcd at serv- . , 10S. lHt DOuS "HS tJlt1l ld.,cU u the car now bearing it to New York.
 but the funeral party did not ar- rive at the railway station until shortly before train time.
 Although it wos not travelling In a private car. the party virtually
 had the benefit Of one. since only single compa rtment had been taken
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 "ho previously had made rnserva- tons 10 Washington. Little Maxine. too young to understand the tra gedy