The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-03
THINKS B0YAJIAN INSANE
WHEN HE SLEW NEPHEW
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you that morning. anu all th3t YOU
had seen, was there really aHythlns
unusual about his appearance or con
duct at the time (ol the shooting
Wouldn't any nan look and act JUS
about the same way under the same
circumstances
Counsel engaged 10 wordy ult
over the question. but Mr Aldrlcn
was finally allowed 90 answer
Yes. think any man would look
insane under like circumstances.
Describing the doctors appearance
Immediately after the shooting, when
he stood surrounded by dozen %
more captOrs. ,he witness said.
Ills face looked horrible never
saw more horrible look on a man
face IN my lie. HIS eyes looked
angry and were bullying. he looked
almost rs though be were having 4
IT."
II will be up To The jury to deter
mine whether the doctor, Al this time,
was really boreft OF his reason or
whether his actions We're those of
man frenzied with rage. Jealousy
hatred and a desire for vengeance CO..
the despoiler OF his home. ON thcU
determination OF this question rests
the doctors fate
In this connection another state
ment By Aldrich is likely 10 carry
great weight. He said
up 10 the very moment Of tn
shooting. there was nothing about the
doctors conduct that caused me 10
think be was insane. Ii / lad thought
so | certainly would have aiken steps
TO have him restrained But until thar
moment | didn't dream VI such a thing
as he being insane and attributed his
conduct up to that time 70 his great
sorrow over the revelations that had I
come TO him"
Earlier In Mr.. Aldrichs testimony 1
the prosecution scored heavily when /
the witness .old how Or 8OyaJian had 4
come TO his house early on Tie morn /
Ing OF the tragedy. with his little girl
and asked them 10 take care OF hci
until his return He seemed greatly
distressed as he told how his home,
his family and his life had been ruinel
by Gostanian and spoke OF his wife
confession. Every few minutes b.
would break down, bat his CONVERSE
ton displayed continuity OF though
and whatever he started 20 say he NJ
isbed. He piled Aldrich with Ques-
tions. One OF them was
Don't you think the jury would ex-
cuse me II had shot him. meaning
Gostanian)
II told him no. Sir. continued AID.
rich. II you had found them together.
said, that would have ueen differ
emit"
Said Both Confessed
Aldrich said that Dr. BJyajian hal
told him that morning that both his
wife and Gostanian had confessed
their guilt Aldrich advised him -
drop the proceedings he had institut-
ed, but he declared ii was too late.
He complained that the maximum pen
atty OF three and one-half years, which 4
the law provided was not enough pun
ishment, and declared thai. If il had /
happened in Armenia. both would /
would have been taken outside the /
city walls and stoned
Another witness sworn. Friday az
ternoon. about whom much interest
conferred was Louis Yerkes. No is I
Lewerenz-ave., brother OF Mrs. Boy 4
allan He proved hostile. bur his I
testimony was more helpful to the I
prosecution than 10 the defense. He I
was called 10 testify 10 a conversation
he had with Dr. Boyajian 'l the lat
ter's home the day before The shOO.-
ing. In which mention was made OF a .
gun. The prosecutor tried 20 get him
tn say that the doctor had asked him /
to bring his rife down" 50 that he /
might practice shooting In the back /
yard and that he had even asked /
Yerkes II he could do some shooting
The most Yerkes would say WAS
that the doctor asked him ne ely II 4
he had a gun, or "A revolver and ne 4
had replied that he had riae. NDfh- 4
ing further was said as lar as Ac +
could recollect, he declared. Tie was /
asked if'-he had not told Detectives .
Paluer and BGodinus that BoyaJlan +
had asked him to bring the gun down Z
Yerkes admitted that some OF the I
conversation, as related by the pose .
cutor, took place Witness insisted ,
that Notwithstanding the tragedy ana f.
the arrest of his sister at the d"ctcr's (
instance he and Boyajian had al /
ways been frinedly
Did Mrs. Boyajian tell the doctor !
in your presence, the day before he I
shooting, that Gostanian had Threat
ened to kill them both if She ever re-
vealed what had happened during the /
doctors absence from the city Mr. I
Bumps asked on cross-eXamina'ion.
Yes. | recollect that
There was an ominous NOV cment
forward on the the part OF several ot
the jurors as this answer was given.
"He came into the store like a raw
ing maniac and accused ME OF giving .
linn the wrong cartridges. His eyes
were wild and his face was covered
with peTspirauon. His appearance /
frightened me and | was afraid "
him. All this time he was talking /
don't remember exactly what ne said
but he asked me If / was crazy on u
4 thought be was crazy. something
like that."
This statement. coming from one u
the peoples own witnesses. Miss Mar
tha Hepner. m ansWe. 10 questions +
put by Prosecutor Van Ziie himself .
caused something OF sensation IN
Judge Connollys court Friday morn ,
ing. during the progress Of the BOya.
Jan trial It was the strongest kind .
of evidence in support OF the insanity
theory OF the defense and had far
more force than If it had come from
a witness for The defense. Attorneys
Bumps and Bartlett were so we'll salts
fed with II that thy did not even take
the trouble 10 cross Xamine the Wit.
ness
Miss H6pner is a clerk in Henry c. .
Weber's hardware store on Gratiot-
ave. near Woodward, and sold Or
llAvaffau tho revolver with which T.