Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-21
"WIENER-WURST TONI"
Tom Shea, WeIl-Known Character
Rreathes His Last.

Tom Shea, WeIl-Known Character.
Breathes His Last.
No more familiar character than 'Wie-
ner- Wurst Tom" ever trod the streets Of
this city. For number of years his one
cry of ''Weiner-wurSt, red hot!n has been
familiar to those whose habits or business
brought them on the streets at night Tom
is no more. He passed into the great be-
yond at about 4 80 yesterday afternoon, ~
ing on an old sofa in small saloon on Main
street, between Twelfth ana Thirteenth,
where the thirsty were imbibing and the
half-drunken were passing IN and out, with
out as much as sigh or tear for the I'M
fortunate man. Some one had, however,
placed a handkerchief around his head and
under his chin that his mouth might be
kept closed, and had spread thin cloth of
some kind over his dead form and notified
the authorities of his death.
Chief Maddox summoned Justice Rey
nolds. and these two officials and 4 GAZETTE
reporter repaired to the place to view the
corpse.
Arriving. Judge Reynolds questioned the
proprietor, I. M. Holmgren, who testified,
i'll substance as follows:
Tom Shea was around my place great
deal of his time when not out with his wei
ner-wurst; he has been drinking unusually
heavy of late; he had couple of fits last
week; he has been complaining for the last
two days of q serious bowel trouble; DR..
Cooper saw him this morning and gave
him some medicine; he died about 4:30
o'clock he has family in or near the city,
but they have been separated several
months l think; I can't say that he has a
home; he has no money that l know about,
except about 81. 40 behind the bar there.''
DR.. Cooper was next seen. He said: 81
knew Tom Shea; 1 saw him professionally
at about IL a. m. to-day: he was suffering
from acute congestion of the bowels, accom-
,i.,l with Itrca taryr T rny-n i'm
medicine to relieve pain, and prescribed for
him; his case was an aggravated one,
brought about by his irregular and i'm
proper habits; he told me he had been suf-
fering several days, but had received but
little attention, and, in fact, kept going;
have not seen him since he died.'
Justice Reynolds rendered a verdict in
accordance with DR.. Cooper's statement
After this investigation he was removed
into a rear room and the undertakers mott
fed, and will be buried to-day by the
county.
An incident in connection with Tom
Shea's death, once more demonstrates the
love and attachment dumb brute has for
its master. Toms constant companion in
ife-at least for some time paSt-waS
medium-sized cur, whom he called "keno."
Many times has this dog showed battle in
behalf of his master, and when Tom would
chance to fail asleep in doorway or in a
public place during the night, no one dared
TO molest either Tom or his stock in trade
without running the risk of being bitten by
this faithful dog. Yesterday Keno re-
manned by his masters side during the en-
tire day, refusing to eat and making his
displeasure known when anyone came near,
and when Chief Maddox approached the
corpse to remove the cloth, Keno sprang at
him with vicious growl and not until the
dog was forced into a rear room by by
stander could Justice Reynolds come near
the dead man.