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481: 154:"It was her custom, after she'd felled an obstreperous customer with her club, to clutch his ear between her teeth and so drag him to the door, amid the frenzied cheers of the onlookers. If her victim protested she bit his ear off, and having cast the fellow into the street she carefully deposited the detached member in a jar of alcohol behind the bar…. She was one of the most feared denizens on the waterfront and the police of the period shudderingly described her as the most savage female they'd ever encountered." 381: 551: 522: 541: 420: 446: 357: 331: 299: 546: 556: 150:
referenced her as one of Charley Monnell's "trusted lieutenants," along with Kate Flannery. He described her:
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she was fond of wearing and "Mag" or "Meg" was likely her forename. The Hole in the Wall bar was at 279
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called The Hole in the Wall. She figures prominently in New York City
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According to legend, Gallus Mag's ghost still haunts the building.
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England
United Kingdom
Bar bouncer
Manhattan
Five Points
The Gangs of New York
bouncer
New York City
bar
folklore
suspenders
Water Street
Manhattan
Bridge Cafe
Herbert Asbury
The Gangs of New York
Corlears Hook
Martin Scorsese
Gangs of New York
Cara Seymour
Hell-Cat Maggie
Sadie the Goat
Ronda Rousey
Comedy Central
Drunk History
T. J. English
"gallus"
Profile
"A South Street Story"
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