The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-02-15
Former LexingtOnian At
tackled by Man Under
Strange DelusiOn.
AID TAUGHT HERE
The AssaiIant Had Been Treated By Him
For the WhiSkey Habit
Probably Insane.

Alleging that for two years he had
oeen pursued by the malign tele-
pathic power Of DR.. L. F. Meyers,
Edward Power, merchant, at Col
umbus, Georgia went to the office of
the physician February 9th and shot
him twice, making wounds that will
cause his eeath.
II had to do it," said Power after
the shooting. "Two years ago be-
came Meyers patient and since
then he has pursued me with his
daualish telenathic mower Time
after time this power has been ex-
erted on me to make me do things
that we're wrong for the benefit of
the doctor"
DIR. Meyers used to be teacher OF
commercial branches in Lexington.
For several years he was on the
faculty of Wentworth Military
academy and later organized the
Lexington Business College. He
quit teaching, however, to become a
magnetic healer. His speciality was
the drink and drug habits.
The following account is from a
Columbus paper:-Although shot
through the head, DR.. L. F. Meyers,
the osteopath, who was wounded yes
terday afternoon by Ed Power, a for
mer patient, is now resting easily at
the city hospital and the latest re-
ports from the bedside are to the eff
feet that he stands a reasonable
chance to recover from his terrible
experience.
When the doctor fell to the loot in
the doorway of his Office in the ThRrd
! National Bank building yesterday
} afternoon, a great stream Of blood
, gushed from his mouth, collecting
! in ghastly puddle on the floor. Itwas
! thought that he would die in few
minutes, as the ball crashed through
J his head and the hemorrhages were
very heavy. BY desperate work the
attending doctors managed to check
: the flow of blood to a degree, and two
hours later DR.. Myers was carried on
: a stretcher to an ambulance in the
street. AS he was carried across the
sidewalk the hundreds of spectators
were Mortified to see a scarlet stream
gush forth from his mouth again
there being hemorrhage after hem
orfhage. 1t was believed by many
{ that he would die before he woult
reach the hospital, After reaching
y the hospital consciousness returned tt
the wounded man, however, and h
held his own during the night. Thi
morning he was reported as doing
NJ nicely, and this afternoon the state
ment was given out that he stood
;, reasonable chance to recover, unles
= there were further hemorrhages an
unless blood poison set in.
II The case in its psychological a;
poets is the most remarkable one o
as record in Columbus Ed Power, tn
man who went to DR.. Meyers Office 0
al two occasions with the intentions q
shooting him, who was reasoned on
:, of it the first time, but who overcam
0H the doctors mental resistance th
Ids second time, maintains that d.
Myers exerciseda a mesmeric iniluenc
MT over him, and that his influence 70
nd lowed him wherever he went. Il
says that even when he lett the cit
es- and went to Ensley, Ala, the mystic
sit ious power of Dr. Meyers reached OF
over the Intervening distance ar
led interfered with his peace of mind.
led was working at that place, trying
ind make living," he says, "and he co
veyed the impression to me that
!. was a 'scab. found out that t
!, people / worked for we're non-uni
,ft and l left and lost ten dollars by dol
80 So He says that when he went
Atlanta, Ca, Dr. Meyers power st
taunted him.
VINO Power was formerly treated by
ays Meyers for the whiskey habit Ere
'rs all reports he was unusually ki
ned and obliging to the patient. Pow
is plainly unbalanced on the subje
] to of DIR. Meyers, in the opinion Of
by acquaintances. His family belle
GUS that he is mentally irresponsible.
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