One day, there was an incident that should have made his reputation as a powerful PowWow. When work was done, Blymire and the other workers were leaving the factory and someone screamed that a "mad" dog was approaching. A collie, foaming at the mouth, was coming toward them. People tried to go inside the factory, but those leaving blocked their way. Blymire stood between them and the rabid dog, said an incantation and made the sign of the cross over the dog's head. The dog's mouth stopped foaming and it seemed to be cured of rabies. Blymire patted it on the head and the dog, tail wagging, followed him as he walked down the street.
Blymire, shortly after this, suffered from the opnema again. He was convinced someone had put a hex on him, maybe a jealous competing PowWow who did not want him to be successful.
He quit his job in order to discover who had hexed him. He worked as a janitor, sexton's assistant, busboy and PowWow for financial survival and lived in rooming houses.
It was at a rooming house where he met Lily, the woman who would become his wife. His health improved, he found a regular job and his PowWowing clientele increased. It appeared the hex was removed or no longer worked.
Then, Blymire's first child died within a few weeks, the second, three days after birth, his health declined and he lost his job.
He, again, consulted with other witches to find out who had hexed him. One was Andrew C. Lenhart, a powerful witch whom even the police feared. All Lenhart said that he was hexed by someone close to him. Blymire was convinced it was Lily. She began to fear him and her father hired a lawyer and had Blymire evaluated by a psychiatrist. The diagnosis was borderline psychoneurosis. Blymire was committed to a state mental hospital from which he escaped by walking out of the door. There was no effort to recommit him. Lily divorced him.
In 1928, Blymire returned to work at the cigar factory where he met 14-year-old John Curry who had a cruel childhood due to abuse. The youth believed he was hexed.
