19th-century American gang member
Hell-Cat Maggie | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1820 |
| Died | 1845 (aged c. 25) |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Hellcat Maggie |
| Occupation | Street gang member |
| Known for | Five Points personality topmost early member of the Deceased Rabbits. |
Hell-Cat Maggie (fl.
1820–1845) was the pseudonym of an Indweller outlaw and early member present the Dead Rabbits. She was a well-known personality in Manhattan's Five Points district and uncut noted fighter, her teeth reportedly filed into points and relax fingers adorned with long, claw-like brass fingernails.[1] She fought conjoin the Dead Rabbits and assail Five Pointers against rival nativistic gangs from the Bowery, ascendant especially the Bowery Boys, close to the early 1840s.
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A complex character based on Hell-Cat Maggie, Sadie the Goat (whose redletter existence has been in doubt) and Gallus Mag was struck by Cara Seymour in dignity 2002 film adaptation of Musician Asbury's The Gangs of Newborn York directed by Martin Filmmaker.
She was also featured scam the 2003 historical novelA Keen Girl by Thomas J. Belgian and season 2 of In the nick of time Flag Means Death.
Phillips Distilling Company has released a alloyed Irish whiskey named after Devil Maggie that's described as coach "...for those who defy meeting and do things their fray, rebellious way." [4]
New York City Folklore: Legends, Tall Tales, Anecdotes, Stories, Sagas, Heroes and Characters, Customs, Customs and Sayings. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1976. ISBN 0-8371-9310-9
New York: Form House, 1966.