The New York herald., 1921-06-01
PEGGY HOPKINS COST
JOYCE $1,39S,3t632
Asserts Wife Was Huntress
Who Had Real Knack of
Workmanship.
HAS 50 PAGES OF WOE
Infidelity, Bigamy, Decep-
tion and Moral Turpitude
Alleged by Husband.
ANSWERS ALIMONY PLEA
An Albanian Prince, a Duke, a
Restaurant Keeper and a
Nobody Are Named.
ANSWERS ALIMONY PLEA

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sensational new accusations, reiterat-
ing charges of infidelity, naming the
men and the places which figured in
his short but tempestuous married life
with Peggy" Hopkins-Joyce. and
charging that his experience with her
to-day answered his wife's petition for
alimony.
He declared he could prove all the
charges he has brought against her.
The declaration, which fills flfty-nine
printed pages, paints a colorful por-
trait of a new "Peggy'-a picture Of
sharp high lights and considerable
shadow.
He observes that Peggy" was in
reality q Shavian feminist; that in
stead of hunted maiden, fleeing be-
fore hordes of love-inspired Million
aires, she was really a huntress with a
knack of craftsmanship.
He charges her among other things
with bigamy. deception and moral turpi-
tude. Peggy" he says, did not obtain
a divorce from her first husband until
fourteen months after she had married
her second and that only manipulation
OF the dates on her second decree saved
her from a similar offence in her third
matrimonial venture.
The first two husbands. whom Peggy
In her bill for divorce had described as
mi,lionaires. Joyce declares to have been
millionaires without millions. Both Of
them. his answer recites were men Of
very limited means.
He lists men as admirers who found
favor with the beautiful, Peggy, among
them an Albanian prince without
principality; a duke, the army heuten-
ant who killed himself after he had gone
into debt to lavish gifts on her; res
taurant keeper, a confidence man and
a nobody" A recent iiaison, as listed
by Mr.. Joyce, involved an army leu
tenant whose name Is withheld In the
answer.
while she was still the wife OF her
second husband, Sherburne Philbrick
Hopkins" the answer states, and some
years prior to the granting of the de-
cree OF divorce. said petitioner was
living with one Lieut.. -, an officer
in the United States Army, now dead.
whose name Is not mentioned out OF
respect to his memory. She lived with
him at / West Sixty-seventh, in New
York city; and, due to her extrava-
gance and craving for Jewels, said Lieut.
- ran into debt and by reason of that
fact became involved and committed
suicide by shooting himself at the Muir
ray Hill Turkish baths in New York
city. in the fall OF 1918"
Joyce states that prior to her stage
career Peggy" had been a telephone
operator and that she had continued in
this service while married to the two
millionaire husbands mentioned In hcr
bill. He places his total fortune at
95.1SS.56. and says that he spent on
Peggy" since their marriage $685.
3l632.
The answer opens with a discussion
Of the actresses f,rst marriages. Mr.
Joyce declares that Peggy" who says
that she "was married at the age of II
to Everett Archer" was never married
to him, but to an Everett Archibald. Jr.,
of Denver. Archibald, Joyce recites
sued her for divorce in July, 1914, al
Ieging intimacy with other men, and q
decree was entered on November 4. 1914.
fourteen months after Peggy" had
married her second husband, Sherburne
Philbrick Hopkins. at Belair. Md, Sep
tember /, 1913.
The third romance opens at the
Woods Theatre on June 21, 1919, where
Peggy" was playing.
This respondent knew nothing of the
character, general reputation or past ex-
perience OF said petitioner Peggy
Joyce)." says the answer. but took her
entirely as she appeared to be. and met
her three times before June 6. 1919. tho
iay on which she left Chicago"
The next cha pter in the wooing is sup
piled by quotation from 'Peggys" bill
for divorce:
"On the first evening of their ac-
quaintance the complainant (Joyce) pro-
fessed TO be deeply in love with her and
asked her 10 agree to marry him. and
constantly thereafter, until on or about
August Is. 1919. the complainant pur-
sued or followed her wherever she went
In New York, Chicago ana elsewhere"
Mr.. Joyce admits that he was attracted
10 Peggy" and wished to see her as
often as possible. but states that he be-
iieved this desire to be mutual, and in
serts into his answer the copies of nu-
merous endearing telegrams from New
York and colorado Strings during the
summer or 1919.
Maurice Mauvet professional dancer
whose name previously was linked with
thar or Peggy" during the divorce pro-
ceedings, Is given a passing citation as
midnight visitor to Mrs. Joyce's apart
ment In October. 1920,
Evans Spaulding. described as n no.
body, Is then listed as "Pegeys" COM
panion at her homo In New York and
during visit to Palm Beach, during
the winter of 1920 and 1921. Joseph
Pani OF New York is also mentioned. as
follows:
That as late as January. 1921, as this
respondent is informed and believes, and
therefore states the fact to be. petit
toner has on one or more occasions been
thoroughly intoxicated, and has ap-
peared on the public streets OF the city
of New York at night. In company with
one Joe PAM, restaurant keeper in
said city OF New York. In such intoxi-
Gated condition and has, while automo-
billing In company with the said Panl.
and while In such intoxicated condi-
tion, sat upon his lap ard embraced
him"
The minor characters are given on.v
brief space In preparation for the char
erter study OF Prince Viora, who brings
90 the piece touch OF barbaric roman
ticism.
"a certain Prince viora--an Albanian
Prince" observes the bill, "met the pc.
titoner (Mrs. Joyce) In Paris dutinx
tho month Of October, 1920. For him
the petitioner protested great love ana
affection and she frequently stated tina,
she was going TO marry him as soon no
he, the Prince, and she, the petitioner.
could be respectively divorced"