Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-29
WENT IN "cAHoOTS" WITH VICE.
Their Two References Conclude to Work
Together.

Their Two References Conclude to Work
Together.
This was last fall and Nancil received
no more bad coin. but continued the cor
respondsnce with Holmes. writing the
letters after he had worked of his Sunday
sermon on paper, Last March, however,
Nancil thought it would be best TO have
Holmes on the ground with him.
and he invited him TO 20 to Du
quoin where the people would
help him Holmes did 90 to Duquoin and
went to board with Farmer Adkins. a
place selected by Nancil. Holmes
brought a sack of counterfeit money with
him, and it wasn't long before the secret
was poured into Rev. NanciFs ears. and
Nancil hid a sack of the money for Holmes.
IuIcted the Ungodly Circus Men.
They had little opportunity to pass the
| coin in the county in which they lived,
| but little coin circulating among the farm
| ers. but one day last month the opportu
| nifty came. 4 circus came to Duquoin. ard
| Holmes and Nancil had a little confab to-
| gether, the result of which was that Van
| ell took nine of the bad dollars and went
to the ungodly circus. BY his own confess
| sion he got rid of 8 worth, and he even con-
fessed how he swindled the people who
! took it. He passed 81 on the sideshOw man,
! receiving 30 cents in change, another dol
| lar was disposed of for bag of peanuts,
| and the lightning photograph man had
! the third dollar worked off on him.
Bad Case of Confusion.
| Vancils arrest was brought about by his
| own weakness. He went to town several
| days ago after hard work on a sermon he
was preparing, and went to Express Agent
| r. a. Wheatley, who CHANGED to be read
| ing the account in Chicago paper of the
arrest of Brother Holmes. This was the
first news Vancil had heard of the arrest,
and he became so confused that he passed
one of the bad dollars on Agent Wheatley
for package that awaited him, and the
discovery being made, Vancil confessed
right there that he had handled some of
/ the queer"
Did Evil That Good Might Come.
/ He declared. however. that he had been
doing it only for the good of the Lord.
that he might finally capture the entire
gang that was making the money. Rev
| A J. Fishback also received this one
| sided confession from Nancil, and they
Immediately telegraphed TO Capt. Porter,
and in few hours the captain was Oh the
ground, and about midnight of Tuesday
| Capt. Porter and Marshal Ed Bacon, of
| Springfield. awoke the reverend sinner
and took him TO Jail. He had several Of
The bad pieces of money on his person.
All for the Glory of God.
To Capt. Porter he told the story as
given above, but vowed that he had only
| The best interests in view, az he intended
to round up the villains. 1T makes no
difference where this leads me-" said Van
Gil, after he had been slowed away in a
cell, because have been serving God and
my country at one time. Serving God in
preaching his word, and my country in
taking this money from those sinners that
! might finally bring them to justice
But didn't you charge Brother Holmes
a. cents commission for passing the money
! al the cfrcus?" was the hard. matter-of-