The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-10
Life of Senator Huey F. Long Ended by Assassns Bullet
Senator Huey Long
 Died This Morning
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 There and in the lobby downstairs were the members of his all pow erful political organization, from the highest to the lowest.
 Long's death found Louisiana in much the same atmosphere that had characterized the last two years of his reign during which all semblance of opposition was ruth lessly crushed.
 In New Orleans, three compan- ies of the militia were mobilized awaiting any eventuality.
 After he died, members of Longs family filed solemnly through the corridor and to motor cars waiting outside. His brothers and his sis ter, Mrs. Stuart Hunt, were weep ing.
 Soon afterward Dr. E. L. San- derson of Shreveport, superintend- ent of the Shreveport Charity hos pital, appeared in the corridor. He gave out the official announcement, as follows:
 Senator Long died of a gunshot wound in the abdomen"
 He declined to discuss the cause of death further. He and Dr. Ar thur Vidrine, head of the sanitar- ium, were at the bedside when death came. 4r... ..r
 Will Iie in State
 Funeral services will be an- nounced later. The body will lie in state in the rotunda of the $5,O0O,- 900 state capitol, which, together with miles of paved highways, the mighty bridge across the Missis- sippi at New Orleans, and plaques on the walls of all schoolrooms, are monuments of the revolution the doughty farmboy from Wynne parish brought about in his native state.
 Earl Christenberry, Long's sec- retary, announced there still was some question where he would be buried. Most probably, he said, burial would be in Winfield, La, where he was born 43 years ago.
 At the instant Long died, lights in his rooms were snapped off, then on. It was signal to a group of relatives waiting on the porch be- low
 Long died in room at the south east corner of the second floor of the sanitarium. It overlooks the small lake or lagoon which separ- ates the building from the capitol which was one of his great joys.
 All Relatives There
 As the end neared all relatives were summoned. One of the last to arrive was another sister, Mrs. R. B. Knott, and her husband, former state senator R. B. Knott of Rus- ton, La, within matter of minutes Long was dead.
 Abe Shannon, his close friend who financed his early political campaigns, emerged immediately from the room and announced his death.
 Despite optimistic statements by Longs political associates, his con dition was desperate from the mo- ment he was brought to the sani- Service Commissioner James O'Connor. The assassin's bullet had entered his right side, penetrated the transverse colon twice, emerg- ing from the left side. Long was bleeding from the mouth.
 While optimistic statements con tinued, Long was given a blood transfusion. An hour later an emer- gency operation was performed.
 At 2 a. m. yesterday, four hours after he was shot, the United Press announced his condition was grave.
 Made Great Fight
 This gravity became more acute as yesterday passed with the sen ator fighting with all the energy and courage that had carried him through years of the bitterest po- litical campaigning. But yesterday afternoon the tide began running heavily against him. A second blood transfusion was administered. Oxy- gen had been released in his room. Then a tent was erected over his bed. ,
 Evening and. another blood trans fusion. Adrenalin was administered hypodermically. Messengers arrived with tanks of oxygen. By 10 p. m. when the third transfusion was given, four tanks had been used. Soon after midnight came the fourth transfusion and soon after ward the fifth. Motorcycle patrol- men were dispatched for another heart stimulant to replace the ad- renalin which was losing its effec- tiveness.
 Huey Pierce Long, the Louisiana kingfish, was one of the most color full characters ever to step upon the American political stage. His political and private lives were packed with amazing stunts and escapades.
 Credited with having one of the most sparkling and resourcefH minds in the nation, Long also was cunning and merciless.
 There may be smarter people than me-" he once declared, but they ain't in Louisiana"
 Friends Stauncb
 Friends to whom he distributed political favors swore by him. His enemies, including his brothers, branded him "a vain audacious demagogue without parallel in Louisiana political history"
 From a lard compound sales man, interviewing housewives at back doors, Long's rise to political affluence was phenomenal. State Railroad Commissioner at 25; Governor (the youngest Louisiana had) at 35; and United States Senator at 39. Those were the milestones in his rise to national prominence.
 Long was charged with plotting the murder of ex-Governor Jared Y. Sanders; accused by his brothers in a senate investigation of accept ing rolls of bills so big they made his pants bulge out" as bribes from utilities companies; of elect ing tool" Oscar Kelly Allen, to succeed him as governor; of set ting up dummy companies to bid on highway contracts while gov ernor and wholesale corruption of state legislators.
 Impeachment Failed
 Following an unsuccessful at- fprnpt f0 i'm 1Deach him Long Dub-