The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-12
SAYS GOSTAN|AN
ASSAULTED HER
Mrs. Boyajian Was Unwilling Vic.
tim of Husbands Nephew.
She Tells Jury

Substantially as Attorney Bumps
had outlined 1t In his opening state
ment TO the Jury. Mrs. Ethel Boyajian.
wife OF DR.. q. X. Boyajian. told her
story OF the alleged assault made on
her by Haratoon Gostanian In Satur-
day afternoons session OF the doctor d
trial for the killing of Gostanian.
Prosecutor Van Zile was unable to
shake the story in any important par
ticulars, but the witness frequently
sought recourse behind the familiar an
swers, IL don't remember" and Il
don't think so"
The prosecutor. ostensibly TO lay
the foundation for rebuttal testimony,
asked the witness IL she had not made
various statements to various people.
statements contradictory to her story
on the stand. In almost every In
stance the witness pleaded lack OF
memory or denied having made them.
Resuming the direct examination on
the opening OF court, Saturday after
noon, Mr.. Bumps got down TO the
events which led up To the shooting,
April 80.
During the month of April last did
your husband go away on a lecture
tour?" he asked.
He went away March 10 and return
ed April 21," replied Mrs Boyajian. j.
Did you also go away"
IL returned TO my home In Inlay
City, March IL, and was there several
days"
DO you remember going down TO
police headquarters with your hus-
band after his return?"
Yes"
Did you know at that time that a
warrant had been issued for your ar
rest?"
NO"
What were you asked to do?"
The doctor asked me to tell every.
thing
That is. everything you had told
him?''
Yes, sir"
And you made a statement"
Yes, sir"
And after you made a statement
was Gostanian brought in?"
Yes"
What did you say to him."
81 told him TO tell ALL"
What did he finally say"
'He said, 1t is so
did he admit that his relations
with you had been improper"
Yes"
Did he say to you. sThis is all your
fault You are TO blame for it all?' "
mo"
Several times during the interview.
she said. Gostanian talked in Armen'
ian and the doctor told him TO talk
English.
did the doctor have box of medi-
cine tnere?"
Yes"
Did the doctor question him about
lt?"
Yes. he said he got 1t to protect
the doctor"
Did he lie about that?"
yes, he lied"
Gostanian Threatened Uncle.
Mrs. Boyajian said tina. in the con-
doctor she heard the former use the
word kill in Armenian. This was
the occasion when, the defense claims,
Gostanian threatened him. She told
of conversation she had with
harry, as Sne cdlleu tOStanlau, III
ter the doctor had left.
why did you tell?' Harry asked
me. told him the doctor found the
medicine ana / had to tell. Then ne
said, You wait until tomorrow. III
get out on bail and I'll Ak him.
Mrs. Boyajian denied she had told
Capt Mcdonnell:
Il like Harry, but | am not In love
with him"
IL liked him before this happened"
she continued, but afterwards
hated him"
She denied having smiled at Costa
MAN In Justice Jeffries' court room ~
she entered II the next morning. She
did not see him, she said, until they
both were asked TO stand up, and
Gostanian said, as his name was call
ed:
That's me-"
did you notice the doctor sitting In
the court room?"
Yes, he was sitting In the front
row. His face was ashen, his eyes
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