Annals of Cleveland

Hyer, Thomas (prize fighter)

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1096

Cleveland Morning Leader, 29 June 1864 (ed; 5 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1096 - L June 29; ed:2/2 - Tom Hyer, "the best looking prize fighter on .
Broadway," is dead. His spleen weighed several pounds, and his liver
had degenerated into a "schirrus mass."
"It is a very sad commentary on the young men of today that they
cannot listen to a single play at the theater, without 'liquoring up' a
number of times during the evening." . (5)

Intoxication

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Hyer, Thomas (prize fighter)