Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-16
st. Louis Post-pIspateh.

CARRIED in boys clothing. Mrs. James NJ.
Smith. a pale. slender woman of 10. has
travelled 1900 miles during the past year.
In overalls. heavy shoes. a blue shirt
and a felt hat she Travelled as a hobo"
from Chicago to Honolulu and back from
Honolulu to St. Louis, and was arrested
10 times for incorporating in masculine
attire.
At least. that is the story teld to- the
Post-Dispatch by her husband and her
self after they aligted from Missouri
Pacific boxcar in the st. Louis railroad
yards Tuesday morning
To substantiate one portion Of his story,
Smith has clippings from newspapers in
Cheyenne, Wyo.. Denver and Kansas
City, telling of their arrest in each of
those places because Mrs. Smith appeared
on the street in masculine attire.
While Mrs Smith appears heartily dis
gusted with the mode of travel which she
has been experiencing. her husband seems
proud of his achievement in making so
long a journey without funds.
Il only paid 20 cents for railroad fare on
the whole trip" he declared Tuesday
morning, land that was in crossing the
Yuma desert"
The only motive given by Smith for his
wifes willingness TO undergo the exeep-
tional hardships incident to journey of
THIS KIM IS lnaL ne ueClutu 10 20 " nun
olulu, that she wanted to be with him and
that they didn't have any money TO trav-
ell there In conventional fashion.
A marriage license figured in the story
of their travels. They were married in
Chicago on Sept. 2. 1901, but lost their
certificate en- route to the coast.
They were arrested at Ogden, Utah. on
their way back. he explains, and held
there two days while their story was be-
ing investigated. Smith says the Ogden
police demanded their marriage license,
and when 1t was not produced wired to
Chicago to find If there was any record
of it.
When they received an affirmative an
swer the Smiths were released. Then the
husband says he concluded to get married
again and in Denver they were reunited
in matrimony by Justice w. F. Hynes
and secured a new certificate which they
now carry with them. Mrs. Smith was
remarked in her boyish raiment. and IL
was with some difficulty that the justice
was convinced that she was woman.
Smith, who is q years old, fairly good
looking, of medium height, with a sun
burned face and a slight brown mustache,
tells the story this way:
II was working in Chicago as teamster
when / got married. My wife's name was
Matte Lee She was an orphan and
working girl / knew a man named Frank
Reilly who went to Honolulu and got
job as a foreman on the Spreckles sugar
plantation.
II thought IT would be better for me II l
could get the same kind of job. told my
wife / was going and she agreed TO go
with me. We had no money and decided
to beat our way
I'VE were arrested soon after we start
ed out We were first taken up at Mason
City. Ill. But when we told our story we
were always released. My wife carried
woman's hat, skirt underskirt and waist
with her and would put them on when the
authorities insisted.
I'VE got to San Francisco all right and
went as stowaways on a steamer for Hon
olulu. After we were 10 hours out we were
discovered nd worked for our passage the
rest of the trip. Arriving at Honolulu,
found that Reilly had left his job and that
couldn't get what 1 wanted. So decided
to come back. The United States consul
put us on an army transport and after we
got back to San Francisco we hoboed'
our way east again. We are going back TO