1854
Cast Iron Tombstone Trial
Re-enactment
and
Historical Reading
Nov.
18, 2006
Mt.
Pulaski Courthouse Court Room
Performance
#4
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Cast
& Re-enactment Information
Presiding
Judge: Honorable David Davis [Darrell Knauer]
Defendant: Reuben Miller [Bill Gossett]
Lawyer for the Defendant: Abraham Lincoln [Jeff
Clements]
Plaintiff: Nathaniel Whitaker [Phil Bertoni]
Lawyer for the Plaintiff: David B. Campbell [Chuck
McCue]
Bailiff: Sheriff John C. Hurt [Fred Lipp]
Preacher: Uriah Schwalb [Pastor Kevin Treptow,
Methodist Church]
Mt. Pulaski House Bartender: Raspus Finfrock [Jerry
Maxheimer]
Wife of Defendant: Mrs. Miller [Rebecca Drake]
Wife of Plaintiff: Mrs. Whitaker [Jane DeWitt]
Forman: [Larry Baker]
Jury: Selected by the Bailiff at each performance
Musician: [Joyce Maxheimer]
Understudies
& Previous Cast Members: Tom
Martin, Frank Buckles, Bob McCue, Bill Cavestani, Jane Gossett, Allen
Schaal, Tom Stephens, Michael Lakin, Scott Lindley
Photographer: Allen Schaal
Originator:
Darrell Knauer
Script
Writers: Darrell Knauer, Phil Bertoni, Bob McCue
Research Documents: Judge Wm. Stringer: History
of Logan County, 1911;
photocopies of 1854 & 1855 Tombstone appeal
trials from Illinois Supreme
Court manuscripts - primary source material from
A. Lincoln Memorial Library
in Springfield, IL.; manuscript material by James
Hickey, former curator of A.
Lincoln Collection [Springfield Library]; History
of Mt. Pulaski, 1836 - 1976
Producer: Mt. Pulaski Bi-Centennial 2009
Committee
Courthouse Director & Greeter: Wally Kautz
Special
Thank You: To all previous and current cast members and
understudies, and others who have volunteered their time, ideas, and
assistance in making this re-enactment a reality and success.
Special Thank You: To Stan Manes and family for
loaning two original
paintings of a 1855 Cast Iron Tombstone trial
participant & his wife.
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