Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-12
PEG HOPKINS SUED
BY RICH HUSBAND
Third Millionaire Mate Charges
Actress With Fraud in
Marriage
CALLS DIVORCE ILLEGAL

Chicago. April 11.-James STANLEY
Joyce, multi millionaire lumber king'
has como to the end Of his romano"
with Peggy Hopkins. former foll'"S
girl. whom he married at Miami. fIa,'
January %. 1920. md hc wants bn'E
his freedom and the fortune he gave her
in money and jewels and property
Through Attorneys Alfred s. Au'-
trian and Franz p. I,cfIingwcll. he filed
suit in the Superior Court yesterday 10
annul his marriage to the much mar
red Peggy. And in the suit he names
numerous co respondents, gcncrailF
prominent in America and Europe.
Peggy. who has been the wife "f TWO
other multi millionaircs, dancer u
singer. a movie star. an artist moue'
and dress model. Is charged with mar
rying Joyce for his money and with be-
ing the wife Of philbrick Hopkins at the
time she married Joyce.
Mr.. Joyce alleges TINT Peggy iion-
kins conspircd with her husband, ihliI
brick Hopkins. to obtain an niIcg'n
divorce from him in Tarrant county
Tex. so that she could marry J"yr"
| with the ultimate purpose Of obtain
| ing large sums Of money ana prop
Crty.
During the five months following the
ceremony joyce transferred money an'l
property to Peggy llouliins which was
worth at least $500, 900, according to
the bill. and which probably ran aS
| hirh ns 81 .OOO, 900,
Joyce and his actress bride went to
Europ" on their honeymoon. the 'hl-
cago lumber king and the movie duet II.
The bridegroom returned alone ana IN
serted notices in the New YORK news =
papers that he would not be responSi =
BILE for mis- wifc's debts.
The honeymoon tour covered most -!
Europe, and divers co respondents lr
Europe are mentioned in the bill.
Many Correspondents Named
Among the correspondents named arc
"onc Barton French; Henry letel'
licr. former owner of the Journal o
Paris" Zone Maurice, whose first name
is to your orators unknown "one II
James" Evans Spaulding, ant
divers other persons.
The romance with Barton French Il
said to have been at Torquay. England
and various other places during thu
months Of June and July. 1920. -,
There is Pullman ear episode witt
Lctcllicr upon the train entering ant
leaving Venice. Italy, recorded III th'
bill, and incidents at various oth"
places on the continent of Europe, in o.
j about the months Of july August, Sep
tcmbcr and October. 1920.
On October 10. 1920. in London. AM
Intn Il oh IN ~
Mnurirc was the defendants partner.
AT various times and places in Lon
don during October and November.
Peggy was intimate with James, the bill
declares.
Peggy Much Married
} Peggy is twenty. seven years old, bu
has been getting married since she wa
seventeen. She is slight. decided
, witchingly pretty.
ST. was Miss Marguerite Upton. G
Norfolk, Va. when she ran away wit
Everett Archer, Of Denver. Col. II wa
to B"lair. Md, that the couple clope'
J and they were married for six months
! Thus millionaire husband No. |.
Millionaire husband No. was Shrr
q burnc IIopkiv. Jr.. Of Washington. I
&. lawyer and representative" Of mos
! Of the big oil and mining interests {
D Mexico. He had already had matri
! monial experience, having married MiS
! Margaret Murray. of Baltimore. an
4 later havi' . obtained nm nnnulmcnt.
Peggy was nineteen then and though
D she could be happy with the IIopkir
millions. She cloprd with him. but
March, 1918. she ran away to Ne
h York to earn her living on the stage.
Z And then Sh" married Joyce. wit
but one intcrludc, it appears, in I'll
u matter Of husbands.
: As Joyce tells the story in tho bill
Peggy was tn" wife of rhilbrick lIor
kins when he. Joyce. met her. II
charged that even h"f"r" the decree wa
entered, Peggy represented that she ha
divorced "P0or Dear PhilbriCk." IN
n suggested that she and Joyc" be maj
ricd Immediately. The bill charges thu
the Texas divorce is fraudulent and nu
', and void. because neither Of the parti
y to it had resided in the state YET
n or 10 county six months before Il
> filing Of the suit, as is required
i Texas law.