tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127229959267257059.post8106942251455923741..comments2024-01-20T16:49:46.154-08:00Comments on Soapy Smith's Soap Box: Did Soapy operate on trains?Jeff Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680146273701688630noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127229959267257059.post-13302805756249841962011-09-08T11:08:28.100-07:002011-09-08T11:08:28.100-07:00Hi, Henry. Thank you for your response. It's a...Hi, Henry. Thank you for your response. It's a worthy idea that deserves discussion. Whether Soapy actually worked for the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company is questioned. There is little doubt in my mind that he used the document in some fashion while he swindled passengers. In my book I figured that it was to keep the train "police" from bothering him.<br /><br />Jeff SmithJeff Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680146273701688630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127229959267257059.post-51390023028244805942011-09-07T23:35:57.475-07:002011-09-07T23:35:57.475-07:00There's a world of possibilities! I like the ...There's a world of possibilities! I like the idea that he wanted a low-level but respectable position on the railroad, for either short or long cons. It brings to mind the Yellow Kid, when he was pushing his miracle baldness cure scam. He would establish himself in small town barbershops, never as a barber, but as a bootblack, his lack of social position making people underestimate him, leaving them much more susceptible to being taken. (I have trouble with these comment things, so I'm signing as Anonymous, but it's really Henry Parke)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com