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 of the Dog (song) UK Series 8 housemate Nabeel "Billi" Bhatti starred in the video. Beware of the Dog (song) "Beware of the Dog" is a song written by Jamelia, Stuart Crichton, Tommy Lee James, Karen Poole and Martin Gore, produced by Crichton for Jamelia's third album "Walk with Me" (2006). The single is notable for its sample of Depeche Mode's song "Personal Jesus" and was the second single released from the album, except for New Zealand where it was released as the only single. "Beware of the Dog" was the second single from Jamelia to enter the UK top forty on downloads alone.