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
Beware My Love "Beware My Love" and "Time to Hide" as well as "Let 'Em In" as successful examples of McCartney's rock style. Rodriguez considered "Beware My Love" to be the only song on "Wings at the Speed of Sound" to be as good as the best songs from Wings' previous two albums, "Band on the Run" and "Venus and Mars". "CD Review" magazine described "Beware My Love" as "a fiery rocker." Beatle authors Roy Carr and Tony Tyler used "Beware My Love" as an example of "Wings at the Speed of Sound" being strong melodically. Madinger and Easter described it as one