Posts Tagged ‘Till Burnes’
13th October
2011
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.
The story of death in San Diego’s notorious “Stingaree” district: Maggie Bangs.
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27th May
2010
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.