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Show LAW AFARCE German Arrested in New York FW Carrying a Gun , New York, SopL 9. Henry Becker, a German resident of Seattle, Wash., was not able to sail on the liner Cleveland today, although he had purchased pur-chased his passage by telegraph a week ago. Piomplly on his arrival in New York, a few hours before sailing time, he was arretted by a New York lKillceman because ho carried a shotgun shot-gun In a loather bag in his hand. His caso will be made a test of the new weapon law in this state, whereby tho possession of a dangerous weapon wea-pon by an alien is made a felony punishable pun-ishable by seyen years' imprison-mpnU imprison-mpnU Becker was ,probably tho most astonished as-tonished man In the" United States when arrested. He regarded himself as a peaceful subject of the Kaiser and had a hard time understanding how he could possibly be violating any law. lie was convinced that the lot tor of the law regarded him as a dangerous dan-gerous man when he was marched off I to the Tombs police court and held J without bail to await tho action of the grand jury,. District Attorney-Whitman Attorney-Whitman promised to hurry the caso, however. 1 It is unlikely that the grand Jury win rQgara uecKer s onenPO as serious. seri-ous. . The extent to which the new law may be carried If enforced literally was indicated yesterday by the arrest ar-rest of n pqddlor charged with having a razor in his possession. A magistrato'hold in this case, how-ever, how-ever, that "more possession of a razor Is not a crime." There must bo proof of intent to use the razor as a weapon. wea-pon. The Intent with which a person carries' a razor la of vital Importance It must be a criminal intent, and that is a question of fact to be determined from all the circumstances of each case " |