The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-06-04
CAUGHT fWO or A KIND
A BAD PAIR PASSING BOGUS
MONEY.

Double Life Led by Two Heads of Re- |
ligiOus Demon nations-For God and
Native Land-That Is Rev. Mr.. VanciFs |
Excuse, Hut 1t Doesn't Go with Captain |
Porter.
1t was a remarkable story that Capt. |
Porter, of the Sc ret Service, told n Chi |
| rago reporter. The Captain had just |
returned from Springfield, Ill, where he
| had taken to be locked up the Rev
George \anci, 4 BAPTIST preacher, who
wa arr, std rear Duquon, III, for
passing spur Gus money.
The fact that makes the case more
| than ordinarily interesting is that Van
| ii is Il second minister arrested in
| that locality for similar crimes within
| seven days. The first instance was the
| arrest of the Rev. Jerry" Holmes for
| ma king the bogus money, and now come
| the details of the second offenders cap
| turc
| "Nancil is greatly inferior to Holiness"
| sad Capt. Porter. "iie has not the
| shrrwdncSs nor the bodily health that
| Holmes has, and it was therefore ali easy
matter fer IL shines to impose upon Van
ell ami make u dupe of him. Nanrils
| reputation as Il liar Is much more wide
| spread than his fame rs good man.
| The arrest was matte upon information
| given rs by the Rev FiShhack. pastor of
| the Christian Church at Duquoin. This
| divine heard Nanci's voluntary confe>-
sion, VIII ch was very complete. aud was
marked by expressions of rcpcntan'e
| and humility Nancii told me his story
a We were returning upon the train.
"'.Icrry Holmes was one OF the worst
characters in DuIuoin. he said. Every
one Stunned him, as they thought he was
| too far gone to redeem. | tried to con-
| vert him. One night we rode over
long. dark road together. We talked
about religion. and after a long argyll
ment he declared himself converted, and
fell upon his knees In the muddy road
and prayed A short time thereafter no
was appointed minister and licensed to
preach the gospel a short time later
wa ked to church one morning with
Holmes, and he sad he had some coun-
trrfeit money which he wanted me to
dispose of. | wa very indignant and
threatened to give him up to the author
| tiles He talked me out of that Idea,
and finally took the money upon his
promising to cease his evil ways. When
he handed me two bad dollars, thought
would have a stronger hold upon him
, with the monct in my possess on,
81 have a wife and eight children,
, and they must he fed. My salary is not
large enough to support them well, and
when my little girl wanted some little
: thing | passed the bad money and got
t the triuhet for her
. "iiolmcs went away from Duquon,
and it is alleged that Nancii wrote to
3 him, telling him lie had passed it v hen
Holmes returned to iluIuoin he brought
, back a sackful of the bad dollars. and
helped Nancil hide them. Holmes gave
Nancil nine more of the dollars. and the
latter passed three of them at a little
circus that came into the town. Several
= DAYS thereafter Nanci! entered the cN-
, press office to receive package upon
, which - cents was due. The express
agent, II. &. Nhrat'ey, happened to be
reading of Holmes arrest He spike Of
it to Nancil. and the latter confessed
that he had been eqnal guilty in the
sight of the world, but he knew that the
, Lord would forgive him. for lie had done
it 50 as to find out about the entire gang
and tell upon them "
Whratley immediat"I y called over the
Rev. Mr.. Fishback, who WAS told the
! story of Eancil'S disgrace. The Chris
: tian divine imm diatrly trlcgraph"d to
; capt Porter, and the latter. accom-
panied by Deputy nited States Marshal
Hacon visited Nancils residence. sew
eral miles from Duquoin, The erring
divine was found wrapped in the arms
of Morpheus. Upon their explaining
Their mission Nancii fell upon his knees
: in prayer before the hard-hcartcd ones
who would take him from his home
S Nancil's prot"stations and plcadings
: were so loud that the eight children APP
G peared upon the scene badly frightened.
: After Nancil saw that his words were
4 having 10 APP aren't effect he ceased his
importunngs and kissed his weeping
wife and frightened lite ones and
r started off with his captorS, saying:
h wei, they IIay starvc, but the law will
t be- avenged, and Of course the law
; doesn't care what happens to those we
;, leave behind us"
:: "Nancil still insists that he is limo
# cent" said Captain Porter, after his re-
k turn from the field of his operations, but
: the facts are dead against him. The
t money he passed was we'll made and
: could not be detected by any che but an
: expert. Nanci is 4 very puus man.
and every move he mad" he said was in
the interest of the Lord"
r According to Captain Porter Nanc:l is
a very ignorant man. and hardly knows
= enough to pick strawberries. He is
y forty-tight years Of age and has
y eight children. lie lived Oh a farm
u close to Farmer Adkins, whose wife
is Vancirs sister. The prisoner was
10 taken before United States Commissioner
u William Reed, at Springfield. and in de
Is fault of $500 bail went to jail.
II Rev. Jerry Holmes. who made the
con and who was captured Il week ago
o held religious services in jail last Sun
Il day and had all his fellow prisoner:
5 shouting for glory.
ID Nancil was at one time a Methods
$ minister, it is said, but left that demon
he ination under some sort Of Il c'oud, and
= afterward oncd the BaptiStS.