Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-14
TERRIBLE GREEK
IS tanned IN JAIL
CONSTABLE COCHRAN SORE ON
PEDDLER QUESTION
PanasobIus Made Trouble for Officers
but One Night at County Jail
Was Enough for
Him

.'Terrible Panasoblus'' is not disease,
as might be inferred by the name, but
is as bad as a disease to Constable f.
z. Cochran.
The constable has had enough of Greek
peddlers who sell their wares without
q license. To mention the name Greek"
sets the constable into a state of pertur-
baton, and If the word peddler is whis-
pered in his-ear he is ready to fight. The
constable's ordinarily good disposition
has been sorely tried, all on account of
a Stubborn Greek peddler named Gus
Panasoblus who refused to talk, to pro-
duce a license, to go to jail or to pro-
duce bail.
Gus is a big fellow and it is said he
has a reputation as a fighter down at
the Los Angeles market, where he pur-
chases vegetables ard where he whipped
six Japanese in a recent fracas. 1t has
taken the officer three days of constant
care and worry to bring the Greek to
terms and get him into line.
GUS Little Joke
When Constable Cochran went to arrest
the peddler for not having license the
man was stubborn, but finally said he
would go with the officer to jail If he
would watch the horse and wagon min
ute while he went to speak to a friend
The constable and representative of
the tax collectors office who was with
him took seat on the wagon and wait
ed For nearly an hour they sat there,
gazing at the squash and carrots and
ether vegetables, while a crowd gathered
around indulgirg in remarks that were
anything but music to the ears of the
officer.
Constable Cochran is not a man to give
up because of slight troubles, however,
and he was determined to stay there
and sit it out if he had to sit there a
week and live on cabbage and raw po-
tatoes.
HGone into the vegetables business,
Frank?" asked a friend of the constable
who happened along. Just then the owner
OF the team appeared.
Had the Goods"
He mumbled something and then drew
a license out of his pocket. The officers
did not take time to examine the date
on the license but muttered "stung" and
went away. Later they went to the
license office ard found that while they
had been holding down the vegetable cart
the peddler had gone up to headquarters
and taken out license.
Cochran Immediately set out the fol-
lowing morning to find Panasoblus, and
he came across the man at the market.
The officer told him to come along and
see the Judge. Gus said he would not
60. Some unpleasant remarks were
passed and the peddler stized box and
was going to hit the constable over the
head.
The officer refuses to say what followed
but he showed up about half an hour
later in Justice Selph's court with his
prisoner, Gus, minus hat and coat and
with a black eye and the constable look
ing red and worn. The obstinate peddler
refused to speak English or Greek or
any other language and would not hear
to paying SIS bail pending his trial.
Tanned in Jail
A lively tussle followed when the officer
took his prisoner to the county jail. 1t
was with a sigh of regret that Cochran
was told yesterday morning to go fetch
the prisoner before the court, for he
foresaw another struggle. But to his
surprise he found an altered man in the
person OF the peddler. He was meek as
could be after his night in jail and begged
the constable to get him out of there and
handed out the $25 bail. He offered to
speak Greek, English and even confessed
to a slight knowledge of bad French.
The trial was set for date following
the holidays, Gus was given a receipt
for his $25 and was dismissed, Officer
Cochran gazing after the retreating form
of the Greek with look of relief.