Who was Gallus Mag?

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Gallus Mag was a 6 foot tall female bouncer at a New York City water street bar called Hole in the Wall in the early nineteenth century. She is also described in Herbert Asbury's book Gangs of New York. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallus_mag Jan 25 10, 5:06 PM

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Herbert Asbury's book The Gangs of New York thus describes her: "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." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallus_mag Jan 25 10, 6:55 PM