New-York tribune., 1911-02-19

,,,r &c the story Of how New Workers
~ many minds have determined that
-s,,as with deadly weapons on our
-,ust be prevented as well as pun
ae a,d Of how amazingly well they
fa,y 4, pointing out the way to do II.
e a story about how the City Cluo'
AsV .entre Of righteous Indignation, in
SON ~ anti-Tammany sentiment and
e.o,, 20 three reform administrations.
f0op~-,,g out a gloved hand TO uphold
", of .'Rig Tim" Sullivan, known TO
ts Ids as the big Brother OF the
and 10 men CT the City Club sort
Fs, most depraved OF human creatures.
Tsmmany politician"
- scene is in a suite OF oftices IN
~ erect skyscraper. Joseph G. Deane,
Nss skinned. lean jawed. looking the
O. LAWYER in every inch of six feet
~,ore OF stature, once a partner or
80, ~. Attorney Whitman, now chairman
N" CITY Clubs legislative committee,
hoy IN from the outer office.
-an.ss bring in the wastebasket,
frank .. ona se,s
,be basket on the floor beside the
@ The latter selects a somewhat
.,,ss newspaper from among the debris
= ,ts forenoons work.
.t,s-s +" he SAYS. turning the sheet right
-. ou, "is this mornings paper. Let's
- what we find
g,' eve runs rapidly down the columns
c., mage: then he hands the paper
:. he reporter, with one finger resting on
,rIsf item. Three paragraphs tell or the
-, ~ a boy OF fourteen In the hallway
- "anartment house" in East l2Oth
fIe had a loaded revolver in his
-. t1o worked on a dock, he told the
y'g.s 4 gang Of boys had threatened to
-, him into the river. He bought the
20 70 protect himself.
Ys Ysy..,v last Sunday morning" the last
,a,b runs Detective Repetto met
- bovs in the same hallway. They had
v..s,scks in their pockets. They were ar
..',.5 80 and since then the place has been
~p-s,,v had. isn't it, the lawyer asks.
=, ,.,,r we'd find something bearing on
-. QUESTION but ] hardly thought it'would
-. % Al with mere children. Let's see
q there's anything else.
n. onotber page Of the paper his eye
SONS OF second item, headed Bullet
r-h,oprh Her Palm" a woman, who had
~, married only a year. was showing
- children how their toy pistols were
,,r,-srt from her husbands revolver. She
~.s taking out the cartridges for safety
-, tho revolver went Off The bullet
vspt through her hand. passed close to the
,.,a NJ one OF the children and embedded
Itself in the wall
There" the lawyer bursts out, stamping
,.s paper into the wastebasket with his
f.. That's Just one days news-yester-
says-the first that came TO hand. Watch
,b4 papers for a month and you'll find there
Won't be three DAYS out of the thirty when
hare isn't some shocking news about fire.
arms and other weapons right here in New
Yok-e,ther killing. a murderous assault
or an accident
why. 10 take the killings alone, los per-
sons we're shot 10 death in this city last
year. or almost one every three days. At
least four or FIVE times as many more as
/ sa1lts were attempted. Hundreds Of those
cases never get into the papers at all.
twenty-five more were killed by stabbing,
almost al, Of course. by weapons carried
legally on the person of the criminal.
Thirty-six others were killed by assault
,hsi e, with a blunt instrument Of some
sort and probably in a majority Of in
Stances with blunt weapon made for pur-
poses Of manslaughter and for nothing else.
And these are only the cases in which
tssih actually resulted. You'll find that
!aoalous crimes of violence have been COM
nitei with Illegally carried weapons at
ne rate Of considerably more than one
every day in New York City alone. There
| not the leas. doubt that the greater part
Of these crimes could be prevented by prop
e. laws That is why the City Club is
iking the matter up"
But even that IS beside the main point
two crimes can be prevented-if only
hlgle one-then It is the duty Of the state
sne al Its officers 10 pass the legislation
nai viii give that small protection to our
ea'ens. The country is shocked at the
King OF David Graham Phillips by a
ea1ed musician a week or two ago.
That crime might have been prevented
% not say that it would have been, but
no'e than one murder OF the same sort
thoouotedly woud-by a law making II i'm
psslole for irresponsible persons 10 obtain
u'a'ms. do not think you will find any
ps'son who will deny that II the carrying