The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-02-09
OoIuuabus Physieiaa Is In Dying Condl-
tion and His AssaiIaAt May he
seat 70 an Innane
Z Asylum.
nY w. 9. WooDALL.

ny w. c. wOODALL.
Columbus, Ca, Feb. S.-(Special D.
.1Ie tainted me with the impression
that I was In his power and helpless
TO do anything. II you are a man,
why don't y6u Kill h1e?' came flashing
from his mind to me. The impression
penetrated At least an inch and quar-
ter into my temple and 1 was stuns to
frenzy"
II was while Iaboring under these
strange ideas, and q hundred other hal
lucjnations, equally as weird. that Ed
Power fred, Thursday afternoon, the
bullet that came so near ending the
life OF Dr. Il. r. Myers, q prominent
Columbus osteopath. in the wild hope
Of ending by death the mental domina-
ton that ne imagined the doctor was
exerting over his own will.
He tried to stop me. He wanted to
fash, my mind to the top of q building
across the street when / pointed the
pistol at him. but I couldn't be turned
on that way: wanted to show him
that could do 1t, and I did it," says
Power, telling OF the moment when,
with his ss-caIibre pistol mere three
feet from the face OF his former physi-
clan, he pulled the trigger.
VIII Go to Asylum.
Power now occupies a cell in the
Muscogee County jail. He will never
be tried for murder, or attempted muir
der, in the opinion of those most famil-
lar with the circumstances. 1t will be
the State asylum for the insane. in
stead OF the State penitentiary, that
will receive the unfortunate man, is the
general belief.
Less than a mile away, In the city
hospital. there is raging a battle be-
tween science and death, with q hu-
man life hanging in the balances. With
jagged bullet hole through his head,
DR. Myers yet lives, and all the powers
OF his own strong will are added to the
ILLUSTRATIONS of his physicians and
nurses to prolong the vital spark that
came so near being extineuished, which
gickered for hours while a human soul
hung on the borderIand OF time and
eternity. and which IL now beginning
to- glow with a brighter blaze. uncer-
tain 1T times. but gradually growing
In strength. and volume as the life
current begins to pulse warmer and
stronger. II hemorrhages do not oc-
cur and blood-poison does not set in.
ants at his bedside say.
Formerly Treated Power.
About year ago DIR. Myers. who has
MADE q speciality Of drug and whiskev
cases, treated Power for the whIsI(ev
habit. All agree that he was kind to
MIN and treated his unfortunate pa
tient with marked consideration. Pow
eF frequently called at his house late
at night to talk with the doctor. The
latter would receive him patiently and
courteonsly ana talk quietly and sooth-
tnEly to his worried visitor
POWER suddenly conceived the idea
that DR.. Myers was his enemy. He
brooded over the idea and all his mem
tai weakness was concentrated on that
point. until he became crazod on the
subject.
Last April. Power went to DR.. Myers
otfiee. and all circumstances indicated
that he had planned to do the deed that
he accomplished Thursday afternoon.
Before the doctor suspected that he
was in danger. he found himself gag
Ing into pistol. Back or the gun was
the face OF the man he had befriended,
now set with deadly passion.
DIR. Myers Is a man In the fifties but
with nerves of iron. without finch
ing. az calmly as no would have dis
cussed an impersonal business matter
he talked 1t over with Ed Power All
the time In that ONCE a terrible mental
battle was raging. It was the effort of
VIII to save Lifo The superior brain
tTiumphed. the tense muscles OF the
face relaxed. the hand that was en-
twined around the triggec Of the
pistol dropped to the side. ana Power
was In his normal condition again.
II simply out-talked him." said DR..
Myers afterward. speaking Of the In
cident.
SvxOre cut warrants.
Dr. Myers was familiar enough with
the condition of Powers mind to real
lie that the same ideas mat surEeI
Through his brain when he stood that
day, pistol In hand. hxed deternin-
alton in his heart, might return a. any
moment. Az \ matter Of spracauti0p