Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 162, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1915 — “BOX CAR ANNIE” IS BACK [ARTICLE]

“BOX CAR ANNIE” IS BACK

Woman Hobo Calls Again for Drug Cure at Hospital In. Kansas City. Kansas City, Mo.—“ Box Car Annie” is back at the General hospital again, seeking a second trial of the drug cure. It was In March, this year, that the stringent enforcement of the federal drug act sent the woman hobo to the City hospital. After taking the cure she "bummed" her way south, visiting Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas. A few days ago she felt the old desire for drugs coming back to her and Immediately started north , for Kansas City where, she said, “they have a fine bunch to help you." Maggie Draper, alias Annie Smith, alias “Box Car Annie," is thirty yearn old and a well-known character in the western part of the United States. She has been a professional hobo L.r about twelve years. -