Arizona republican., 1912-04-29
MYERS WILL SOON GO n WASHINGTON Alleged Inventor Will Make Trip to Secure Patent
 on His
 Device CASE IS MOST
 PECULIAR ONE History of Myers Crime and Events Preceding His Imprison-
 ment
CASE IS MOST
 PECULIAR ONE

IL l9 CN4ttHI lp tNcI DouA WHO Has given the subject any thought that if Roy J. Myers. the Florence convict has done what he says he has done and what, it is said. Miss Kate Bar nard and Warden Smith says he has done, his work will rank as one of the marvols of the age It will solve the fuel problem, will make light and power little more expensive than air and water, and will rank Myers as a genius of the first magnitude.
 It is true that while Superintendent
 Rhynning was in control at Florence he did not discover what Myers had done He seems to have known noth-
 ing about it-at least he never seems
 to have appraised the Myers inven-
 ton as it has been appraised by his successor. And the astounding thing about the matter is that only within
 the past few days have any facts
 leaked out at all.
 As stated previously in the columns
 of The Republican, Myers is said to
 have invented an apparatus for cap
 turing electrical waves from the air
 and transforming them into otnec
 forms of energy He is said to have
 perfected his invention to such ar eX-
 tent that na is running a 2 horse
 power engine with his apparatus, and
 there is no cost but the wear at.
 tear on the machinery.
 The history of Myers is readily re-
 called by a number of people. He is
 said to have served a term in san
 Quentin before pumping up against
 the law in Arizona. While living at Prescott he thougntlessly drew q check against an imaginary account, got the money and emigrated to New Orleans. Later he was arrested in that city. fought eXtra.lition and af- ter considerable trouble and dantv was returned to Arizona where he was put on tr.al in the Yava7al county court
 Myers pleaded insanity and was sent to the state asylum for the in- sane A brief experience in that in- stitution. however, was too much for him and he asked to be sent to Florence instead. He was accOmo- dated and is, or has been. serving a ] four years term. While in New Or 1 leans fugitive from justice, Myers was married.
 l It is too soon in the developments 1 to say if Myers has or has not done l the wonderful thing with which he is l credited However, it seems he has i convinced Governor Hunt and War i den Sims and Miss Barnard that Inc 1 has done them. And on the strength ] of Miss Barnards representations hJ 1 has been granted a 30 days leave Oi i absence, given d money donation, anC l is to go to Washington to secure let I ters patent.
 1 This matter has been discussed tc 1 a considerable extent witbin the past 1 few days and there are good many l skeptical people who profess the Da 1 lief that Myers will never come back ! There are others who feel certain thdI 1 he will Also, some say they would 1 gladly contribute to his fund if in 1 stead of stopping at Washington, it | would keep going eastward u ar ] indefinite distance. Whatever may bt | the reason the inventor is not at al l popular with a good many people il 1 Phoenix Also, there is Q pretty gen. eral increiulity about his invention. But if Myers comes back and brings | his letters patent with him, or if they l are issued within a reasonable time 1 that would seem to be pretty goo ! evidence that he has an invention O !! the kind hc claims. And if it turn;
 out that way his story will be one o 1 the romanCes of the century. Inven' | tors have played in all sorts of harC luck; that seems generally a part O i the story: but there is no record O l any other man having worked out thu product Of his genius while confined | within prison walls.