Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-20
GREEK AND MEX
 BEFORE BAR OF
 DOUGLAS COURT
Peanut Peddlers Have Bout Over Possession of Promi- nent Corner in Shelter City Both Men Discharged

DOUGLAS. April 19.-(Speciall-
 Grossly did this paper libel the home of the real Marathon yesterday when it made 1t appear that son of King Georges land had been wa, lowed in the dust of Douglas by Spaniard. The lateness of the hour at which the declaration was made, preventing due investigation, was re- sponsible. It was Greece. home of Marathon racers. discus throwers, candy makers and shoe sinners. that left the field victorious, while son of Mexico had been forced to lower his colors.
 Case Dismissed.
 The peanut and popcorn war be- tween these rival nations, Greece led by General John Pappas and Mexico by Telesforo frtega, was transferred from the battlefield at Tenth and G 1 this morning to Justice Rice's court, where the defendants and multitude of witnesses gathered. After hear ing a number of witnesses and try | ing his best to ge. something out of the Greek, Justice Rice dismissed the assault case which had been pre- ferred by Ortega, the Mexican, agalst Pappas. the Greek. And explaining his action in the premises this morn ing, Justice Rice said:
 Dismissal Explained.
 "The case against Pappas was | brought on a county complaint alleg- | ing assault There undoubtedly was | q disturbance and the Greek was the physical aggressor Morally, he did what any other man would have done, but legally he had no right to attack the Mexican. There is no doubt that he disturbed the peace, but when the matter came to trial found the de- | fendant. a stranger in a strange land. unable to speak English to any extent. We could not interpret the | language of modern Greece and l did not see how it would be fulfilling the demands of justice to fine such a man on the charge of assault. Therefore. I dismissed the case. How ever, there is no question that he disturbed the peace and that the Mex. ican also disturbed the peace and on a city complaint I probably would have felt compelled to fine both oi them"
 Black Hand Letter a Joke.
 After the trouble yesterday Pap pas was sent a black-hand missive but it's origin has been traced to prac- tical jokers.
 Today all was quiescent at the front In fact, under the conciliatory diplomacy of Marshal East, Greek this morning grasped the hand of Az tee, each saying, Never again" How ever, when Greek meets Mex there's no telling what may happen.
 How It Came About.
 A fight between two peanut ant
 popcorn peddlers would seem to b'
 a mighty trifing incident, but it il
 sure that nothing that has happened
 for many weeks in Douglas excited more general interest than this little complication. The Greek was frs
 on the job and he had built up ;
 clientele in the popcorn and peanu
 business that was as regular an6
 trustworthy as a republican nationa
 victory. He had educated his trad ; into popcorn habit, and each after
 noon, as business houses and the oi fees of professional men closed, on
 could see a steady stream of prom
 nent patrons filing down the stree . to Pappas' place. Then Ortega brok into the game and elbowed his stan
  uraily he got some of the bushes
 Pappas had been getting. That 1T
 evitably led to the international con
 plication of yesterday.
 Sympathy With the Greek. { Sympathy pretty generally was wit < the Greek. He had seen it first and the public thought he ought { 2 enjoy interrupted the fruits of hl foresight. Then, he was nice 10 hi k | customers, and the best of good fe lows with the small boys-the char who don't have many nickels wit which to buy popcorn. Under his sy tenn of making popcorn he culls ever popped grain that is nor perfect an this culled corn he has given 10 th boys. Naturally, he has become a ! idol with local young Americans SC ond only to papa and Jim Jeffries. HI < dismissal means that Judge Rice wi l continue to get the solid boys' vol