Dave Hayhurst Moline, Illinois Maulda Branscomb stood over six feet tall and weighed 230 lbs. Once you saw her, you never forgot her. Maulda sang, played the piano, danced ballet and was a hooker. But she was no mere dainty. She was also a bouncer for the Bird Cage Theatre. Once when a troublemaker pulled a six-gun on her, she picked him up over her head and tossed him into the middle of Allen Street. Later on, she married the Bird Cage’s owner, Joe Gignon, who billed her as “Big Minnie: Si


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