Wright County Historical Society, if it can gather enough, will be publishing a book....working title of which is "Tales of Wright County, MO." We will edit these stories for appropriateness of telling in mixed company and to insure that nothing is published that might lead to a lawsuit or feud. And, of course, you may use names....although, I won't in the following Example: A well-known local attorney was called on to defend a man for making moonshine. He asked his client if he was guilty and the man said that he was, except that while he was sitting in jail awaiting trial, he saw the Sheriff and deputy playing cards and drinking his 'shine. That over a period of time, while awaiting trial, they had drunk up all the evidence against him. On the day of the trial, the prosecutor presented the case against the defendant with the Sheriff and the deputy as his witnesses. The defendant's attorney, requested that the evidence be produced. The Sheriff hemmed and hawed around, saying that everybody in the county knew the defendant made 'shine. However, the judge ordered him to produce it.......all three quarts that they had testified they had seized. When the Sheriff returned with three quarts of 'shine, the 'shine in each jar was a different shade. Obviously, indicating that it hadn't all come from the same still. The case was thrown out. The attorney who was telling this tale, said that if the Sheriff had been smart enough to mix the 'shine, so that all three had been the same shade, he would have lost the case. Phyllis Rippee Wright County Historical Society