The Detroit times., 1909-07-07

exclama, on when seized by deputies
and cou.I officers after his attack on
Gostanian Nell said II sounded iiHe
"Ai-es' or zee" long drawn out In
his opinion IL Was an Aremnian express
son. The prosecutor was informed
hy an Armenian in attendance at the
trial that the sound described resem.
bles an Armenian word meaning Il
am avenged. or II have accomplish
ed" The prosecution will attempt to
establish this fact before the end OF
the trial.
Crowd Thlns Out.
AS the morning wore away and II
became more and more apparent that
Mrs BoyaJian would not be sworn.
the crowd in the court room began to
fall away perceptiDly and by noon
there were several vacant seats. The
women had disappeared altogether.
Prosecutor Van Zile's cross-exaniin-
alton OF Witness Neill was very brief.
but owing 10 the time consumed by
the legal arguments II was after IL
o'clock when the attorney finally step
ped down. Court then adjourned until
2 o'clock
Wlfe's story Outlined.
The story MIS-. Etnei Boyajian will
tell On the witness stand, which, as
the defense claims. was the story she
told her husband and thereby drove
him temporarily insane, was outlined
by Attorney Frank +. bumps in his
opening statement to the jury. Tues
day afternoon. after the prosecution
had rested its case against the doctor.
"a haa all Axt l.rAt Ia
ont in the testimony. but Mr.. Bumps
went into 1. In greater detail. DR..
Boyajian was SO affected Turing the
recital that the court TOOK a recess
TO give hiin an opportunity ID q',iet
down. Later, when he again showed
sigrs OF breaking down. Prosecutor
Van Zile STAYED of the outbreak by
saying to him angrily:
"Oh. sEu; up. you big ca.s"
The doctor then buried his head on
Attorney Bartlett's shoulder aud kept
1t there during the remainder Of Mr..
Bumps address,
The story, In substance was that
Gcstanian. b. sheer brute force. COM
PEELED Mrs Boyajian 10 submit 10 him.
taking advantage Of the doctors abb
senGe OH a lecture tour: th,t through
fear she kept silence until he doctor
returned home and had his suspicious
aroused; that Gostanian went so Ear
as to propose that they put the doctor
cu, Of the way with white tasteiess
powder TO be dropped In his coffee.
when they would be free 10 get mar
ried and enjoy the property re doctor
hsu accumulated.
I'VE don't know whether that story
was true or not" said Mr. Bumps.
"1i'iat is for you to determine. 6ut
that is the story Mrs. BoyaJlan told
her husband and the effect was the
same as though he had bean strock a
physical blow on the head. For two
hours. litter these revelatiH's were
made t. him, he sat on the foor.
N ,an.ne and beating his heal against
the wall III his anguish. He Was ah'
suIutely crushed. For two lays he
neither ate nor slept, and what he did
he did automatically. and while he
remembers a few things tnat hap
pened. We say to you that he has ab-
soutely no recollection OF what trans
pired in Justice Jeffries court room
that fatal morning"
But Notwithstanding the wife's
story. according to which no blame at
tached to the woman, the prosecution
points TO the fact that the doctor had
her arrested along with Gostanian.
There is nothing In his conduct before
or after the shooting. the prosecutor
will argue. that cannot be accounted
for by jealous rage. desire for VEN
geance and the doctors highly emo
tional temperament, characteristic OF
his race. And this regardless Of NJ.
Bumps promise to show that there Is
hereditary taint Of epilepsy In the
doctors family. that his mother once
had an Egyptian boil and that his
brother, Hargod. who sits In the court
room. was once victim OF psychosis,
a form OF insanity.