Posts Tagged ‘Till Burnes’

Between two and four o’clock yesterday morning a woman named Maggie McCutcheon, whose sporting title is “Maggie Bangs,” was killed by pistol shot under circumstances that leave it somewhat of a mystery . . . –San Diego Union, June 19, 1881.

British "Bulldog" revolver

                                                              

The story of death in San Diego’s notorious “Stingaree” district: Maggie Bangs.

San Diego’s downtown of the late 1800s was filled with bars.  Perhaps the best known “saloonist” was the colorful Tillman A.  Burnes, who kept a well-stocked menagerie of exotic animals to accompany his liquor selections.   Read more about Till Burnes.

Till Burns (left) at his Acme Saloon