Evening star., 1935-09-09

all the rest of the night" He said
the blood TRANSMISSION Long under
went had Just reacted favorably.
The capital, thrown into furor
by the shooting, was still restless to-
! day. At New Orleans 200 National
Guardsmen were mobilized for duty
/ here.
AS word from Longs bedside was
awaited, it was decided the special
legislative session, the seventh Long
had called since last August, would
be continued, resuming its work at
10 am, central standard time, today.
Longs bodyguards revealed they had
been warned to expect trouble at the
present special session Of the Legisla-
ture
Discussing the shooting. they said
they had been told to expect almost
anything"
Expected Gang Attack.
One, who declined to permit use Of
his name, said: I'VE really believed q
bunch was planning to storm the
State House Saturday night"
DR.. Weiss, 30-year-old eye and nose
specialist, was the son-in-law Of Judge
B. H. Pavy Of Opelousas. A bill before
the special session Of the Legislature
would adversely affect the jurist's po-
litical fortune. The bill was passed
this morning by the house by a vote
Of 1914.
The Senator-who, In Washington
a few weeks ago. had publicly dis
cussed a previous pilot" on his life,
but who took it humorously-was in
Baton Rouge directing the special
session.
The Legislature had recessed for
the night.
DR.. Weiss wicked up to Long. and,
pressing the muzzle Of pistol close
to his body, fired one shot. Then the
bodyguards turned on the eye spe-
cialist and riddled his body with bull
lets from automatic pistols.
Follows Adjournment.
The Senator had Just finished d.
recting passage of bills in one Of his
amazing special legislative sessions.
The shooting occurred few minutes
after the Legislature adjourned at
9:2o pm, central standard time.
Staggering and bleeding at the
mouth, Senator Long maintained con-
sciousness and talked to his assistants.
At Our Lady of the Lake Sanitarium,
to which he was taken, he was given
a blood TRANSMISSION and an emergency
operation was performed.
Attending physicians. however, said
it would be 70 to 80 hours before de-
velopments.
The bullet entered Senator Longs
body on the upper right side and
punctured the colon in two places,
emerging from the neck. Unless COM
plications set in, physicians said, Long
had a good chance to recover.
Identification of Weiss w4 estab-
lished by DR.. Thomas B. Bird, East
Baton Rouge Parish coroner, and Joe
w. Bates, assistant superintendent OF
the State Bureau of Identification.
Senator Long for more than q year
had feared for his life. Whenever he
was in Louisiana he was accompanied
in public by group of bodyguards
armed with pistols and blackjacks.
But the guards usually walked on the
side and in the rear, leaving the Sen
ator exposed from the front.
Last year Senator Long openly
charged there was a plot against his
life and under the glistening bayonets
Of National Guardsmen held an open
investigation.
Since that time he has taken the
floor in the Senate to make similar
charges.
DR.. Bird said two cartridges had
been fired from DR.. Weiss pistol, but
Dr.. Vedrine, head of the New Or
leans Charity Hospital in charge of
Longs case. said only one bullet
struck the Senator.
As the shots rang out, there was
wild stampede back in the House
chamber and with it screams as men
crowded against one another In an
attempt to get out Of the possible
line of fire.
Senator Longs bodyguard was
trailing him at the time of the shoot