The Detroit times., 1909-12-27
WANT SANTA To
GIVE NE PAPA"
Little Daughter of DR.. Boyajian
Makes Plea in Jail-Christmas
Cheer for Prisoners.

Please. want Santa Claus TO
bring my papa home for Christmas -
rms was the plea Of the little
daughter OF Dr. c. X. BoyajIan as she
and her mother left the Jail Christ
mas Eve after a visit with the doctor
VINO is awaiting his second trial for
the killing of his nephew, Hartoon
tostanian. Just before they left DR.
boyaJian inquired OF hia little girl
what she wanted for Christmas, and
she could think OF nothing but the
presence OF her father at home that
she desired.
Christmas was a gloomy sort of
day Tor most OF the inmates OF the
county jail, although every effort was
MADE TO make the festal day as pleas
ant as possible. Sheriff CASTOR pro-
vided dinner in which the principal
dishes were chicken and mnce pie.
There was plenty for everybody and,
Tor dessert. the prisoners had fruit,
nuts and candy, provided by a group
OF church mission workers who had
held services during the morning.
These had portable organ and sang
hymns. the inmates OF the various
wards being provided with hymn
books and Joining in. II was change
Tor the men and they enjoyed 1t, ap-
parently, for only few sulked in their
cells and refused TO take part in the
song service.
Are you coming home tonight?"
was one OF the songs chosen and the
lncongruity OF words and scene APP
peared 10 awaken no risibilities
Ward b. in which are lncarcerated
number OF men held for minor
crimes. was nicely decorated with rope
OF red paper and holiday red bells,
with green paper decorations inter
spersed with the red. The bright col
ors relieved the grimhess of steel bars
and doors and stairs. and made the
ward look really bright Earl Thomp-
son, who is soon To go 10 Marquette
for bigamy. was the leader in getting
up the decorations.
With Or. Boyajian In Ward II, is
Peter Atlas, the Greek who was con
victed OF fraud recently I'm connection
with certain promotion schemes At
tias was somewhat disappointed at
having to spend Christmas in Jail. He
has prepared a lengthy statement OF
his case from his own viewpoint and
received permission to read it to
Judge Connolly Friday afternoon He
hoped that the Judge would immediate
ly suspend sentence upon him, but
he did not do so. taking the plea for
leniency under consideration.
Mrs. Atlas accompanied her hus-
band back to the Jail from the court
hnt nEa al nd In
ter disappointment ut the temporary
failure of their hope
There are but three women in the
female department One of these is a
Hungarian who is i'll and the other
two were busy part of the time
Christmas morning in assisting her. or
the other two. one is a Mrs. Bush
nell who was deported by the immi
grafton bureau two weeks ago. after
spending some time in Jail. She had
come here with her husband. bought
rooming house and rented rooms TO
n number Of Canadian girls. The wo-
men were all deported as undesirables
hut Bushnell was allowed to remain
here.
He invited his wife to come back TO
visit him and her sister here Christ
mas Day and she came. only 10 be
arrested Christmas Eve by the immi- I
grafton officers and returned to Jail. /
Instead of visiting her husband and
having dinner with him, he visited her
at the Jail.
The third girl Is also a Canaalan
who is to be deported and has been ,
I'm Jail six weeks The immigration /
bureau rules require that immigrants |
TO be deported shall not be detained I
longer than six weeks, and this girl
had counted the days up TO Christmas |