Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1917 — Frank A. Gotch, Wrestling Wizard Is Dead [ARTICLE]

Frank A. Gotch, Wrestling Wizard Is Dead

Frank A. Gotch, retired heavyweight wrestling champion, died at his home in Humboldt, la., Sunday death following a lingering illness of uremic poisoning. Gotch was fortyone years of age. Gotch built up a fortune in wrestling and by investing his earnings in lowa farm lands. His estate is variously extimated at between $200,000 and $400,000, all of which represents the money ~ he made through his wrestling ability.