Evening star., 1935-09-09

ing, but the bayonets Of National
Guardsmen behind which recent ses-
sions of the Legislature were held
were missing.
The weapon used by DR.. Weiss was
a .32-caliber automatic pistol, de-
scribed by bodyguard as being brand
new and of an outlaw" design.
News of the shooting swept over
the State causing intense excitement
of both the Long and anti-Long
factions.
Since the Senator had begun to
| tighten his powers over the State,
crushing political enemies in a series
of legislative acts, there has been free
talk of his possible assassination. Long
of late appeared to suffer from nerves.
Describing the shooting. Public
Service Commissioner James O'Connor
said:
II was standing in the basement of
the Capitol and saw Senator Long
stumbling down the hall. He said TO
me: Jimmy, my boy. I am shot
IT threw my arms under him and
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one else and hollered to several boys
in the highway department. Then
picked him up and took him in a car
to the hospital"
Immediately Dressed.
DR.. Weiss was Immediately dressed
in white linen. AS he drew the pistol
from his shirt front, John B. Fournet,
a justice of the State Supreme Court,
grabbed at the gun and detected it..
Paul Voter and Murphy Roden, and
other body guards with the Senator
opened fire with automatic pistols.
Weiss slumped face downward on
the floor, blood flowing from about 80
wounds.
Senator Long, holding his hand to
his side, staggered down the base
ment step. while crowds swarmed
around Weiss's body.
A spectator said Long came down.
stairs with blood streaming from his
mouth and walked slowly around the
floor, past the restaurant and out Of
the door as hundreds rushed pell nell
from corridor to corridor in the State
House.
State police quickly cleared the
main floor of the building and per-
mitted no one to enter there.
Crowd Pushed Out of Building.
The crowd that collected around
the dead man was quickly pushed
back and out of the building by
guards.
Coin to the home Of the slain
mans fsther, Cal Abraham, repre-
senting the Baton Rouge State Times,
said he arrived there shortly after
the elder DR.. Weiss had left. Abra-
ham said he asked for a picture Of
the dead man, not knowing the per-
son 10 whom he spoke was the
mother. Told OF her sons death,
Mrs. Weiss was quoted as saying:
"Oh, God, we've been opposed to
Long but I did not think he would
do a thing like that"
When it became known Long would
have to be given TRANSMISSION, hun
dreds of persons offered to submit
samples Of blood. After a test, it was
found the blood of Lieut.. Gov. James
Noe was perfect for the purpose and
1t was asked.
The Lieutenant Governor called
Mrs. Long by telephone to come to
Baton Rouge from New Orleans. Mrs.
Long and the children reached the
Senator's bedside shortly after mid
night. Gov. Allen was at the hospital
two hours before the Senator's family.
Mrs. Long said the Senator, before
leaving New Orleans for the legislative
session, told her Of a premonldon
that he might not return.
81 may not come back. but I'll die
fighting" she quoted her husband.
Dr.. Weiss graduated from Tulane
Medical School in 1927. In the class
annual, his prophecy read, with