The Detroit times., 1909-06-30
WOULD GIVE LIFE.
To BRING VICTIM
FROM GRAVE.
DR.. Boyajian Says He Had no Inten-
ton of Killing Nephew and
That Minds Blank a. to
Tragedy.
Prisoner Strongly Intimates That
Emotional Insanity Will Be Sole
Defense-No Jury Yet.

Ut. ". X Boyauan ON trta, In Ia.
/ Connolly's court ON the co.,. -
numbering his nephew. Hartoon -.
tantan. intimated plainly, In conversat
ton with a Times reporter. Wednes-
day morning. that his sole defense
will be emotional insanity. t
When l came home from my Ice
ture tour just before this awful thing
happened / was full Of JOY and hope
and aspiration and love for my fam
ily." he said. Then In a few hours,
as the result OF what learned, my
reason took flight and my mind be-
came blank. | have absolutely no
recollection Of the happenings on that
day. when. they tell me, l slew my
nephew In Justice Jeffries' court room.
certainly hadn't any intention Of kill
ing him. l would willingly stand up
now and let my body be riddled
with bullets or would drown myself
In the river IL only could bring Har-
toon back to life.
II was strong man before this
trouble came to me. had heartbeat
like that OF an OK. Now all my vtgor
is gone; I'm weak and puny and my
heart action Is very irregular. Believe
me when / repeat 1t, that l didn't in
tend to kill my nephew"
AS result OF the suffering he has
undergone Dr. Boyajian feels that ne
has been spiritually uplifted and pur-
ifed
by that do not mean that was
an impure man BEFORE" he contin-
ued. ION the contrary defy any
man to point to any act Of mine dur
ing the seven and one-half years l
have lived in Detroit of which need
be ashamed"
Are you confident Of acquittal?"
was asked.
We'll, am as confident as q man
can be under the circumstances. or
course have hope and will have hope
up to the last moment. l think I will
have a fair trial.
DIR. Boyajian, In spite of his fresh
appearance this morning, said he had
Experienced a very bad night.
II slept only two hours" he said.
"as my heart was bothering me very
much. My heart is broken az a result
{, of what have gone through In my
life has been wrecked"
Woman Threatens Prosecutor.
A woman, presumably of facetious
turn OF mind, called up Prosecutor
Van Zile by telephone. Tuesday AFTER
noon and threatened dire things un-
less he dropped the case against DR..
Boyajlan.
IF you don't stop prosecuting the
doctor you'll get what Gostanian got.
she said. Then she rang on. The
prosecutor tried to find out where the
woman had telephoned from, but with
lout success. He is inclined to regard
the matter as an attempt at joke.
It was purely coincidence that the
prosecutor was absent from the court
room. Wednesday morning. He was
otherwise engaged and left the ex'
animation OF Jurors to his assistant
Mr.. Jasnowski.
Hagop Gostanian, father OF the MUIR
dered youth, who Is In constant at
tendance at the trial, views with much
apprehension the tendency OF the de-
tense to fll the jury box with young.
married men.
THE Jurors ought to be old men,
he said. They are better fitted to
pass on a case OF this kind. told
the prosecutor that, but, or course. he
can't stop the defense from excusing
them"
What do you think OF the insanity
ldefense7" Gostanian was asked.
II do not believe the doctor was
Insane at the time he shot my son.
believe he was In full possession of
his senses and knew exactly what ne
was doing"
do you believe he was Justified? -
81 do not. Ny son was innocent of
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