tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127229959267257059.post6707581794353506062..comments2024-01-20T16:49:46.154-08:00Comments on Soapy Smith's Soap Box: A Jack-Pot in Alaska: The story of an unknown gunfight.Jeff Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680146273701688630noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127229959267257059.post-65295886853266255062012-04-18T20:06:31.860-07:002012-04-18T20:06:31.860-07:00Hi, Jacquie.
Thank you for commenting. Read my com...Hi, Jacquie.<br />Thank you for commenting. Read my comments below the story again. I don't believe 3 men were actually killed. I believe only the one victim was killed. In the "big-mit" poker swindle all the players at the table are members of the Soap Gang. Only the victim believes it is a real game. In this story the only target was the victim. When the shooting started he was the only one the others were trying to hit. <br /><br />You are correct that Soapy was not known as a killer, but he was quick with his anger and his gun. He was involved in several shooting scrapes that we know of, and probably others that were not recorded.<br /><br />You mention the "Even in Skaguay, there'd be some notoriety with an event such as this." Not if only a few people knew about it. A good example is the shooting death of Soapy. All these years the idea of Jesse Murphy being the real killer of Soapy has been well hidden.<br /><br />Jeff SmithJeff Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680146273701688630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127229959267257059.post-69080106439447349192012-04-18T19:12:29.729-07:002012-04-18T19:12:29.729-07:00It's a stretch for me to believe that Soapy co...It's a stretch for me to believe that Soapy could've killed three men when 1) no one knew about it for 7 years, 2) he let the "witness" live, and 3) he was never considered a killer. Even in Skaguay, there'd be some notoriety with an event such as this.Jacquie Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361793932364487636noreply@blogger.com