Jeff, I ran across this in a Canadian local history book called The Leaves from the Medicine Tree, it's online.In it it says that Soapy lived and worked in Canada as a man named Jim Johnson, a refined man from a southern state.He is listed in the section called desperados along with Sundance.
Here is a link to the story in the blog. Thank you Jim! I do not have your contact information. Please email me (my name above should also be linked). Jeff Smith