The Washington times., 1922-05-03
HENRI
C0NCEDES SHE
CAUSED SUICIDE
LeteIIier Says Victim Was
MadIy Jealous Of Beauti-
full Actress.
BY c. r. BERTELLl,
Uniyerxal Service.

PARIS, May 3.-The Chilean lega-
tion abatement that Peggy Hopkins
Joyce's story that BILLY" ErrazurfZ
committed suicide because OF Jeai'
ousy was IAN astute but pra%eh
attempt to secure publicity was
fatly denied today by Henri Letei
lier. .a,., ,,,.
The "other man" in the fatal tri'
angle. interviewed today by ohi'
yersal Service, declared:
"It was common knowledge
among Peggy's friends that young
F,rrazuriz was madly In love WIN
her. and that he was constantly
reproaching her for receiving dtlS
tions from others and because sh'
was always the center for an aoii'i
ing group OF men. a.,
II know that he repeateniy
manded that she cease keeping uP
her acquaintance with me
"Eeggy, however. always dehieu
his right to dictate to her. Satur'
day night, in an attempt 10 inliu.
ence him to become friendly WIN
me. and TO show him the real inho'
cence of our friendship, she gave
dinner at Ciro's for both OF US
All through the meal and AT tne
s,,hseouen{ supper at Maurice's he
vas morose, scarcely even coruial
TO Peggy and glaring when she
danced with other men.
He even demonstrated Win
paepy over previous occasion
when she danced with Jack Demp-
sey at the 80 Different care
while the champion was In Paris.
Confederation Secured.
Corroboration of I,etellier's words
was gained from other visitors IT
C1aridge's who had noticed the Chill
cans fervid admiration Of the Amer
can beauty.
Madame ErrazuriZ, the young vile
OF Billy, who reached her husband
bedside Just as he died, however, au'
thorized a statement denying Peggy
claim that he was madly infatuated
with her.
"It is not true that Peggy Joyce
was the reason for my husband ana
me separating a year ago, she salu
I'VE lust agreed 10 live apart oWlnS
to fundamental differences or ten
perament. There was no woman con
cerned in our separation AT all.
In a surprising burst OF feeling,
however. the young widow added:
"But IL that woman really loved
him and wants to attend the funerh,
I shall not object" =,
Peggy today told me that she had
decided not to go 10 the burial.
An inquest held yesterday was al.
ioIrn,d pending an examination Of
the body by DR.. Paul, the famous
post-mortem surgeon, today.
II WAS announced that Peggy VIII
not be called upon to give evidence,
the coroner holding that the notes
left by Errazuriz are sufficient evil
dence OF suicide.
Peggy again spent the day in bed,
denuing herself to callers. She ad'
mitted the Universal Service report.
er. however, to whom she denied
that BILLY" had spent large part
of his fortune buying jewels FOR her
1T is horrid falsehood.' she de
clared HE only gave me two eH'
pensive presents diamond ring
and an emerald brooch.
He did spend a lot OF money
entertaining, and / used to tell him
that he was too extravagant. He
would always reply that he was
worth millions and could afford TO
spend"
Peggy showed me the brooch he
gave her. On the back Of IL is en-.
graved in Spanish. the phrase: ITO
my adored one"
The hotel authorities confirmed
that the young Chilean was large
spender.
He frequently cashed four or five
checks a day, said one OF the man.
ayers. and the checks were always
for twenty or thirty pounds.
Dispatches from Brussels, where
Errazuriz was an attache of the
Chilean legation, indicate that he
was also famed there for his eX.
travagance.
In night life society, he was much
in demand on account of his
elegance. his good looks and his per.
feet dancing.