The possible death of Bascomb Smith: Soapy Smith's hot-head younger brother

BASCOMB SMITH
Ends his life with drugs
Alliance Herald
September 9, 1909

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ascomb Smith's death

Did Bascomb die a "drug fiend" in 1909?

     What ever happened to Bascomb Smith and when he died, has been a mystery in the Smith family. The last we previously heard from Bascomb was in December 1899 when he was ordered to leave Seattle, Washington after shooting and wounding a man. There is a family story that Bascomb died in the 1920s but it is not known where this information came from, nor is there any provenance. 
     Author/historian and good friend, Peter Brand responded to a post about Bascomb, trying to determine if an article he had found was about our Bascomb Smith (see top pic). It seems probable that it is.
     It is known, according to the Seattle newspapers, that Bascomb was a "hop fiend." The fact that his father and several uncles were attorney's, I can see where Bascomb might lie about being a retired "young promising lawyer." If this is our Bascomb Smith, then he died at some point previous to September 7, 1909 in Omaha, Nebraska. 

 

REST IN PEACE BASCOMB.

Only positively-known image
of Bascomb Smith

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* Special thanks go out to author/historian Peter Brand for locating this newspaper clipping!

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