Evening star., 1935-09-09
MOTHER OF WEISS
GLAD LONG LIVES
Senator's Bodyguard Didn't
Have to Kill Son, She
Says.
Nv the Associated Press.

A bereaved mother. Mrs. c. A. Weiss.
sr., today thanked Cod that Senator
Huey P. Long is still alive.
Her son, DR.. Carl Austin Weiss. jr.,
died last night under the blazing guns
of Longs bodyguards after he had
shot and wounded the Senator.
Dry eyed, but obviously suffering
tremendously from the shock occa-
stoned by her sons action, Mrs. Weiss
told of the assassin's activities prior
to the shooting and asserted she had
no intimation of what caused it.
The stout-hearted mother bemoaned
the fact that her son was riddled by
guns in the hands of Longs body
guards.
Didn't Have to Kill Him."
"When he did a thing like that he
must have known he would be killed
instantly" she said But they tthe
bodyguard) didn't have to kill him
the way they did. They didn't have
to kill him at all"
Mrs. Weiss said her son attended
Sunday morning mass with his wife
and 3-month-old baby boy. then went
to the parents home for Sunday din
ner. The entire family later went to
a nearby lake shore where Dr. Weiss
fshed and swan in the afternoon.
Repeatedly Mrs. Weiss said she
Thanked God my son did not kill
him"
II am grateful to God for that"
she added.
1--WE had no word, no intimation,
nothing" she said "All we know is
that he took living seriously. Right
with him was right. Right above
everything. But I'm so afraid now.
I don't know what they will try to
do with us.
In Woods All Day.
"My son and his wife went in
swimming while my husband and ]
stayed on the shore in the camp,
playing with the baby. We stayed
out there in the woods all day. We
never came back to the city until
almost 7:30 o'clock last night.
MY son and his wife let me and
his father off at our house, while
they went on home to make their
own supper.
DR.. Weiss, the mother said, ate
supper and then went out in the
yard and fed the dog and fondled
it. At $50 he called patient and
told him to be at the hospital early
Monday morning for the operation
for which they had arranged.
Then he helped Yvonne, his wife
put the baby to bed. At o'clock
he had to go out on a sick call.
This is what I cannot understand
The capitol is only a stones throw
from his house. Maybe he went over
there to look in because we knew
it would be in session last night. I
don't know why he went in. None
Of us can understand 1t.
Went Straight to Capitol.
But he must have gone almost
straight from his house to the Capt.
tol. for his wife says positively it was
about o'clock when he left.
"All day Sunday we were j!,st a
happy family group. We have been SO
proud of him He had the whole world
in front of him.
THE first I knew of what had hap
pened was when a newspaper man
came to this house last night and told
me my boy had shot Senator Long.
"Oh. no, no, I cried My boy never
did that. My boy never could have
done anything like that. Not my
boy" I guess now that is what any
mother would have said. But he was
q fine boy, keen and intelligent be-
yond the average. He was always
reading In a book and he could do
anything. Electricity. he could take
care of that. Carpentry. Cooking.
Anything. His future was brilliant" :"
When asked where her son had OBJ
tained the gun with which he shot
Long, Mrs. Weiss said he had had the
gun and often, when the whole fam
lily went out to their camp in the
woods, they took turns firing it at
objects In the water and woods.
Carried Gun in Car.
1--WE did not use the gun Sunday"
the mother said. I'VE. his father and
7, played with the baby and he was
swimming with his wife most of the
time. He may have had the gun In
the car because his wife, Yvonne, says
he often carried it in his car for pro-
lection. as so many people do. His
wife did not see the gun Sunday
at any time" his mother said
The only thing I am grateful for
In this terrible thing is this: Thank
God. Senator Long was not killed. l
thank God for that. My boy is dead,
but I would never want to have that
on his soul. He is dead. my son.
There is no undoing that
The whole family has felt bitter
toward Senator Long, Mrs. Weiss said,
because of his political actions, but
never was anything said of ar at
tempt on the life of Long, Mrs. Weiss
said.
"Our family is family that abhors
bloodshed. This is terrible thing. I
wish that nothing may be said about
ell this, about my boy, because I
know that no one will give him justice
after what has happened. I don't
look for justice in this world. I do
not think there is justice in this
world"