The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-05-02
ACT RESS
IS BROKEN
HEAR ED
Chilean Millionaire, Sconed by
Former Chorus Girl,
D. Shoots Himself.
BY C. II. BERTELLI
Universal Service.

Universal Service.
PARIS, May because Peggy
Hopkins Joyce refused to order
Henri Letellier. the richest man
In France. to cease his attentions
TO her, Gukllermo BILLY" Errazu-
riz, a young Chilean millionaire
and brother of the famous Mrs.
Jack" de Saules, heroine of a
husband-killing in New York six
years ago. shot and killed him
self in his room at Claridge's
Hotel. .......
Says She Loved Him.
"He was the only man I ever
really loved" declared Peggy Hop
kins to me today. ''It was his mad
jealousy that sent him to his death,
The young South American mil
lionaire, before committing suicide,
carefully masked the real reason
for the act by writing notes to his
! mother and to the police, in which
he declared:
MY fortune is gone. die sooner
than become a pauper."
The fact that the Errazuriz family
lie VIGOROUSLY the richest in Chile,
coupled with the fact that for
months BILLY" and Henri Letellier
have been rivals for Peggy's favors.
led Universal Service to ask the
"Million-Dollar Doll" for the truth
of the tragedy.
Peggy received the Universal Serv-
Ice correspondent in her luxurious
suite at Cartridges.
Reclining on her wonderful bed,
her two pet Pekingese poodles play
Ing about the couch, while Katherine
Maloney, the weli-known American
pianist. who is Peggy's companion,
remained as chaperone, Peggy gave
her story.
ct am absolutely broken up about
II ALL" she said, with tears in
her eyes.
BILLY and I have been i'm love
for six years. He was the finest.
whitest and squarest boy I ever
knew.
"AlI through my last marriage I
loved him, but nothing between us
was ever possible because he, him.
self, was married and had a child.
However, when i returned from
Cannes found Billy installed
at Claridge's and he Immediately
renewed his attentions to me, tell
ing me heEhad been separated from
his wife for a year. He said that
he expected a divorce soon, and I
promised him that as soon as he
was divorced would marry him.
Delivered Ultimstum.
But that did not satisfy him.
He insisted that / cut out all my
other men acquaintapces, especially
objeotine to my friendship with
Henry Letellier. who, in spite of
his frequent proposals. had not
the slightest intention OF marrying.
BILLY was frantically JEALOUS. He
used to follow me into restaurants.
where he would sit at the next
table and glare at Letellier, until
just felt that something awful
was bound to happen.
AT last introduced the two
men and last Saturday night we
all went out to make the rounds
OF the dancing places together.
After a dinner at Ciro's we went
TO Maurice's cafe, where we danced
until S o'clock in the morning, re.
turning home at $50 o'clock.
After Latellier had gone, Billy
stayed back and he got down on his
knees and begged me to give Henri
the gate
at pointed out to him that he had
no right to talk to me that way be-
cause he was still married, telling
him that although / loved him dear.
~, could not refuse the attentions
Of other friends who had been sweet
60 me.
"Thereupon he said quietly, Very
well. Peggy, is that your last word?'
II said, Yes never dreaming that
a would be followed my such n
tragedy. Then he left and went TO
his own room on the next floor.
"He must have shot himself al
most Immediately, for they found
him at 10 o'clock dying on the floor.
He died last night. / arm broken
hearted. All the Joy and happiness
I'm life has left me. I never want 10
see q dance place, hear n jnzz band.
or taste champagne again.
II am just waiting here for the
funeral, which hope to attend. Aft
err that mean to retire and live n
quiet life in the country and try
60 forget"
Errazuriz's young wife was with
her husband when he died late last
night.
Peggy's story was given with sob
bling sincerity, refuting the gossip
around the hotel that the millionaire
Chilean killed himself because re-
verses In his fortune did not leave
him money enough to travel with
Peggy and complete her chain of
fnillionaires."