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    Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith II (November 2, 1860 – July 8, 1898) was an American con artist and gangster in the American frontier. Smith operated confidence...
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    Shootout on Juneau Wharf was a gunfight between Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith, Frank H. Reid, and Jesse Murphy that took place on Friday, July 8, 1898...
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  • (1891–1892) when he worked for his brother-in-law, the infamous badman, Soapy Smith in Denver and Creede, Colorado. Light was born in late 1863, or possibly...
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    against Soapy Smith starts at Skagway. April 3: Avalanche kills more than 60 at Chilkoot Pass. April 24: Spanish–American War begins. May 1: Soapy Smith stages...
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  • This gang should not be confused with the gang of Soapy Smith. The Smith Gang was a band of American cattle rustlers who operated in the Southwest during...
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    shootout on Juneau Wharf that ended the life of American outlaw Jefferson "Soapy" Smith, as well as Reid's own life. Reid was born in Illinois about 1844. He...
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  • National Football League, becoming the shortest player ever in the league Soapy Smith (1860-1898), con artist, saloon and gambling house proprietor, gangster...
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    unscrupulous, most notably Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith.[citation needed] Jeff. Smith's Parlor, Soapy's base of operations Between 1897 and 1898, Skagway...
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  • cigarette. One of the buses had an effigy of Soapy Smith that with the pull of a handle, Itjen would make Soapy salute walking pedestrians as he passed them...
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    West Historical Association Journal, Volume IV Number 2. Smith, Jeff (2009). Alias Soapy Smith: The Life and Death of a Scoundrel, Klondike Research. p...
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    killed in the shootout. Near Ware was Soapy Smith, a noted con man, and his cousin Edwin, who witnessed Ware's shot. Soapy exclaimed, "I think you got him."...
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    in 2006 Historical marker in front of the Tilden Boot Hill Cemetery Soapy Smith's grave at the Skagway, Alaska, Boot Hill Grave of Frank H. Reid in Skagway...
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    Wilson Miniseries 2013–2015 My Mad Fat Diary Kester Gill 2014 Klondike Soapy Smith Miniseries 2014 The Bridge CIA Agent Buckley / David Tate 2014 The Driver...
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  • swindler and con artist; "Ponzi scheme" is a type of fraud named after him. Soapy Smith (1860–1898): American con artist and gangster in Denver and Creede, Colorado...
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    a Hot Tin Roof Margaret Syracuse Stage, New York 1983 The Ballad of Soapy Smith Kitty Strong Seattle Repertory Theater 1984 The Philadelphia Story Tracy...
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  • "Hairlip Charlie" Smith (1844–1907) Jefferson Randolph "Soapy Smith" Smith (1860–1898) Thomas J. Smith (1830-1870) "Tiger Sam" Smith (??–1880) John Sontag...
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    agents George Herold and Sergeant Richard Ware. Soapy Smith and his cousin, Edwin, witnessed Ware's shot. Soapy exclaimed, "I think you got him!" No one residing...
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    participation in the Earp Vendetta Ride and his later association with Soapy Smith. Vermillion was born in about 1842 in Russell County, Virginia, the second...
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    James Tom Ketchum Frank McLaury Tom McLaury Joaquin Murrieta Belle Starr Soapy Smith Sundance Kid Younger Brothers (Cole, Bob, Jim, John) Soldiers and scouts...
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  • Weiss (Earl Wajciechowsky), Chicago North Side Gang leader Jefferson R. "Soapy" Smith, con artist and gangster in the Western United States A gang war breaks...
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  • Magruder (who was most likely based on John B. Magruder), Soapy Jennings (who was based on Soapy Smith), and Magruder's hulking personal bodyguard, Dutchie...
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  • Jefferson Smith may refer to: Soapy Smith (Jefferson Randolph Smith II, 1860–1898), American con artist and gangster Jefferson Smith (politician) (born...
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    McCarter Theatre Company, in Princeton, NJ; Mark Weller's The Ballad of Soapy Smith in 1983 at the Seattle Repertory Theatre in Seattle; and the New York...
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    Small History of the Big Con. Knopf. ISBN 978-0307473592. Smith, Jeff (2009). Soapy Smith: The Life and Death of a Scoundrel. Juneau: Klondike Research...
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    Herbert C. Ebeling: Johann Jakob Astor – Ein Lebensbild. pp. 63–69. Howden Smith, Arthur D. (2005) [1929]. John Jacob Astor: Landlord of New York. New York:...
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  • Public Safety Service Delivery" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-10-20. Smith, Jeff (2009). Alias Soapy Smith: The Life and Death of a Scoundrel, Klondike Research. p...
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    City, Yukon, about 800 km (500 mi) away. Confidence man and crime boss Soapy Smith, famous for his underworld control of the town of Skagway in 1897–98...
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    the city underwent a huge rise in corruption, as crime bosses, such as Soapy Smith, worked side by side with elected officials and the police to control...
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    political machine. In Denver, Colorado, during the 1890s Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith operated as the Republican party boss and political fixer. Charles Brayton...
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    to Red Cloud's demands that the U.S. abandon Forts Phil Kearny and C.F. Smith. Gall of the Hunkpapa and other representatives of the Hunkpapa, Blackfeet...
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