The outcome was that as the miners in the council moved north one by one the control of the town reverted to the more unscrupulous among the newcomers and locals organized by Jefferson Randolph " Soapy " Smith.

The most colorful resident of this period was bad man Jefferson Randolph " Soapy " Smith.

* Jefferson Randolph " Soapy " Smith II, ( 1860 – 1898 ), infamous 19th century gambler, confidence man and crime boss

One of the most infamous confidence men of the nineteenth century, Jefferson Randolph Smith, known as Soapy Smith, led organized gangs of shell men throughout the mid-western United States, and later in Alaska.

In Denver, Colorado during the 1890s there was Jefferson Randolph " Soapy " Smith who operated as the Republican party boss and political fixer.

One of their primary targets was city crime boss Jefferson Randolph Smith, alias " Soapy " Smith.

* 1898 – The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.

* Soapy Smith ( Jefferson R. Smith ), infamous American confidence man and crime boss ( d. 1898 )

Criminals often took on ( or were given ) pseudonyms, such as famed con man Jefferson R. Smith, who was known as Soapy Smith.

* In March 1898, the " 101 " of Skagway, Alaska posted handbills and held meetings trying to free the town of a bunco gang known as the " Soap Gang " under the control of the infamous Soapy Smith.

* Soapy Smith ( 1860-1898 )

* Tivoli Club, 19th century Denver, Colorado gambling saloon owned by infamous badman Soapy Smith

* The 18th century Whig radical Charles James Fox preferred faro to any other game, as did 19th-century American con man Soapy Smith.

* Soapy Smith Preservation Trust

* The Soapy Smith Preservation Trust, Infamous badman born and raised between 1860-1876 in Newnan.

Soapy Smith in 1898

* In 1892 Jefferson " Soapy " Smith, de facto ruler of the town of Creede, Colorado, purchased a petrified man for $ 3, 000 and exhibited it for 10 cents a peek.

Construction started in May 1898, but they encountered roadblocks in dealing with the local city government and the town's crime boss, Soapy Smith.

On the evening of July 8, 1898, Soapy Smith was killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf with guards at one of the vigilante's meetings.

It mentions the real character of Soapy Smith and his fatal duel with Frank Reid.

Skagway and the White Pass trail also had a severe crime problem, organized and led by the infamous badman, Soapy Smith.

The Blongers ' policy shop had plenty of competition, including saloon man Ed Chase and Soapy Smith, the famous Western con man.

He was elected November 8, 1966, to a full six-year term, defeating former Governor Soapy Williams by a 56 % to 44 % margin, commencing January 3, 1967 and was reelected in 1972, winning a tough race against state Attorney General Frank J. Kelley, and served from May 11, 1966, to January 2, 1979.

Gerhard Mennen " Soapy " Williams, ( February 23, 1911February 2, 1988 ), was a politician from the U. S. state of Michigan.

* Jefferson (" Soapy ") Smith ( 1860 – 1898 ), American con artist and gangster

* Soapy Sam – member of Joe's gang ; explosives expert

The President, Samuel H. Graves ( 1852 – 1911 ), was elected as chairman of the vigilante organization that was trying to expel Soapy and his gang of confidence men and rogues.

* Soapy Sam – Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford

* Carlton Australian rules footballer Harry " Soapy " Vallence ( 1905 – 1991 )

Harry " Soapy " Vallence ( 4 June 1905 – 25 July 1991 ) was a champion Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) and the Victorian Football Association ( VFA ).

* Full Points Footy – Soapy Vallence

He was introduced to the infamous Alaskan bad man Soapy Smith during the July 4, 1898 festivities in Skagway.

On-field, Carlton's inter-war period was highlighted by two of its greatest goalkickers: in the 1920s, Horrie Clover ( 396 goals in 147 games ), and in the 1930s, Harry " Soapy " Vallence ( 722 goals in 204 games ), both of which were Carlton career records at the time.

The Soapy Award was originally designed by Janis Rogak, the magazine's then-Art Director.

* In the episode " TV Or Not TV " of the 1960s cartoon series The Jetsons, a segment was shown with a character named " Soapy Sam " who hit George Jetson in the face with a pie.

Four days after meeting him, Soapy was killed in the famed Shootout on Juneau Wharf.

An heir to a personal grooming products fortune, he was known as " Soapy ," and wore a trademark green bow tie with white polka dots.

Dewey carried Michigan, but Sigler was unsuccessful that year, as he was defeated for re-election for governor by Democrat Soapy Williams.

The game features a number of characters whose names are taken from real Old West figures, including Clay Allison, Jose Chavez y Chavez, Hoodoo Brown, Dave Rudabaugh, John Joshua " J. J " Webb, Luke Short as well as Major Thomas Magruder who may have been based on John B. Magruder, Soapy Jennings who was probably based on Soapy Smith, and Magruder's hulking personal bodyguard, Dutchie, who was possibly based on " Dutchy " Schunderberger, a member of the real-life Hoodoo Brown's Dodge City Gang.

The Soapy Awards were an award presented by Soap Opera Digest magazine to the best work on American soap operas from 1977 until 1983.

* Soapy Saunders ( Sam Jaffe ) and Silky O ' Sullivan ( Walter Brennan ), both retired confidence men that the boys call on when in need of a large sum of cash and a good con to get them out of trouble.

While in Denver, he met and maintained a long term friendship with the infamous confidence man, Soapy Smith and members of the Soap Gang.

The character of Gannon may be loosely based on that of Soapy Smith, a confidence artist and gang leader who ran the town of Skagway during the Alaska Gold Rush.