The Detroit times., 1909-07-08
BOYAJ|AN s SISTER.
MAY TESTIFY
AGAINST HIM
Prosecution Plans To Call Mother Of
Slain Youth to Refute Claim of
Insanity faint in Defendants
Family.
Defense Centers Its Efforts in Attempt
to Show Doctor Was Mentally Ir.
responsible at Time of Tragedy.

Prosecutor Van Zile Is planning q
Doid stroke against the defense in
the BoyaJian murder case, II, In his
opinion, II becomes necessary. Tho
pan Is TO bring DR.. Boyaj!ans eldesL
sister, Mrs. Hagop Gostanian, mother
or the murdered youth, from her home
III Lynn, Mass, TO rebut he testimony
or Mrs. Pearl Arozian, another sister
OF the defendant. The latter wss
called TO the stand as the first wit
ness at Thursday afternoons session
10 testify, 1t was expected, that there
was an hereditary faint OF insanity In
the family.
The prosecutors course will depend
largely on this testimony, on which
the defense is evidently banking
strongly. Up TO this time the attor-
neys for the defense have adduced
no evidence bearing directly on the
insanity theory. They have only the
opinion OF Frank Aldrich. non-exper.
anu testimony as to Boyajian's acts
and appearance before and after the
shooting, on which to base that the
ory. II they succeed In showing. by
relatives. that there Is an hereditary
faint In the family they will have
raised serious question as 10 the de-
PENDANTS sanity. and the burden will
then rest on the prosecution to prove
that the doctor was sane at the time
or the shooting In this event, the
testimony OF the elder sister would be
highly important.
Whether she will be sent for will
probably be determined at a confer
ence TO be held between the prosecutor
and Hapgood Gostanian, father of the
murdered youth. after court adjourns
Thursday afternoon.
N Is now apparent that the trial
cannot be concluded this week IL
viii probably be next Tuesday or We'd
nesday at the earliest before the case
Will be submitted to the Jury. The de-
tense has three or four more witnesses
outside of Mrs. Boyajian to examine.
Mrs Boyajian will be reserved for
the last and II is not likely that she
will be sworn before Friday morning.
Picturesque Witness.
Clad in overalls. his face black with
grease and CRIME, George Stinson, en-
gineer in the Jacobs building, adjoin-
ing the county jail, made picturesque
witness when called to the stand by
the defense on the resumption Of the
Boya1ian murder trial, Thursday morn
Ing. He had come TO court directly
from the engine room and had no
time TO clean up.
| Stinson testified to having seen DR..
BoyaJian brought from the court 70
the jail after the shooting OF Cos
tanian. and later saw him placed in
the patrol wagon to be taken to police
headquarters. The witness was SO
anxious TO volunteer opinions as to
the doctors mental condition at that
time that Judge Connolly was kept
busy striking bits OF his testimony
from the record
He looked like maniac" was one
Of his gratuitous observations. And a
minute later he said:
He acted like an insane man"
When finally persuaded to confine
himself to a description of the mans
appearance, he said that the doctor
was very nervous, that his eyes bulged
way out" and that his face was
awful red" He looked as though
he had just come out OF big fight.
Stinson declared.
Stinson testified that two men had
come TO see him about the case with
In the last day or two and Identified
Detective Palmer as one OF them. The
other had sandy mustache. but
when Detective Bodinus, who has such
mustache, was pointed out, witness
said he was not the man.
| The prosecution did not see tt to
| cross-examine Stinson.
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