Soapy Smith
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soapy-smith-188-7278516
title:
Soapy Smith
text:
Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith II was an American con artist and gangster in the American frontier, and ultimately 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 through his "prize soap racket," in which he would sell bars of soap with prize money hidden in some of the bars' packaging in order to increase sales. However, through sleight of
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description:
American con artist and gangster (1860–1898)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soapy_Smith
date created:
2006-02-15T12:53:18Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T23:20:21Z
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