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had bet that in earnest, did you have the money to put up?" Foster said, "No", and turning to me said, "You have the money", and I said no, I did not have any money; that he took it all, but he said, "You have some dust", and wanted me to get it just to show the old man that we had the money in case the bet had been a real one. Bowers and I went to
Kaufman's store to get the money and Van Triplett and Foster remained behind. We came back with the dust and I unrolled it and showed them the sack, and the old man said he did not know if that was gold, and Bowers said, "Open it and show it to him, as he don't know gold dust when he sees it", but I did not open it, and just about to roll it up again, when Foster grabbed it and handing it to the old man, said, "Git!" and I started to grab the old man when they held me and said if I made a noise it would not be well for me. I pulled away from them and started after the old man, but could not see him and then went across the street and asked a party where there was an officer: that I had been robbed of $ 3,000 by some men over there.
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the other man, Smith ordered them off the wharf. They obeyed by jumping over the side to the beach about six feet below. Smith continued, passing Tanner and Murphy without addressing them, nor did they offer resistance. Smith continued towards Reid, who called out, "Halt, you can't go down there." Witnesses claimed Reid and Smith argued for a few seconds, swearing at each other.
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Reid grabbed the rifle barrel with his left hand and pressed it down, and with his right he drew his revolver (if not already drawn) and pointed it at Smith. At that moment, Smith is said to have shouted, "My God, don't shoot!" Reid pulled the trigger, but the hammer fell on a faulty cartridge. Reid
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Murphy, then faced with the charging gang members, raised the rifle toward them and took aim. Gang member W. H. Jackson pointed his revolver at Tanner, who testified that
Jackson was "possibly twenty or thirty feet" away. Tanner was unarmed and could do nothing. Jackson probably noticed Murphy
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Stewart had lost his gold in a square game. Between 2 and 6 p.m., "at least a dozen men went to Soapy Smith and tried to get him
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to disavow the robbery and give up the men." Smith, however, maintained his position and "declined to do anything about the matter", finally stating in exasperation "that if Stewart had not 'hollered', he would feel like going out and getting him a piece of the money" back. In contrast with the
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Reid, a 54-year-old resident of Oregon, had worked as a bartender in the Klondike Saloon, a gambling den under Smith's control. He became the city engineer and operated lot sales to miners. Tanner was a 48-year-old captain of barges and steamers to and from Skagway; after the shootout, he was
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Smith left the meeting, for Sehlbrede next got around to asking the men present in the room whether they would arrest Smith and his whole gang if he issued warrants. The reply was unanimous and emphatic: Smith and every one of his men would be brought in. Sehlbrede added that "he wanted the
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New Army .41 Long Colt double-action revolver and decided to attend the vigilante meeting. With six or seven of his men following at a distance, he walked west on Holly to State Street and turned south toward the Juneau Wharf six blocks away.
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Soapy Smith Bandit of Skagway: How He Lived; How He Died
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685:Smith, pp. 527–28.
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