Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-01
NEW PLAY.
The Drama OF Injunction M AT.
tachment Attempted 90 be Pre-
duced at the Memphis Theater,
But ID Proves q Failure.

Ane DrauAA OF anu AL
duced az the Memphis Theater,
hut 10 Proves . Failure.
Last Friday night, during the per-
Torrance of Joseph X, Emmett as
Fritz st the theater. Sheriff Anderson
appeared at the box-ofice, and, drawing
from his pocket a Gle of papers, pro-
ceeded to read them to Manager Pen
meyer, who, thinking it reiesred to some
other matter, remarked, Its ell right
The Sheriff assembled the stairs and read
the documents to the polite ~doorkeeper,
Mr.. Holland, and proceeded to take
charge Of the ticket box. Lessee Davey
was also found, and the papers were
read to him, and going back on the
stage the anne thing was repeated to
Mr.. Emmet Fritz, who at once com.
menced singing, "silver Threads Among
the Gold, and other popular melodies.
Thespapers were writs of attachment
and ID anction, sued out by G. W. Muir
ply, who claimedto be the agent Of Wm.
B. Greenlaw, jr., former proprietor OF
manager Of the Greenlaw Opera House,
but now a citizen of Texas. The
Sheriff attached the funds in the
hands of the treasurer, the tickets in
the box under charge Of Mr.. Holland
and the wardrobe of Mr.. Emmett, the
grounds of attachment, being a trumped-
up and bogus claim of $1,000 against
Mr.. Emmett for'the failure of that actor
to keep an engagement made with Ben
DeBar to appear at the Greenlaw Opera
House in December, 1873. The Sheriff
was accompanied by the agent Murphy,
who insisted that he should "ring the
curtain down and stop the play in the
middle OF the second act, but the Sheriff,
in response to the calls, DO your duty"
did do it, by not interfering with the per-
formance, but performed his duty in a
gentlemanly and proper manner. Mr..
Emmet's wardrobe was attached, as was
also his banjo, that St. Louis coin silver
drum, and the harmonicon. As the
Sheriff took the harmonicon, he being a
literary man and close student of old
Shakespeare, must have remembered the
following from Hamlet:
Sherif-Will you play upon this har-
monicon?
Agent-My Lord, l cannot.
Sheriff. pray you.
Agent--Believe me, l cannot.
Sheriff. do beseech you.
Agent--I know no touch of il, my
Lord.
Sherif-'Sblood do you think l am
easier to be played on than a harmoni-
CONF.
While this was going on behind the
scenes, Emmett was before the foot.lights
singing DE Chimney Sweep" "Schnei-
der, How You WASP" etc, for the
amusement of the audience. Sher.
if Anderson appointed d~oorkeeper
Holland his agent, to take charge
of the property attached, and
left the premises. The facts of the case
are, that Mr.. Greenlaw, or his agent, has
no claim upon Mr.. Emmett, as Emmett
was engaged by Ben DeBar to appear at
the Greenlaw Opera House in Decem,
Der, 1873, and, owing to fear of the yell
low fever, Mr.. Emmett obtained from
DeBar a written release from his en-.
gagement, which document Mr.. Emmett
has in his possession. Lessee Davey
gave the necessary bond for Mr., EN-.
met and the property was al once re.
turned to the actor who left the city
yesterday. This C%hancery suit ia an
amusing affair, and will Of course be dis
missed when heard by the Chancellor.
and then will come a suit for damages
against Murphy and his bondsmen for
attempting to interfere, without legal
right, with the amusements at the
theater.