Soapy Smith: Con Man Extraordinaire

You'll meet him in 'The Grandfather Paradox', but, for now, there he stands in the photo, in his 'parlor' surrounded by minions. The most infamous figure of the Klondike era, Smith was a ‘confidence man’, one who used elaborate tricks and ruses to talk their victims out of their money. Smith was a crook with a gift for organization, constructing an empire any Mafia don might envy. A southern charmer, he dressed like a judge, sat on a horse like a prince, and spoke like a bishop. Smith arrived in Skagway with members of his gang sometime in August 1897 and was shot and killed on July 8, 1898, during a showdown on a wharf.