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Link to the book: Mickey Finn 07

[The Australian Panther]

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Thiis is what a 'Mickey Finn' has always meant to me.
The Seedy Origins Of Mickey Finn
https://allthatsinteresting.com/mickey-finn

Mickey Finn’s scheme was simple. He invented an eponymous cocktail called the “Mickey Finn Special” that he promoted on the saloon’s sign. It was a pricey drink — meant to lure those with enough cash in their pockets worth robbing — with no mention of what was in it.

The special drink, in fact, was a mix of alcohol, Tabasco, snuff-soaked water, and a white liquid that could knock out an adult man in seconds.

The milk-white substance was allegedly chloral hydrate, a sedative that was first produced in the 1830s and was supplied to Finn by a drug dealer-slash-voodoo doctor who went by the moniker Dr. Hall.

After a customer passed out from the drink, Mickey Finn’s bar team would wait until the venue was empty before dragging the unconscious patron into one of the back “operating rooms.” The customer would then be stripped of their possessions and the girls and Finn’s barkeep would each get a percentage of the loot. 

So, I'm wondering, is there any link between the comic strip and the real Mickey Finn?   

[crashryan]

My guess is that Lank Leonard was aware that "Mickey Finn" was a knockout drink--it was a widely-used term--and thought it was an amusing name. I think he was more taken by the "Irishness" of it. In popular culture Finn had been a stock Irish name since before vaudeville days and Mickey (from Michael) was considered such a typical Irish name that "Mick" came to be used as a pejorative term for an Irishman. The strip's hero was an Irish cop so Leonard probably thought "Mickey Finn" was a perfect fit.