The Washington times., 1921-05-17
FILES CROSS
BILL AGAINST Joyce.
Says He Abused Her Faithful
and Chaste" Affections on
Sundry Counts.
Continued from First Page.


estate is about $40, 900, 900. She says
she has been unable to ascertain the
exact amount of his income, but she
has been informed 1t exceeds $1,000
900 a year. She asserts that he told
her his income tax for 1919 amounted
to more than 81 .0OO, 900. She asked
the court to grant her Immediately
the sum of 10000 to enable her 10
meet her current expenses and main
tain the standard of living to which
she was accustomed before she was
married to Joyce.
She affirms that Joyce's cruelty to
her brought on such ill-health that
she is unable to engage in any work,
and that it will be necessary for the
court to order her husband to ad-
vance a sum of money to pay her at
torneys and to meet other expenses
dent to her defence against his
rges.
She also petitioned the court to
grant an injunction restraining Joyce
from disposing of his property and
also from attempting to take from her
S250.0O0 residence in Miami, Fla,
which is in her name.
Peggy's third plea is that the court
en- Join Joyce from "harrassing and an
moving her by the employment OF de-
tectives and spies.
FAITHFUL WIFE, SHE DECLARES.
In her bill Peggy states she was
married to Joyce on January 2, 1920
two days after she had been granted
a divorce from Hopkins. She lived
with Joyce as a faithful. chaste and
affectionate wife," until August a.
1920.
Late in May, the bill continues Peg
gy and her husband sailed for Europe
and remained there until August. They
were at Deauville, France, attending
the races when Joyce received sum-
mons to return home on urgent busI-
ness. He departed at once, 1t is set
forth, but not before he had assured
Peggy that he would come back and
accompany her home.
From then until October he show
cred her with letters and cablegrams
which breathed his devotion for her
and which repeated the hope that they
would soon be together again. she
says.
In September he wrote saying that
he had made reservations for her re-
turn on October %, 1920. and that he
would sail from New York on october
7 to join her. On October he cabled
that again business had interfered,
and he ended that he inclosed "all his
love"
GOT COOL WELCOME.
Peggy soon tired without her latest
husband, the bill continues. Deter
mining to surprise him, she arranged
and paid for her transportation to the
United States. In mid d-ocean she be-
came impatient to see him, and sent
wireless announcing her arrival. 4
haa arin hAr n n
q. New York, however, there was no
eager, loving Joyce in the crowds
thronghg the pier. Thinking he had
rot received her message, she tele-
grapned him at once. But he failed
to pay any attention to 1t, she AYERS.
When Peggy, exhausted from her
| trip and worried over her husband S
behavior, reaL he'd her New York apart
mept at 423 Park avenue she found,
she says. that il had been unlocked
and raiosi. A door had been smashed
op"n and all OF her personal belong
| inss ransacked. She was just recov-
erlng, she adds, from the shock when
she read in the newspapers that Joyce
| had ordered various stores to stop her
credit with them and cancel her ac-
count She also learned that he had
ordered an automobile concern to dis
continue work on an automobile which
she had left a long time previously
for repairs.
FURs GONE SHE HAS INFLUENZA.
About the same time Peggy discov-
| cred. it is alleged. that a sable coat
worth more than $4,000 and a chin
chilla ono worth more than $4,000
| had been removed from New York
I department store where they had
been in storage and were in Joyces
| possession in Chicago. As result
. Of this Peggy passed part Of the