The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-04-20
HEAVY SENTENCE IMPOSED
SING SING FOR CARRIER OF GUN
 AND DIRK.

Judge Rosaislxy Gives Sixteen Months
 to Concealed Weapon Prisoner
 others Escape More Easily-Mem-
 bers of RocIxInen and E1cayatOrs'
 Union Ordered to Give Up All Their
 Weapons.
 New York, April 9-one violator of the law against carrying concealed weapons was severely dealt with this morning in the court of general ses- sions. Carlo de Sanctis, thirty-seven years old, a barber, of 66 Charles street, who was captured in one of the raids and was found to have gun and dirk in his possession, being sen fenced by Judge Rosalsky to one year and four months in Sing Sing. This is the heaviest punishment yet inflicted on any of the gun-bearing brigade. In tho court of special sessions, Jus tice Olmstead presiding, the offenders got off more easily
 Herman Schwartz of 126 Cannon street, who had a dirk in one of his pockets, was sentenced to six months in prison Another prisoner, Edward Manning, manager of an automobile garage at 905 West Flfty-fourth street, | who had been found to have re- volver in his possession, following ar rest on a charge of assault, pleaded | that the gun could not be discharged, as 1t was defective, and escaped with a 1 fine of $25.
 Six Italians who were captured In i the recent raids, and all of whom car- ried knives or guns, were let off with terms of Imprisonment ranging from one to three months
 In the Morrisania court, Magistrate Crane held in $500 bail for trial, Oscar Hansen, an eighteen-year-old clerk in his mothers general store at Sl34 Third avenue, on a charge of selling a re- volver to minor
 Yesterday afternoon Edward Rueher, of 91S Brook avenue went to the Han son store and purchased pistol and a box of cartridges for S2.
 After the boy went home last night hls father caught sight of the revolver, and after a few short questions march ed the lad to the Morrisania police i station and told the desk sergeant what had transpired. This morning Detective Thompson obtained a sum- mons and brought young Hansen to | court.
 Magistrate Crane said, in passing on tho case:
 q am very glad to have had the first case of selling weapon to a minor, since the recent raids, brought l before me-
 Turning to the boy, he then contin- ued
 Your mother should not be permit. ted to sell guns to children Further more, I do not think any storekeeper or pawnshop keeper should be permit ted to sell guns indlscriminately,
 "It seems to me very inconsistent that our laws should provide that citi- zens be compelled to get permits be- fore they can carry guns, while tho open sale of these weapons to any ont who will buy is permitted. l believe it ought to be necessary to get per init before purchase, and that no ont without permit to carry a gun ough to be allowed to buy one"
 Eight additional indictments were handed down to-day by the regular grand ju"y to Judge O'sullivan II part l. of general sessions. Thes were of Italians who had been taken il the dragnet and found to be carrying dirks. The criminal branch of the su preme court grand jury is considering twenty-five similar cases. but will no report it's findings until Monday.
 A remarkable labor union order Ina just been issued by the president o one of the largest worKmen's organiza ton in the city, directing the searchlnI of all members attending the loca branches of the union in New York Yonlkers and Mount Vernon before the enter their respective halls, in orde that any weapon found on the member may be confiscated and turned over t the police.
 The order was Issued by Tito Pacell president of the Rockmen's and EX cavators union, an affiliated union c
 the American Federation of Labo
 which has its general headquarters a
 2157 First avenue. MT. Paeelli was on
 of the delegates to the peace congref
 just ended and is the head of 5000 me
 in this city and it's environs, nearly a \ of whom are Italians.
 The order, which was posted 2 I headquarters late yesterday and maile 4 to the various local unions, first make I an appeal to all members of the unlol Y whether Italians or of other national ' ties, who have in their possession, | who carry, concealed weapons, r | yolvers, knives, or other weapon 1 which it is against the law to carry, l immediately dispose of the same an i not even to keep them at their home ! as their possession may have the e ] feet of casting reflection on the Italia
 race.
 The order then directs all loci
 unions to have all members coming meetings of the locals searched befoi
 entering the hall and to have a
 weapons found turned over to the DC | lice.
 Mir Pacelli says he desires to thro'