Show catali him A dispatch from prescott arizona says in regard to john J smith one of the arizona train robbers who escaped from his captors while en route from this city to prescott the attempt to capture smith the train robber who es in raton mountain pass by jump ins the window of a moving car with shackles on has been abandoned as the deputy telegraphs to sheriff 0 beill that he has claued to find any trace of him detective thacker of wells fargo co has been here for several days working on alie case smith was one of the four arrested who made a confession and it is believed that his comrades helped to get him out of the car while the officers were napping in order to be rid of his testimony when they came to trial he had also it is stated confessed to the train robbery at pixley gal |