The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-09-08
MUSTN'TCARRY SHAVING TOOLS
FOR IT'S CONTRARY TO POLICE
IDEA or WEAPON Law.
Joy Seeking Painter Charged with Crime
When His Razor Comes to Light
Cop Told That hoy Owns Revolver
searches Room and Makes Arrest.

All the honors and fame that 60 with
being the first citizen of New York to be
pinched under the new Sullivan anti
pistol law for having a revolver in ones =
bureau drawer we're showered last night
upon Albert Barrett. a sixteen-year-old
clerk. by Patrolman Brick Of the old
West Twentieth street police station
Pawnbrokers have been arrested for
having revolvers in stock and an Italian
carrying shotgun was gathered in and
yesterday turned loose, but Barrett claims
the honor Of being the first to have cop
come right into the bedroom and search
the furniture
Right on top Of this a man who said
he was Charles White of 32 East Four
teenth street. arrested at Twenty ninth
street and Sixth avenue by Policeman
Curtin Of the Tenderloin station, who
decided that White was carrying too
heavy a load and needed chance to rest
up was found to have concealed on his
person stick of shaving soap. a shaving
brush which was moulting and an unsafe
razor. And straiGhtway the charge of
intoxication was changed in the case of
Mr. White to the graver charge Of carry
ing a concealed razor. which Lieut.
Morris decided looked like a felony.
The janitor Of the furnished room
house at 2lO West Twenty-first street
where Barrett. the youth with n revolver
in his bureau drawer. lives looked up
Patrolman Brick last night TO complain
about Barrett's revolver
There's young man in our house who
goes up on the roof and shoots OF gun
every time he thinks Of it," the janitor
told the cop. "Go up and give him a
pinch"
! The policeman climbed the stairs to
the room described Ivy the janitor. Young
Barrett opened the door and Immediately
grew interested in the policeman's in
quiries. No. he said the janitor was
wrong. There was no revolver in the
room. Barrett continued. The police
man began to rummage around.
Under a shirt Gt was a ~. size with
cuffs attached) in one Of the Barrett bu-
reau drawers the policeman happened
upon what at first glance glinted like .s2
calibre revolver. then hefted like re-
volver and which before the evening
passed proved to be revolver. 1t was
loaded.
fOnceman fr!ck arrested the revOlv er
and also took Barret: along to the night
court. After Barrett had been led away
the lanltor OF a house across the street
said the whole law is bosh and that citizens
i OF the state needn't give the matter n
thought, for the reason that \ policeman
positively cannot enter your house and
| look for a revolver.
| In the case Of White, the man with the
razor. the police had no thought Of any
thing except to induce Mr. White to sleep
indoors instead Of on a busy corner where
pedestrians might step and slip on him
The process OF extracting Mr. White S
name. business and address was a lengthy
one owing to an acute impediment in
his speech. When a number Of answers
had been obtained from him they we're
carefully sorted out on the desk bv Lieut.
Morris and by putting two and two to-
gether the prisoners pedigree was hit
upon
And then the usual search. The shaw
ing brush which first was met up with
meant absolutely nothing in Lieut.
Morriss career because the lieutenant
already knew that White is house
painter and is accustomed to brushes
Also the stick Of soap was blunt But in
a leather case was the damaging evidence
the razor. II Mr. White had had the fore
sight to go out armed merely with safety
razor perhaps Lieut.. Morris would no;
have changed the charge to felonious
violation of the new concealed weapOn
law. When Mr. White wakes M this
morning he, so the police predicted last
night. will meet with a surprise.