The Forrest City times., 1908-08-28
INCONSISTENCIES PLAY
MADE OUT OF EVENTS THAT
 SENT THEM TO PRISON.
Author Is Man Accused of SelIinu Liquor Without Federal License To Be Presented When
 Men Are Released

Frankfort. ky.-A jail for theater. the cells for dressing rooms and the corridor. for the stage form the equip. ment that the federal prisoners in the county jail here, practically all of them moonshiners, are using in reheassing play that will be staged when they are out of confinemerA again
 The play is called The Moonshin- CTS" and was written by Sam Shep- pard who is accused of selling liauor without license from the federal gov. ernment. He conceived the idea of writing the play and rehearsiug 1t to occupy the time until the date of his trial.
 The actors have met with such sue cess in their rehearsals that they have determined to put the play on the stage as soon as they are released from jail. They are to meet in Corbin on December 1 to have their last re- hearsal before the opening of the sea son in the mountain towns The court houses will be used as theaters. and the members of the troupe will not be Tar from home if they get stranded
 The plot of the play Is laid among the hills of Harlan county The first act opens with lot of moonshiners sitting around a still, drinking the white whisky and playing cards Dur. ing this act every detail in making moorshine whisky will be exhibited A Sly diseloses the still to the rey- emu: men. who raid tie place. and the curtain falls amid revolver fire.
 The second act deals with the burial of mountaineers who were killed in the moonshine raid While the ox-cart hearse is absent in the rehearsals there is place for it in the play The mountain preacher, who never con. demns the making of moonshine. be. cause the moonshiners contribute to his living, has his part in this act. and sings the funeral dirge. while the men dressed as women gather around the casket to mourn
 The third act deals with the chase Of the revenue men after the moon sinners. Some of the moonshiners are
 
 house. The daughter of the mountain judge pleads for their release Her beauty impresses the revenue men especially young member of the par. ty. and while she engages him in a conversation, three of the sinners make their escape. The session of court breaks up in disorder, and in the last 10 ,.;a leads the moonshiners in a battle with the revenue agents. who are routed and she gives her hand to one of the bravest of the sinners.
 In the fourth and concluding act of the play the spy is captured and the moonshiners hold a court and sentence him to death. He is hanged as an ex- ample of what will happen to moon, sinners who give information to rev. enue men.
 The actors and their characters are: sam Sheppard, mountaineer of Whit, ley county: Ol Wilmington, revenue man of Whitley county w. $. James, bootlegger of Rowan county; E. D. Ritchie. 'stiller of Knott county. who is serving a term in jail for making moonshine; Sunland Meyers of Row. an county, bootlegger; Dan Trout, revenue man of Pulaski county; Henry Boulden. bootlegger of Harlan coun, ty; Ezekiel Anderson, whisky peddler of Leslie county; Will Sturgeon. spy of Floyd county; Wick Terry. mountain judge of Rowan county; Thomas Ma gee, mountain preacher of Laurel county
 Magee was selected as preacher he. cause he has been converted since he came here to jail and may join the Salvation Army after the theatrical season is over.