The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-31
PEGGY HAD
WILD PAST,
SAYSU)YCE
Millionaire, in Answer to Suit,
Declares She Drove Officer
| To Suicide.

CHICAGO May 31.-Peggy Upton
Archibald Hopkins Joyce, former
Washington beauty and "FolIies"
girl, was stripped Of the glamor of
jewels, millions and romance and
held up as . sordid adventures by
her multi-millionaire husband. James
Stanley Joyce, in an answer filed
today to Peggy's petition for $4,000
a month temporary alimony.
Startling exposures of Peggy's
Alleged pest-wsre made Ay Joyce IN
the most voluminous answer ever
prepared in a divorce case.
NAMES ARMY OrFICER.
TIE mest startling charge made sy
joyce was the revelation of . hith erto
sealed chapter In Pessy's Iife---th-
taking of his own life by an enaps-
ored army officer In New York after
m affair with PegGy.
joyce charged I. hfs bill thst tAis
army officer. driven into debt by Ills
desire 20 esrn PeGEy's favor by satIs-
fyinx her insrdinste craving for Jew
els. connitsed suicide in Turkish
bath.
OF almost equal interest Is the
charge that Peggy's "alibi letter"
produced by her to prove her alleged
divorce from her first husband. Ever
EFT Archibald, took place before ner
marriage to Philbrick Hopkins, Is a
false instrument. This letter was
produced by Peggy during an inter
view granted last week to a repre-
sentative of the Chicago Evening
American.
Joyce , charges that this letter,
which. Peggy asserted. proved she hal
been divorced in Denver in May. 1912
is sham. He declares that the
Judge who Peggy claimed signed the
decree that freed her from Archibald
died six months before the date of the
signing given in the letter.
TELLS OF soRDID CAREER.
The story of PegGy's career ms re-
vealed by joyce is q most remarkable
spnsI of the rise of q pcnniless teIe-
phone operator to famel II reveals
the existence of an obliging aunt"
who, Joyce charges, found one man
after another to feed the exorbitaut
desire for money. clothes, and Jewels
only to be cast aside ultimately in
her pursuit for bigger game.
chapter wherein Peggy Is set
forth as manicurist in a hotel in
Richmond. Va, is recited. Joyce shat
ters Pesgy's claims to histrionic merit
by declaring that the 500 week sal
ary she received as an actress was
paid, not for Peggy's talent and SER
vices, but for her personal favor by
the theatrical magnate, who was In
strumental in obtaining her employ
ment. This magnste, Joyce declares.
also presented her the $4,000 sable
fur coat that has figured conspicuous
ly in the controversy.
Joyce apparently regards himself as
the climax of Peggy's adventurous
career. for he tells the story of her
success In acquiring treasure by list
ing in cold hgures the fabulous sums
in money. Jewels, and gifts bestowed
by him upon her for trifling affec-
tions.
sPENT si.4ooy 900.
Fourtees hundred thousanS dollars
is the total joyce says he .bowered
on P~gry wfthin the few months
that tntcrvened between their mar
rsge and the Jhsttering e their
brief romance.
Master of millions though he was,
Joyce sets forth, the drnin upon MI.
resources reduced his Income from a
net surplus I'm 1919 of more than
sf5o>o0o TO the otagxering deacit in
1920 OF s72s,OO0.
The work sheet of Joyce's report
to the Government shows ~ list of
jewels and treasure bestowed upon
Peggy that reads like the inven-
tory Fifth avenue jeweler.
single items sppsosinntinr. $4,000,
$4,000. and even 100000 are fire.
auent.
Joyce's inconoclastic attackk upon
the life and career of his wife is con-
tained In document made up OF
eishty-four closely printed pages. IL
was his answer TO Pesey's charges OF