Assuming Smeags is Kirby, this may be his role:
http://wiki.mafiascum.net/index.php?title=Absorber
Which would imply WhiteEagle used a power on Smeags. I hope I don't need to point out the obvious, but Nickles did suggest that Smeags be protected, and Smeags seems to have implied that he got a taste of WhiteEagle. If WhiteEagle was the doc as some feared yesterday, Smeags may now be our doc.
If Nickles is right and Smeags is anti-town, the article also mentions that a popular anti-town variation is taking the powers of who you kill, which would mean if Smeags did indeed eat WhiteEagle (or nibble him, or whatever) as he's suggesting he did, then scum has a doctor now. That or, as the article suggests is the most popular faction for such a variation, Smeags may now be a serial killer doctor. Good lord, would that make him invincible to night kills?
Absorber is apparently a more common in role madness games. One great use for it is that it supposedly can be used to confirm power roles, as the town version is passive and doesn't normally take away the power, just copies it. If Smeags is town and did eat/nibble WhiteEagle as he suggested, he should be able to confirm WhiteEagle's role for us.