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 Safety If These Trees Could Talk, Té, sleepmakeswaves, Maserati, The American Dollar, Signal Hill, and Junius, among others. The band has received a notable amount of press for their album "dogs", including a write-up in Wired Magazine's Sunday Soundtracking. In early 2009, Tad Piecka joined BoS on bass, expanding the band to five members. The creation of 2011's "Leaves/Scars" was a tumultuous time for BoS with members contemplating quitting the band. Beware of Safety's 2014 album "Lotusville" reflects the band's experiences living in Los Angeles, California. Member Morgan Hendry is also an engineer at Jet Propulsion Lab. Beware of Safety Beware