Evening star., 1935-09-10
Operation and
Oxygen of
No Avail.
FIGHTS DEATH
FOR 81 HOURS
Senator to Lie i'm
s5,OOO,OOO Capitol
of Louisiana.

(copyright. 1895. by the Associated Press.H
BATON ROUGE, La. September
lO.-United States Senator Huey P.
Long, known the world over as the
dictator of his native Louisiana, died
today of a wound inflicted by an
assassin.
Physicians battled for 81 hours to
save the political chieftains lie.
They performed one operation, nVe
blood transfusions and administered
artificial oxygen to no avail Death
came at 4:06 am, Central standard
time.
Widow Dry-eyed.
The widow was led, dry-eyed, from
Our Lady of the Lake Hospital. She
had been at the bedside in constant
vigil since Sunday night.
"A gunshot wound in the abdomen
was officially given as the cause OF the
Senator's death by DR.. E. l.. Sander
son, who said there were not neces-
sarily" any complications.
DR.. G. S. Long, a brother OF tne
Senator. was quoted as saying, now
ever. that the bullet which entered
the right side. puncturing the colon
in two places, also penetrated tne
kidney. The Senator was AZ years olo'
wounded in Capitol Corridor.
The gunshot wound was inflicted by
Dr Carl A. Weiss, jr., kinsman OF a
Long political enemy, in the corrloor
of the Louisiana State Capitol at 9:2O
pm. Sunday night.
Even before his death there were
demands for a full investlgatlon Oh
the fatal shooting In washington
Representative Fenerty, Republican OF
Pennsylvania declared:
The congressional committee wnlch
is about to investigate Senator Long .
activities in Louisiana might also IN
yestigate who it was who instigated
his attempted murder"
The Senator had just stepped from
the House chamber after pushing
toward completion number OF spe-
cial session acts aimed at the Federal
administration and toward consolidat-
ing his already almost unbelievaole
personal control Of the States affairs,
Assassin Killed on Spot.
DR.. Weiss, a 3O-year-old eye. ear,
nose and throat specialist, pressed
gun into the Senator's stomach and
fred. His arm was DETECTED before he
could fire a second shot, and Longs
bodvguardsmen, State highway police
men, killed him on the spot with
fusillade of about 30 bullets. DR..
Weiss was buried yesterday.
Senator Long became delirious at
midnight last night and shortly later
lost consciousness. Earl j. Christen-
bury, his secretary, said he exclaimed:
"Where are my children?"
His children-Rose. Russell and
Palmer Reid-were rushed to his side,
but too late for the Senator to recog-
nize them.
The secretary said there were last
wishes expressed by the Senator. He
would not divulge them, because he
said they concerned the family and
were private.
Sends for Mrs. Long.
Mrs. Jack Ducournau, niece, gave
another version of the Senator's last
act before he lost consciousness. He
sent for Mrs. Long. who had left the
room, she said, and as she walked in
he exclaimed:
Here comes my sweetheart Where
are all the children? 1 love all Of
you"
Gov. O. K. Allen, who was fearful
as he emerged from the death cham
ber, said the Senator wondered what
will happen to my poor university
boys" The Senator made himself the
particular patron of the foot ball team
of the University of Louisiana.
Fighting determinedly, Long also
told Seymour Weiss, close frien1