The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-09

NEW YORK, Sept. 9.-Tim Sulli-
vans law against dangerous weapons
has gone into effect and the entire po-
lice fore of Greater New York has re-
ceiyed strict orders to enforce the law
with energy and promptness. The en-
forcement of the law, the provisions
of which are decidedly stringent, places
"a tremendous burden upon the shout
ders of the police department The
heads OF that department fully realize
that fact, but they also understand
law, will, in the future, greatly dimin-
ish the task and risks of the officers
OF the law. 1t is expected that the
suppression of the unauthorized traf-
fic in dangerous weapons will ma
.terially diminish the number of crimes
against the person committed in this
city. The annual list OF such crimes
committed in Greater New York has
been enormous during the last ten
years and has been steadily growing
to appalling proportions. Something
had to be done and it is hoped that
the new law will put at least a damper
upon the unlawful use of pistols dag
gers. stilletos. black-jacks and brass
knuckles, with which the members of
the vicious and criminal classes are
invariably armed. There is scarcely
an Italian to be found on the East
Side or in the Harlem river district
who does not carry one or more such
weapons. In anticipation of the go
ing into effect of the law and the raids
which will probably be made by the
police, many thousands of revolvers
and other forbidden weapons were
sold to the pawnbrokers during the
last few days preceding the first day
of September.
After having served three years and
a half of his ten-year sentence follow
ing the burning of the General Slo-
cum and the loss of 1881 lives, Will
liam H. Van Schaick, the captain of
the Inflated craft was paroled from
Sing Sing prison the other day. He
did not notify his wife or any of his
numerous friends of his release and
arrived in New York unheralded. He
was not even sure where to find his
wife and had to hunt up one of his
friends to obtain her address. Capt.
Van Schaick was offered as a sacri-
flee to public opinion at that time.
while the real offenders, the owners of
the steamship line and the Govern
ment steamship inspectors were allow
ed to go unpublished. The captain is
now seventy-one years of age, but
still active and in fairly good health.
He does not expect to ever command
a ship again, but hopes to be able to
find some occupation which will ena-
bic him to remain in touch with the
sea and things nautical.
A New York lawyer, who is employ
ed as collection attorney for the New
York telephone company, finds him.
self in a legal quandary which, he
frankly admits, is too deep for him
to solve. The fact is that he does not
know where, under the law, he lives
and where he is entitled to exercise
his right to vote. The boundary line
between Newark and the village of
South Orange, N. j., runs diagonally
through his house, in such fashion
that, when he goes to bed in his bed
room his head is in Newark, while
his feet are in South Orange He pays
taxes in both towns but he has not
been able to figure out which town he
can claim as his legal residence.
The other day physician was call