Soapy Smith gambling house. Legend has it that above the entrance of the stairway leading upstairs to the gambling games was a sign that read "caveat emptor", Latin for "let the buyer beware". Smith's younger brother, Bascomb Smith, joined the gang and operated a cigar store that was a front for dishonest poker games and other swindles, operating in one of the back rooms. Other operations included fraudulent lottery shops, a "sure-thing" stock exchange, fake watch and bogus diamond auctions, and the sale of stocks in nonexistent businesses. Because of bribes, some of the police officers patrolling the streets would not arrest
What I Mean to Say Is Goodbye What I Mean to Say Is Goodbye What I Mean To Say Is Goodbye is a 2005 album by Tom Brosseau and features a cast of notable Los Angeles, California musicians. It was produced by Sam Jones (", Off Camera with Sam Jones, Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued)." When the album was released, "West of Town" received much attention from KEXP host John Richards, which eventually lead to Brosseau's appearance on The Mid Day Show with Cheryl Waters. The composition, "Grafton", which appears on this album, was originally on "North Dakota" under the slightly different title, "Grafton, ND". The