In September 1899, what unusual patron got so drunk at Reilly’s Hotel, New York City, that it struck another visitor over the head with a whiskey bottle, pelted everyone with bottles and glasses and then smashed a bottle of Vermouth into the face of the proprietor?
Answer: A monkey. The animal was kept at the bar, but a visitor unwisely fed it four cocktails – as a result of which it promptly went into a frenzy. It was only caught when the police arrived and lassoed it.
Source: The Burglar Caught by a Skeleton by Jeremy Clay
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