Soapy Smith - Wikipedia
Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith II (November 2, 1860 – July 8, 1898) was an American con artist and gangster in the American frontier and the Klondike. Smith operated confidence schemes across the Western United States, and had a large hand in organized criminal operations in both Colorado and the District of Alaska. Smith gained notoriety ...
Con man "Soapy" Smith killed in Skagway, Alaska - HISTORY
2009年11月16日 · A disgruntled city engineer in Skagway, Alaska, murders “Soapy” Smith, one of the most notorious con men in the history of the West.
Alias Soapy Smith
Soapy Smith was the last of his kind, an old west crime figure who refused to give up the old ways for a constantly changing, modernizing nation. He was shot dead in a horrific gunfight while facing angry vigilantes on July 8, 1898.
The Legend Of Soapy Smith - Alaska Public Media
2013年11月19日 · Alaska’s history is peppered with crooks, cons and other characters famous for running afoul of the law. One of them is Soapy Smith, whose travels brought him briefly to the Kenai Peninsula....
Shootout on Juneau Wharf - Wikipedia
The 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, at approximately 9:15 p.m. in Skagway, District of Alaska, in the United States. Smith was shot in the heart and died shortly afterwards, and Reid died of his injuries 12 days later.
Soapy Smith – Bunko Man of the Old West - Legends of America
One of the most well-known con men of the 1800s, Jefferson Randolph “Soapy” Smith, II, operated several “rackets” in the American West for decades. From Texas to Colorado , to Alaska , Smith organized groups of bunko men into gangs that operated shell games, crooked gambling, and other scams with the likes of such men as Texas Jack ...
Alias Soapy Smith: The Life and Death of a Scoundrel
In this book, from Georgia to Texas, from Denver and the silver and gold boom-towns of Colorado, to Mexico and the Western states to the great Northwest, and to the last frontier, Alaska, you will travel with Soapy Smith to his criminal empires and final bold, deadly showdown with …
Who Was Soapy Smith? - The Days of 98 Show
Meet Jefferson “Soapy” Smith – Alaska’s most notorious outlaw. The events depicted in The Days of ’98 Show are taken from the Skagway historical record and center on Soapy Smith’s reign over the town during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897 and 1898.
Soapy Smith: Con Man’s Empire - HistoryNet
2006年6月12日 · About half a dozen of the men who had, in their way, helped make Jeff Smith — better known as Soapy Smith — the most prosperous and influential citizen in Skagway ran to tell their friends the awful news, and then to get out of town — fast.
The dirt on notorious conman Soapy Smith - North of 60 Mining …
2024年2月2日 · Born in 1860, Jefferson "Soapy" Smith would lead a life of incredible crime, while mostly petty in nature, it was by no means harmless, and in 1898, Smith would meet his end to angry vigilantes over the possibility of his exploits ruining the reputation of Skagway, AK.