The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-12
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ASSAULTED Her


tCosti.sed frs@ rage oas.)
were Wild looking and his hair was
disheveled.
.Did you hear the first shot,"
mo. l didn't realize what had hap
pened TIL the second shot.
Then she explained, that what she
really meant was that she had heard
1t. but didn't realize what IL was al
the moment
Mrs. Boyajian said she heard nc
plaster fall at the first shot and die
not know until afterwards that bui
let had passed through her hat.
Medicine Is Exhibit
Witness Identified box of medi
cine introduced In evidence as hav
ing been found In her dresser by the
doctor. She also identified the hand
writing on Il as "Harry's." Throughout
the examination she referred TO Cos
tanian as Harry"
Mrs. Boyajian finally got down tc
her story Of Gostanian's alleged az
tack on her. The story told on the
witness stand was dramatic one
though spoken quietly, as Mrs. Boya-
fan frankly faced the jurors.
She declared that she was making
o bed In her bedroom. while her hus-
band was away, when Gostanian
seized her around the waist. and at
tempted 10 throw her down on the
bed. She protested wildly. but Costa
nian was smiling and continued TO
struggle with her She said her feet
became tangled in the sheet, and she
Tell heavily to the floor, Gostanian fall
ing on her, and knocking the wind
put OF her" Then BE- assaulted her.
The said.
Afterward she started downstairs.
out Harry" stopped her. and asked,
Where are you gcing?"
81 am going TO telephone TO my
brother" the witness testified she
said.
"Oh! No you're not" said Harry.
the witness declared. If you do. Ill
kill both you and your husband"
She said Gostanian exhibited a re-
tolver and leather thing 10 keep
the revolver in"
When she told the doctor OF her
relations with Gostanian. she told him
that ,et1arry" had revolver and ad-
yised vhe doctor TO get one.
'The doctor paced up and down. cry
Ing MY home is ruined! My home Is
rulned,'" she said.
Dr. Boyajian had a fresh outburst
Of grief during the recital. His wife
cried occasionally as she told her
story. and when she cried, her hus-
band sobbed aloud
Mrs. Boyajian admitted that her re-
lations with Gostanian had continued,
but she had always been forced to
submit to him by threats, she in.
visited.
Mrs. Boyajian repeated the story
previously related by Mr.. Bumps 10
he effect that Gostanian had suggest
I'd putting the doctor out OF the way
with "a white, tasteless powder" 10
be dropped in his coffee. SO that they
would be free to enjoy his property
together.
do you think the doctor was IA.
tional when he shot Gostanian?" was
Mr. Bumps last question.
He wasn't the same after | told
him that story" she replied.
Prosecutor Van Zile took up the
cross-examination in sledge-hammer
style, asking the witness IL she had
not told several persons. naming
them. that the doctor had choked a
confession out OF her. She admitted
she had told Capt Mcdonnell this
Didn't you say to Attorney Bart
lett, In the presence of Justice JEFF
fries. the day of the shooting: L
there's a murder committed here to
day you'll be responsible ?"
II don't remember saying that
Didn't you go around telling after
the shooting, that the doctor had tried
TO kill you as well as Gostanian?"
mo"
Didn't you tell Justice Jeffries af
ter the shooting that you knew your
husband was shooting right at you
because he was looking straight into
your eyes,"
Il don't remember telling him that.
Woman Kept Diary.
That she kept memorandum, on
calendar page, OF all her meetings
With Hartoon Gostanian, starting with
April 2, when their relations began
with the alleged assault, was the adj
mission wrupg from the woman
Prosecutor Van Zile also questioned
ner sharply about the other alleged
assaults. four In number, and cover,
ing q period OF two weeks. The wo
nan said she had been forced into
improper relations for all four coca
lions.
Didn't you know that II he used
lorce toward you. II was violation OF
law. and the police would take care
pf him?" Van Zile asked.
II didn't know much about the
aw," was her reply. And | didu I
tnow what my husband would do.
Mrs. Boyajian left the stand before
o'clock.
Followed by hundreds of curious
syes. Mrs Ethel Boyajian, the wife OF
Or. G. K Boyajian. took the witness
stand In Judge Connollys court al
l1:40 o'clock. Saturday morning, To
tell the story OF her degradation. On
his story the defense relies TO save
i Cut It OUT