Greek Tragedy

The Greek Orthodox Church assumes that, when brought to bed, a bride is virgin. If a husband has suspicions he may call a family conclave at which the bride either protests innocence or admits guilt. If the former, the husband may prove the matter beyond all doubt by calling medical examiners. If the charges are substantiated the husband has the right to an annulment, though the church advises him to forgive his wife and live with her. In Chicago last week the marriage machinery of the Greek Orthodox Church ground out an epilog to a primitive tragedy.

A Mrs. Eugenia Polites Siaperas, 23, had been married 16 hours when, from a honeymoon suite on the 36th floor of the Morrison Hotel, she flung herself screaming out the window. Her husband. Peter Siaperas, 34, a confectioner, told police he had accused his wife of premarital unchastity. He said she had admitted the truth, become hysterical, thrown her engagement and wedding rings into a trunk and jumped. The police released Confectioner Siaperas, but the inquest went on. The bride's honor in question, her family invoked church law, called three doctors. Meanwhile, Dr. Peter N. Hatzis examined the body of Mrs. Siaperas, pronounced her virgo intacta.

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