tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19434910.post2018219094178101887..comments2024-03-17T16:53:17.095-04:00Comments on Gribblenation: Alaska Route 98 and the South Klondike HighwayAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06394294005674203967noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19434910.post-11248903607722007002023-03-15T03:45:13.372-04:002023-03-15T03:45:13.372-04:00Some current day writers speculate that Jesse Murp...Some current day writers speculate that Jesse Murphy killed Soapy, but the coroner’s inquest called to investigate Soapy’s death ruled after multiple eyewitness accounts and two autopsies that it was Reid’s bullet that did the fatal work. <br /><br />New evidence has also recently come to light in the form of the Dyea Trail newspaper of July 9, 1898 that states Murphy shot Soapy with a revolver Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19434910.post-26009907922529026332023-02-13T22:44:27.391-05:002023-02-13T22:44:27.391-05:00I lived in Skagway for ten years, and enjoyed your...I lived in Skagway for ten years, and enjoyed your observations, photos, and comments. One correction: Frank Reid did not kill Soapy Smith, though they did wound each other. Research has verified that a railroad employee, Jesse Murphy finished off the outlaw. Read about it in Soapy Smith's fascinating biography, "Alias Soapy Smith: The Life And Death Of A Scoundrel," by Jeff Smith—mrostronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05053076004480540472noreply@blogger.com