The Indianapolis times., 1935-09-09
LONG ASSASSIN
WENT INSANE,
SAYS FAMILY
Unbalanced by Broodings
Over Huey's Methods,
They Claim.
STUDENT OF POLITICS
Young Doctor Spent Happy
Day at Picnic Before
Shooting.
Copyright. 1885, by united Pressl

Copyright. 1885. by United Press)
BATON ROUGE, La, Sept. g.
DR.. Carl A. Weiss Jr. must have
shot Senator Huey P. Long in q
sudden attack of insanity, DR.. F. o
Pavy, as spokesman for his family
said this afternoon in an exclusive
interview.
Carl must have been temporarily
deranged when he shot the Sena-
tor" DIR. Pavy said. II have nc
doubt Carl believed he was acting
in the right
DR.. Pavy is the brother Of Judge
B. H. Pavy, Dr. Weiss father-in-law
Carl was a deep student of po-
litical theory" DR.. Pavy said, at
tempting to place the motive for DR.
Weiss act.
Unbalanced by BrOOding
st am convinced that his inten-
sive study of the Louisiana political
situation convinced him that the
form of government in the state un-
der Senator Longs dictatorship was
so terrible and such miscarriage
of justice that his broodings finally
unbalanced his mind.
Il believe that, thus mentally un-
balanced on this subject, he saw as
martyr to liberty the man who
would assassinate Senator Long and
11n rI1
those conditions.
He had never, however, displayed
any signs of being mentally unbal-
anced."
Light Hearted at Picnic
DR.. Pavy gave the interview seat
ed on the porch of DR.. Weiss mod
est home. DR.. Weiss widow re-
manned within the house. The blinds
were drawn and there was no ad-
mittance. She was under a doctors
care.
DIR. Weiss married the former
Yvonne Pavy, daughter of Judge
Pavy of OpelouSas, La, in Decem-
Der, 1888. A son was born three
months ago.
DR.. Pavy revealed that DR.. Weiss
had spent the hours preceding the
Staying with his wife and infant son
and his parents at a camp on the
Amite River.
Carl was never more light-heart-
ed than yesterday afternoon, when
the five o. them we're playing along
the banks of the Amite River" DR..
Pavy said.
Left to Visit Patient
"Dr. Weiss Sr., Carl's mother and
the baby, Carl Austin Weiss III,
remained on the river banks while
Carl and Yvonne splashed about in
the water.
Carl gave no impression what
soever of what he was to do that
night.
HE left home at p. m. to visit
a patient, and that was the last
time any of us saw him alive.
The next thing we knew the
news of the terrible tragedy had
been broken to us, and when we
saw Carl again, it was in funeral
home, his body literally riddled by
heavy-caliber bullets.
Judge Overcome With Grief
''It is almost beyond comprehen-
sion-that the Carl who swan in
the Amite River yesterday was the
same Carl who attempted to kill
Long last night"
Judge Pavy was so overcome with
grief he is unable to discuss the
shootings, DR.. Pavy said.
DR.. Pavy denied any connection
between the shootings and a bill,
sponsored by Long and introduced
into the Legislature at the current
special session, that was aimed at
eventually unseating Judge Pavy.
The bill provides that st. Landry
Parish county,, the seat of the
Thirteenth Judicial District of
Louisiana, over which Judge Pavy
presides, be merged with Arcadia,
Vermillion and Lafayette Parishes
as the Fifteenth District.
Assassin Acted Alone
The last three parishes are Long
strongholds, and it was considered
almost certain that Judge Pavy
would be defeated if he stood for re-
election in 1887, when his term ex-
pires.
Judge Pavy is an anti-Long lead
er in his section.
1t was believed DR.. Weiss may
have been led to attempt Longs as
sassination in revenge for this bill.
but DR.. Pavy said that not only did
he doubt this theory, but that his
brother also refused to consider it.
From the time the slain man was
identified as DR.. Weiss there was no
evidence of efforts by state police
heads to link any one else with the
attempt on the Senator's life. There
apparently was no doubt in their
minds Dr. Weiss acted alone.
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