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Jefferson R. 'Soapy' Smith was born,
Coweta County,Georgia.Smith Family migrates to U.S in 1700's,
settled in Georgia in 1821.Jefferson and his cousin Edwin "Bobo"
witness the death of Sam Bass and his gangFamily experienced financial hardships during
American Civil War, move to Round Rock, Texas.Through out the 1870's and 1880's Smith began
fooling groups in Denver with the newspaper
headlined "The prize soap racket."
This is how "Soapy' comes along and gets his
name. At the time had over 100 men working for him.In 1879 Jefferson moved to Denver with plans of starting life of cons.
He didn't move around like many con men he
was smart he began to assert political power
as he bribes the bad cops in the town of Denver.Jefferson SMith creates Tivoli Club,
a gambling saloon on 17th street of Denver. Gambling opportunities,
fake insurance policies, fake lotteries, and absurd auctions. Starting selling soap
bars on the streets of Denver with a chance to "win money" in each pack of soap. 17th
street between Union Station became the streets of DOOM.In 1892 there is a new major in the town of
Denver pitching gambling laws, business starts
to slow, Soapy makes a trip to Creede, Colorado
within 24 hours he buying the whole mainstreet
of the town and declares himself the town boss.
Now pitching a dead man scam claiming to have
bought him from miners outside of town and
charging 10 cents to see him, but the scam isn't
the 'dead man' it's the con men swarming the
streets of the event conning everyone in sight.In 1896, there is new a governor with tons of
populist reforms on gambling laws of Denver,
firing 3 of Soapy's corrupt political figures.
Soapy gets sworn into a deputy officer position.
Gambling the advances underground after the
reforms, staging of fake raids, to secure money
of his victims.Denver is starting to storm downward and
Soapy moves onto Alaska before being
convicted of any crimes. Now pitching a fake
meeting in town on the reforms of gambling.
He is shot and killed walking into the meeting on
July 7th, 1898.
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