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| POISONED San Francisco Chronicle May 19, 1898 |
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APTAIN [SOAPY] SMITH POISONED BY CANNED TAMALES.
San Francisco Chronicle
May 19, 1898
May 19, 1898
The friends of “Soapy” Smith are somewhat alarmed because of a sudden illness which last night seized the captain of the “Skagway Guards.” It is feared that Captain Smith has been poisoned by some canned tamales he ate.Joseph D. Barry
Witnessed and reported by Joseph D. Barry, a reporter stationed in Skagway, Alaska. Besides this article, Barry played an important role in Skagway history reporting on the "Bunko Men and Their Tricks," San Francisco Chronicle, April 10, 1898, and later acted in the capacity of an official witness and jury member in the May 31, 1898, inquest into the death and robbery of prostitute Ella D. Wilson, who may have been murdered by associates of the soap gang.
Joseph D. Barry
Nov 21. 2022
Joseph D. Barry: page 506.
"After Canada Bill lost his pile in a backwoods village gambling shack, George Devol demanded, "Don't you know that game is rigged?" Canada Bill replied: "Of course, I know the game is rigged. But it's the only game in town."
—George Devol
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