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I SOAPY SMITHWit# 111* t t»fltlrr nf I hr ll##t#r to llnfxr, nr IV«U« li.W.MitlitnToNi. March in.—I.overitnr Wntte of lt;'olorndn ami til# recent actions form r common topic of current g-.mlp iNit olio in lielltT nhl# to lulu of * ultif* mlo mattera (him ttint brilliant young representative, l.afe Pence. IN told a good story of Ho#py Smith, whose foertjt exploit* In Denver ut the In nlt;t of the moh U much talked of “Hr it one «f the greatest character* in tin* ae»l, said Mr, l*enc«*. “He let prohrthlv not over 3d years ftf ago. anti t»y no meana impressive In Inn kmilil. Il« in, hitwever, tlice king of Ilio lawless element iii Denver. If Smith am) four mm were In the city hull tower mid live dynamite* Imtiht warn thrown into the mil file tin* world would un inrally nay that Smith and tlta oilier four men each tlireir ima Hot I nm willing to bet that if the bombs hud bean thrown am) Hoiltli had Iwn I ml triad, each of Ins four companions would hum mvurn that Smith begged them not to throw a single bomb, and t hat in the scuffle mm of the man threw two. which would account for the five. Yon never knew anyone to have such power. He never lets one of hia follower* go hungry if lie him a dollar In hie pocket, and they know itHe hue been in several shooting sc rupee, but inis always managed to escape punishment. His real name is Jefferson Randolph Hiuith. He cuwe from 'Texas to Leadvilla. He was also st t rede, Where he ulturnnlely mined nrnl ran a gambling house. He got his nickname from the fact that for some time ho sold soap on street corners in Denver and used to pretend to nut S'/ tnd $10 bills in tlie packages. Aa no cum. aver found the money with the map the trick wnA noon laughed) at; hut from that day to this he lias been known an Soapy’ Smith, With all his isivociatfonit h« always appears In hi* 4rr*s and his home life like a perfect gentleman, I lived next to him for it Mil pie of years and it took me a year to find out who lie wa* I used to notice him carrying home un armful of lira wherries when I would have to be ton lent with wishing for some, but 1 mpposed lie was some proape rout merchant or hanker.'1TERRIBLt STORM IN THE SOUTH.
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Douglas Converse County Press
Douglas, Wyoming, US
Wed, Mar 28, 1894
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