The Washington times., 1921-06-16

in her State.
have seen that between the ages of
eighteen and thirty she has been
wice fsithless wife.
And IL the judicial mind can con-
.eive of any reason why she should
DO further permitted to take from
the man who married her In good
faith-her third husband-any more
of his wealth under any guise or
pretext, then / say that the judicial
mind has been clouded.
"And further say that in such
an event honest and decent man
hood has not been given Its due In
court of justice.
| sYf the court believes all the state
ments in Mrs. Joyce's petition, II
the court believes in the verify of
honor. II is the courts judicial duty
i to award her what the court sees fit-
But IL 1 do not demonstrate that
she 10 the greatest violator of the
marriage code that has ever appeared
before you and the greatest perverter
of the truth, then I'll say that Mr..
Joyce has employed incapable counsel.
much has been said of the char
acter of my client since he had the
temerity to become infatuated with
the present Mrs. Joyce. He had only
ono shortcoming and that was that he
believed in the honest and integrity
OF women
ExcoRIATEs PEGGY.
They have combined the two con-
tinents to find any other short-com-
ing and they found Charlotte John
son and one other thing which they
have taken from the lips OF this So
called lady, namely, a conversation
about his war record The only in
terest she had in the war was to
wreck the life OF an honest soldier
who happened to come In contact with
her and with whom she occupied an
apartment for time In New York.
Every place in the world where
IL fs likely she committed acts of
Iunfaithfulness we are entitled TO
comb. She contends that she Is en-
titled to six or eight witnesses IN
order to ascertain whether she met
Letellier at the Able restaurant in
Mont Martre, Paris.
Does she deny that she met him7
Does she say she did not meet
James Barton French. or PAM, the
restaurant man, and others?
'Does she deny that she sent the
cable to Mrs. Smart saying. BE care
full about StanleyT'
~sHE DENIES NOTHING
Does she deny that she sent a
cable to James saying. Il miss you.
Return to me-
mo, she denies nothing. But coun-
sci says. You should mulct Mr.. Joyce
of 800. 900 SO that she can investi-
gate whether she met Barton French
and Letellier and went TO Venice with
Letellier and occupied the same ROOM
Counsel says that the presumption
of tho law is that sSe Is innocent
Under the divorce law of Illinois,
whore a wife is charged with violat-
| ing the marriage contract. there Is no
presumption of innocence.
"She sues for separate maintenance.
Does the court think for one moment
that she wants TO continue as his
wffs1 Docs the court think that she
man she married.
Does your honor believe hat this
gilded butterfly ever loved him or
4 that she ever wanted TO rear a baby
child in the Joyce family7 II the
court is convinced she ever had
spark of affection for this man I'll
sit down
| II promise you that II do not
demonstrate that this woman has COM
Imitted perjury, then / shall ask the
court to allow her all the money that
she asks
CALLS HER ~BIGAMIsT.s
IF shall not demonstrate that be-
sides being a bigamist she is also an
| adventures, 1 want the court to call
me for not keeping my solemn
promise
"Did she ten the truth when she
said that Joyce had paid her $1,000 a
| month in cash besides her living ex-
penses, a total of s1e4,0oo7
| Ibid she tell the truth when she
said that since November 1S, 1920, she
had no income. no resources except
what few Jewels and trinkets she
might have left out Of the $3.50, 900
worth that he gave herr !,
| did she tell the truth when she
said she did not know she had $50, 900
on deposit in five different banks7
| Counsel said she was not travelling
| with an auditor. OF course, not. She
was never with such an honest man
as an auditor sd
| Following the attack on pretty
| Peggy and her claims IL was expected
| that opposing counsel would engage
| in bitter legal fight over the dues-
| tion of bringing her from her New
York apartment to appear on the wit
| ness stand. Attorney Austrian has
declared that he wants Judge SABBATH
to get bid's-eye view. at least of
| the young woman
| Attorney Weymouth kirkland, act
ing for her, has stated that he will
nght any effort to force her ap-
pearnce before the start of the trial
| tfaeK oouna tipna In tho fan