The Detroit times., 1909-07-09
PAINTS bOyAJ|AN
FAMILY AS
DETECTIVES
Doctor tainted Frequently, Father
Suffered From Fits, and Mother
Was Afflicted With Oriental Boil,
Defendants Sister Tells Jury.
Testimony Intended To Support In
sanity Plea By Establishing That
faint in Blood Existed

another big crowd was on hand In
Judge Connolly's court room when inc
Or Boyajan murder trial was resuh-
ed Friday morning. II was made up
IT men and women who. IN sorle IL
stances had come long distances In
the expectation that Mrs. BoyaJian.
The wife, would testify But again
they were disappointed as on pre-
Nous occasions, for the grand climax
her testimony Is expected TO furnlsh
IS yet 10 come. The woman's attor-
news have ceased TO make announce
ments as To when she VIII be 'aileu
Il may be late Friday afternoon, IL
may be Saturday morning, or even
later. No one knows. However Mrs.
Boyajian has an understanding with
her attorney whereby she can be ready
10 testify on a few minutes notice.
The crowd was SO large, Friday,
that it became necessary ior the Of
ncers to stand guard at the doors ana
admit no more spectators. More WON
en- were present than at any time pre-
yiously since the trial opened.
The entire morning session was
taken up with the testimony OF one
witness, Mrs. Pearl Arozian. sister
OF Dr.. Boyajian, who was expected TO
testify to an insanity faint In the
family. In this the defense failed,
though IL succeeded In showing That
the doctors father was man CT Vlo-
lent temper at times, that he was
subject 10 fits. that the doctor mad
tall' when nine years old that cracked
his skull and left him nervous ana
quick tempered that his mother once
lad an Egyptian boil. and that one OF
. is sister had a black eye ball.
Friday afternoon, the doctor
brother. Hargod. took the stand TO
i've testimony TO the same eject. 1t
was expected that his testimony
would occupy the greater part OF the
afternoon.
The prosecutor Is in possession oil
some new evidence TO be used in re-
buItal tending to show conclusiVely
that the relations between Mrs. Boy
allan and Gostanian were OF most
friendly nature at the time or Cos
tanian's alleged attack on her. The
claim OF the defense is that she loath-
ed and feared him. ,-s-,....
Doctors Sister Testifies.
Owing TO delay in securing an In
ierpreter. Mrs Pearl Arozian. OF Hav-
erhill. Mass. sister OF DR.. BoyaJlan
did not testify Thursday afternoon, as
expected, but she was called to the
stand as the first witness. Friday
morning. Hartoona Writer. an Armen-
ian. who was drawn as talesman
ON the case and excused, was sworn In
as interpreter
Before Attorney Bumps began the
examination. Hagop Gostanian. the
slain youths father. arose from his
seat among the spectators, and object
cd TO the presence OF the interpreter.
saying:
She can talk just as good English
IS | can"
What's that?" demanded Attorney
bumps. Then turning TO the court, ne
added:
Your honor, object to this man
butting In here. He's been doing 1t
tight along, even coming right mp
Aere TO the counsel table and talking
With the prosecutor In the presence
az the jury think your honor should
nave him excluded from the room"
The Judge warned Gostanian that he
would have 10 either keep quiet or
leave the court. and the incident was
closed. Later Gostanian took chair
beside Prosecutor Van Zile. at the
latter's request. and followed the tes-
timony closely.
Mrs. Arozian in answer 10 preliln-
mary questions. said that she came
10 the United States IL and half
years ago. Her brother, DR.. Cara
bed X Boyajian. came here when he
was IL years OF age and is now 80. AZ
ter his arrival he worked in shoe
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