Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-06-10
JOYCE MUST BARE
SOURCE Of INCOME
Judge Orders Millionaire to Bring
Papers into Court.
PEGGY'S WOES ARE TOLD
Requests 100000 Attorneys Fee and
$4,000 AIimony-Former Actress
Denies Charges of Misconduct
and other Accusations.

Chicago, June 9.-Peggy Hopkins
Joyce won her first victory today in
her court fight with her millionaire
husband, j. Stanley Joyce, Chicago
lumbernan, when Judge SABBATH or
dered him TO appear In court Thurs
day and bring his check books, income
tax schedules and other evidences of
his income.
Weymouth Kirkland, attorney for
Marguerite Hopkins Joyce, proceeded
TO earn his 100000 fee that his client
is fighting for In addition to $4,000 a
month temporary alimony, by narrat-
ing what Peggy had suffered at the
hands of j. Stanley Joyce, her multi
millionaire husband.
Alfred Austrian represented the lat
ter and made himself conspicuous by
frequent Interruptions and challenges
Mr.. Kirkland went back to the time
when Peggy first met Joyce I'm Chi
cagO. She was a mere chorus girl
at that time, struggling along on the
meager salary of $7O0 a week. What
with maid, hotel and travelling ex-
penses, that stipend did not go very
far. But she was ambitious, and be-
lieved she had brilliant career de-
fore her.
Didn't Know He Was Wealthy.
"She had never heard OF Joyce be-
FORE said Mr. Kirkland, sand didn't
know he was on earth. She didn't
even know he was millionaire. She
only Found that out when he boasted
to her Of his fabulous wealth.
"He asked her to marry him the
first night ne was with her She told
him frankly she was the wife of Phil
brick Hopkins. He urged her to obtain
a divorce; to go to Reno and establish
a residence there He offered to pay
all the expenses of the project
Happy over Divorce.
''The news of Peggy's divorce made
Joyce very happy. He had paid all
the expenses of 1t, and now urged inn
mediate marriage. Two days after
the decree was entered he and Peggy
were made man and wife at Miami,
Fla, there being no laws In that state
as to remarrying within any stated
time after divorce had been obtained
Mrs. Joyce denies that the decree
was void or was secured by fraud or
colluslon. There was no conspiracy
20 deceive the Texas court as TO resi-
denee. Her husband had been a resi-
dent of the state for one year.
Joyce, in his cross-bill. asks for
return of some $4,000 worth of prop
erty, including jewels, that he gave
her. He charges her also with I'M
chastity
were bestowed upon her voluntarily,
In order that she might maintain a
social standing commensurate with
her husbands fortune and position
She denies emphatieally the alleged
improper relations with any of the CO.
respondents named or unnamed.
"After their marriage in Miami he
purchased a $25OO00 house and re-
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ten servants and fleet Of seven auto
mobiles.
Bought Gorgeous Trapplnss.
'sHe gave her fine clothes and Jewels
because he said he wanted her to be
the best-dressed woman in the wsrld,
and wanted nobody TO wear more
gorgeous Jewels than she did
"Sbe had abandoned her stage
career because Of his representations
that an alliance of such great wealth
with the footlights would be lnaccept-
able 10 his mother and incompatible
with his position in society.
"They made a trip TO Europe. so
journing at the most expensive hotels
and occupying the most expensive
suites in these hotels Then he left
her to return alone to America. For
a while he wrote affectionate letters
10 her Then suddenly his attitude
changed. When she met him later In
New York she received only insults.
She had been bounded by detectives,
at every turn.
sand all the while she did not want
his millions. She only wanted him to
stop drinking and be to her all that
husband should be"