The beautiful Mary Josephine Coughlin, known as ‘Mae’, was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1897, the daughter of Michael Coughlin and Bridget Gorman of County Cork, Ireland. Al learned his craft fighting against Irish‑American dock and street gangs in Brooklyn before moving to Chicago.
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