The Detroit times., 1909-07-03
DR.. B0YAJ|AN HAD
THREATENED TO
KILL NEPHEW
II Had a Dagger I'd Stick 1t
Right Into Your Heart" He Said
To Gostanian After Latter's
Arrest.
Defense Scores When Frank Aldrich
TestiHes That Defendant Seemed
Insane When Tragedy Occurred.

With the exception OF Detective
Robert Palmer's testimony and the
Identification OF the police court files
In the case against Mrs. Boyajian ana
the murdered Gostanian. the prosecu
ton has submitted its main case
against DR.. G. X. Boyajian. charged
with the wilful Staying OF his nephew.
Ia all probability It will rest late Sat
urday afternoon. in which case the
defense will open Tuesday. Mrs. Boy
ajian. II is understood. Will be rescrv-
ed for one OF the last witnesses AMI
she may not take the stand before
Wednesday or Thursday, possibly
later. The attorneys for the defense
say they have nearly as many witness
SEES as the prosecution.
II the prosecution Is planning TO
put OH any expert witnesses as 10 DR..
Boyajian's mental condition. il Is evi-
IDENTIFY reserving them for retrttal.
though no hint has been dropped as
yet that they will be used at all. Pre-
vious To the trial. four well-known
aliensts examined the doctor. al The
instance of the prosecution. but their
information as yet. II is limited that
the defense may insist on their testi-
mony going in as part OF the main
case. II at ALL on the ground that. \
question already having been raised
as TO the doctors sanity at the time
OF the shooting. the burden is on the
prosecution to prove beyond a reason
able doubt that he was sane.
The DrospcutiOu'g purDosp I'm intro
ducing the files in the infidelity case
Is To show that II was dismissed "
Justice Jeffries on MAY IS. at tho re-
quest OF the complainant, Or Boy
allan, as the record shows. Prosocu.
tor Van Zile tried TO introduce it Sat
urday morning, but the defense CD
iected and Judge Connolly ruled that
the files must be first identified by
some person connected with tho po
lice court, This will be done during
the afternoon
Prosecution Scores.
The testimony, Saturday morning
was more helpful 10 the prosecution
than any other so far introduced, as
Il tended to show that Or. Boyaiians
action prior TO and shortly follo"ipg
the shooting were those OF a man III
Ills normal senses. making due allow
nnce for the stress under which he
was laboring as result OF what he
had learned. One statement by Capt.
Mcdonnell stood out prominently. II
was with reference to a threat made
by DR.. Boyajian in police headquar-
tiers Immediately after his wife and
Gostanian had confessed their guilt.
turning TO Gostanian in a towering
rage he cried out
IF | had dagger | would stick II
IN hour heart, you -"
In place OF his customary blue serge
suit, DR.. Boyajian wore brown one.
Saturday morning. He appeared in
good health and issued no bulletin as
to the state OF his heart.
During the session the doctors
brother attracted considerable atten-
ton by stepping forward and holding
whispered consultation with the de-
PENDANT Then he stamped angrily
out OF the court room. II transpired
later that he was angry because At
torncy Bumps would not ask Cap.
.lcDonnell certain questions which
Boyajian believed were material.
Capt. McDonnell's Story.
Chief OF Detectives James Melon
nell was called to the stand by the
prosecution when the Boyajian muir
der trial was resumed shortly after
~ o'clock, Saturday morning. He
told of the arrest of Gostanian ana
Mrs. Boyajlan on the warrant sworn
out py Dr. BoyaJian, April 90. Cos
taniar was brought in first, about )
o'clock in the afternoon.
"As soon as he came into my Of
fee" related the chief, he wanted
to call UP his uncle. the doctor.
called up for him but the doctor said
h didn't care to talk with Gosianian
Then the doctor asked me II he
should bring his wife down and said
Yes took Gostanian into another
room 80 he wouldn't meet his ANGLE
and little later the doctor and Mrs.
Boyajian came In
81 had a little talk with the wife
t..ere and she admitted TO mo that
her relations with Gostanian had heen
improper | told DR. BoyajiaD that
the young man was very anxious to
talk with him. 1 don't want TO talk 10
him. he said, but later he consented
to Gostanian being brought In The
,octor at once accused him If week
ing his home. Gostanian denied It.
Then the doctor turned to mis- wife,
saying: want you TO tell him all
about this She replied. Harry, I've
told all Then she showed n paper
with dates on IT,
- want you TO tell me all about
e. DIR. Boyajian said TO Gostanian.
but the young man still denied that
he had done wrong Then the doctor
asked me to take hand. Captain.
want you 10 make him confess. he
said. but told him | didn't want any
confession I'm not in the hahit of
getting them in those kind Of cases.
costanian Broke Down.
"Dr Boyajian kept at him md Cos
tanian finally broke down. He admit
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