The Detroit times., 1909-07-17
I'LL Be ACQUITTED.
NEXT Time SAYS
B0YAJ|AN
Very Cheerful Over Disagreement Of
Jury, Which Stood Eight to Fear
for Conviction, and Was Finally
Discharged.
Doctor Insists That Wife's Story ON
Stand Was Absolute Truth, But Can
not Explain Causing Her Arrest.
Next time / will be acquitted"

Next time / will be acquitted
This was the prediction made by Or.
Garabed X. Boyajian Is he stood. slnil-
Ing ana confident. IN q steelribbed
cell block In the county Jail, Saturday
morning. He shook hands warmly
with his early morning visitor. He
had slept scarcely at all during the
night. until after the jury that tried
him on u murder charge had been d,s-
charged without reaching an agree
ment, but he looked fresh ano hopeful.
better, ia fact. than 81 any time since
his trial started mere than three
weeks ago.
"Yes. l will be acquitted next
time," he went on. Il am sure Of II.
am sorry II couldn't have been an
acQuittal this time, SO the suspense
would have been over for all time. But
q disagreement Is the next best thing"
The prospect Of spending the sum-
mer In jail does not seem to bother
DIR. BoyaJian. The hope Of ultimate
freedom buoys him up.
Il notice the papers say the jury
stood eight to four for conviction"
the doctor went on. II do not believe
1t. l asked several OF the jurors how
they stood and they told me 1t was
just the other way about. eight To four
for acquittal. Still, it is possible that
was misinformed. But In any event
| am glad that there are some who
believe In lie and my defense. For /
say now. as | have said right along.
and l swear to II before God. that !
have no more recollection of that ira
gedy in the police court than | have
of the day Of my birth. All know
about 1t is what l have read In the
papers and have heard from the wit
ness stand.
THE prosecutor laughed at the In
sanity defense. To me IL Is no laugh
ing matter. He called 1t rage, passion
unrestrained. brainstorm, and insist
ed that there Is no such affection az
traumatic delirium. He is mistaken.
| II had ever abused my wife II had
ever been mixed up in saloon brawls
and gained reputation as brutal.
irritable man who was In the habit
of flying into a rage on the slightest
provocation, then there might be some
| excuse for The prosecutions effort TO
show that | was simply mad with
rage when shot Gostanian. But
when you compare II years Of pure
| life in this country, II years without
single display of rage or anger With
those two days following my wires
confession, Is there anything unreason'
eble I'm my claim that l was not In my
right senses!
Says Wife,s Story Is True.
And as to my wife's story, which
\ al "
| II was an absolute fact. That was tho
story she told first to me, and the
story she has repeated ever since, and
| believe she told the absolute, uri-
vanished truth. Why did | have her
arrested? did not want TO have her
arrested. To tell you the truth
myself did not know very much about
what I did the morning Of. April 70.
when the warrants were sworn out.
and | didn't know then that man
who had taken advantage Of married
woman could be charged with Grim
inal assault. But that is not the real
reason why my wife was also named
in the warrant. I will not tell that
until after | am acquitted. But say
emphatically that | did not want my
wife arrested, and Capt Mcdonnell
himself testified on the stand that
wanted TO take her home with me
from the station. | believed In my
wife then iud still believe In her"
what are your plans II you are
finally acquitted" was asked
81 will remain in Detroit and re-
sumo the practice OF medicine"
Jury Dellberates II Hours.
The Boyajian jury was discharged
by Judge Connolly at 1890 o'clock,
Saturday morning, after they had
wrestled with the case since 4:S2
o'clock. Friday afternoon. During that
time 10 ballots were taken and the
result was the same each time, TO 4
for conviction. The IL men were div.
ided as follows
For conviction: Albert <. Goodson,
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