The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-29

members, who had betrayed their Sc
crets, but really for years of misceL
to show that in the case of Mrs. Ross
the witness had made a mistake.
How do you know" angrily quer.
led the witness OF Mr.. Hunt.
Forced To Drop Ross Case.
Mr.. Hunt tried to introduce his
questions, relating to DR.. Ives exam
ination of Mrs. Ross In other ways,
but in each instance the prosecutor
objected and the court upheld him,
with the result that the Ross case
was finally dropped by the defense.
Mr.. Hunt then asked DR.. Ives about
his visit to the county Jail to see DR..
Boyajian in response to call shortly
after the tragedy.
The witness was determined, he
said, not to make any professional
examination of the doctor in regard
to his sanity, because he was con-
vinced that the doctor was sane. He
admitted that he had interviewed the
doctor while the latter was in his
cell, but that he didn't regard the
interview as private. He declared
that he didn't want to make mental
examination inasmuch as he had
known Boyajian as a student and
had never known him to be mentally
weak in any way.
Mr.. Hunt then drew the attention
of the witness to ailments the defend
ant had suffered while a student, and
the doctor admitted knowing OF some
OF them.
Friendly With Boyajian.
Asked II his relations were always
friendly with the defendant, the wit
ness said they were.
did you make a speech at one
time In the class room against James
ID. Burns, candidate for sheriff."
asked Mr.. Hunt.
Dr. Ives said he might have made
the speech, but didn't remember 1t.
Mr. Hunt further asked the witness
IL DR.. Boyajian didn't get up In the
class room and tell him that he
shouldn't have said anything against
Mr.. Burns?
The witness didn't recall the clash
DR.. Ives was also asked IL DR.. Boy
allan didn't take issue with him about
speech he made on Herbert Spen-
Ger Immediately after his death, Mr..
Hunt explaining that DR.. Boyajian
said the classroom was no place for
such talk.
DR.. Ives said he made the speech In
the classroom, but didn't remember
that DR.. Boyajian had taken any OBJ
lection to II. The doctor recalled
that he made, the statement that Or.
Spencer was the most cold-blooded
reasoner he had ever known"
DR.. Ives attention was next called
TO a newspaper interview be gave on
his opinions concerning DR.. Boyajian.
Mr. Hunt produced the file OF the
newspaper and pointed out the inter
view, and DR.. Ives admitted the truth
OF 1t, including paragraph to the
effect that he could not take the
stand and swear that DR.. Boyajiar
was insane" He denied that he had
sneered at DR.. Boyaiian on meeting
him and talking with him on the
morning of the tragedy. He also de-
clared he had never intimated that DR..
Boyajian was shamming."
The witness was next asked when
ne first heard the hypothetical ques-
ton OF the prosecution?
when | heard II propounded to DR..
Hitchcock in the court room" the wit
ness answered.
What were you doing in court?'
asked Mr.. Hunt.
Prosecutor Van Zile objected to the
question and II was stricken out.
Mr.. Hunt then undertook to intro
duce the subpoena served on DIR. Ives,
but the court declined to allow 1t, on
the objection of the prosecutor.
Mr.. Hunt then explained to the
court that he wanted TO show that,
while the witness professed to be an
unwilling witness, he willingly agreed
to become a witness for the prosecu-
ton, and that the prosecutor had u
conference with him and knew what
he was going to testify TO.
II think IL Is only right that the
prosecutor should know what his wit
nesses are going to testify to before
he puts them on the stand" observed
Judge Connolly.
Mr.. Hunt asked DR.. Ives IL IL was
because of his friendship for DR.. Boy
allan that he was an unwilling wit
ness.
DR.. Ives replied that he didn't want
to testify against DIR. Boyajian be
cause of his being a fellow-practition-
er. While he refused to testify In
the first trial, he now felt that he
was fulfilling public duty in Civ
ing testimony.
No Evidence Of Epilepsy. ~
In redirect examination by Prose
outor Van Zile, DR.. Ives said he knew