The Detroit times., 1911-03-21
SAY B0YAJIAN WAS INSANE
WHEN HE SHOT G0STANIAN
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an unconscious condition with the
eyes open.
Would you regard the defendant
as dangerous now IL he were In your
institution" Or. Long was asked.
Il would have TO have him under
observation before l could answer that
question" the witness explained Il
think the doctors case 10 an epileptic
one. pure and simple. II he had no
seizures, should not regard him as
dangerous"
Suffered From Mental Shock.
The prosecutor suggested that DR..
Boyajian was not insane when he
started out for the police court on
| the morning OF the tragedy. To this
suggestion the witness said that the
doctor was undoubtedly suffering from
severe mental shock. the result OF
| his wife's confession TO him.
But shock Is not insanity" the
prosecutor suggested.
Its contributory." the doctor re-
piled.
Prosecutor Van Zile intimated that
many persons feigned insanity, and
the witness acknowledged that the
prosecutor was right. The doctor said
he had encountered feigned cases in
/ his asylum.
! The prosecutor questioned the real
ity OF DR.. Boyajian's epilepsy imme-
diately prior to and following the
| tragedy, but Dr. Long was OF the be-
| lief that there was nothing feigned
about the defendants actions, from
| the description of the way he acted.
| The witness was asked II he thought
| Or. Boyajian was not responsible for
the tragedy, although he might have
planned il. and the witness replied
that he believed an epileptic was not
responsible for any act after seizure.
| The doctor told of an epileptic wom-
| an IN his asylum, who had an anti
rathy toward an attendant, and that
she had 10 be continually watched,
lest she make an assault on him.
Dearborn Expert Testifies.
DR.. David r. Clark, or ST. Josephs
retreat, Dearborn, was the next medl-
cal expert called by the defense. He
said he had been connected with the
retreat for Ia years and had treated
many cases OF mental diseases. lie
made examinations of Dr. Boyajian III
the county Jail in 1909, questioning
the defendant about his family his
tory and characteristics. He also said
he had examined Madros Boyajian,
brother of the defendant. and found
him suffering from pychosis, a dis.
ease of the mind, and a defect in
the eyes, the latter affection being
with him at birth.
Asked by Mr.. Bumps II there was
anything about the defendant which
indicated that he was deviation
from the normal, DR.. Clark said there
was: that the tendency OF the doc
tors hair TO grow low over his fore
head, and the characteristics OF him
self ard antecedants were evidences
of his abnormal condition.
MIR. Pumps next read the hypothet,-
cal question, presented TO DR.. King
man and DR.. Long.
After the reading OF the hypothe-
tical question. DR.. Clark was asked
whether he considered the defendant
rational or irrational al fths time of
the tragedy.
Same Answer As Others.
"In my Judgment, he was irrational
replied DIR. Clark.
The doctor also sal dthat DIR. Boya-
jian had not control over his actions
at the time OF the shooting, and also
gave Il as his opinion that he was
insane then.
Prosecutor Van Zile asked DR..
Clark II he found that DR.. Boyajian
was emotional and given to exaggera-
al taI ~
himself. The witness said he did
find that DR.. Boyajian was given TO
coloring his stories. He was an ex-
aggeratad egotist He couldn't say
that the doctor would tell falsehoods,
but admitted that much OF what the
defendant said was only partially
true The witness said he inquired
of the defendants fellow-students
how they regarded him, and found
that they questioned his stories about
the Armenian massacres, as he sell
dom told a story twice alike. He
was what might be called "spectacu-
lar" The witness believed that the
doctor believed the massacres i'm
pllcity himself, whether they were
true or not.
What kind of man do you regard
the DOCTOR" the prosecutor asked.
He is a sort OF deviation from the
normal-what you might call a weak
sister"
Might Feisn Epilepsy.
Dr. Clark also said that DR.. Boya-
jan might be given to feigning IN
regard to his epilepsy. He examined
the defendant in regard to his medi-
cal knowledge and found II to be very
superficial, he said.
Answering questions regarding Ma
dros Boyajian. Dr. Clark said the
brother was undoubtedly afflicted
with pyschosis and that the disease
made his thought-rate uneven
DO you remember saying in your
testimony in the first trial that DR..
Boyajian was monumental liar?'
DR.. Clark was asked.
NO, Judge. don't remember using
that phrase, but | might have. How
ever. | don't think Or. Boyajian is a
monumental liar because that means
the making of a yarn out of whole
cloth" DR.. Clark replied 10 the prose
cutor.
DR.. Clark said. In answer to an
other question, that II was not con-
elusive that an epileptic Is irrespons-
ible. He admitted, however, that 1t
was characteristic OF irrational people
10 be moody.
In redirect examination by Mr..