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ho in hell is Mollie?
In Alias Soapy Smith, I make note that although christened Mary Eva Smith, Soapy addressed her in letters as "dear wife" or “Mollie.” In one letter to her husband, Mary signs her own name as "Mollie." However, when it came to legal documents, such as the times he sent her money, he used her legal name, "Mary E. Smith," as in artifacts #20 and #21. There are letters addressed to "Mary" from members of the gang (Yank and Hi-Ki Fewclothes, artifact #6), but I have not found one letter from Soapy in which he addresses her as "Mary." At the time of publication I did not have an explanation but recently I accidentally came across the name of "Mollie" used as an example for a name at Think Baby Names.
Mollie \m(ol)-lie\Looking around other like sites I also found the following.
As a girl's name is a variant of Mary (Latin) and Molly (Irish, Latin), and the meaning of Mollie is "star of the sea."
Mollie: Originally a pet form of Mary, Molly is now bestowed as an independent given name.
Var: Mollie.
Source: Baby Name Wizard.
Mollie Mol•lie [mol-ee] noun
a female given name, form of Mary.
Source: Dictionary.com
Artifact # 1, March 9, 2010
Artifact # 6, April 11, 2010
Artifact # 20, August 12, 2010
Artifact # 21, August 15, 2010
"Mollie": page 108, 281, 411, 418, 495, 498
"If there is vigor in the law Soapy Smith will be sent to the penitentiary. He is a professional swindler and has attempted murder before. There is not a more desperate nor dangerous person than he in Colorado who is allowed to run at large."
―Rocky Mountain News, June 8, 1894.
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