Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith II (November 2, 1860 – July 8, 1898) was a
con artist, saloon and gambling house proprietor,
gangster, and crime boss of the 19th-century
Old West. His most famous scam, the
prize package soap sell racket, presented him with the sobriquet of "Soapy", which remained with him to his death.