The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-09

mfne ff the bullet, fired from Q spanish type automatic pistol. had been poisoned but the results of the tests had not been made known at mid-morning.
 Meanwhile, relatives of Dr. Weiss, who fell riddIed with bullets i. from the guns of Sen. Longs body 5 guard. were preparing for his fun s eral sometime this afternoon. II will be private. attended only by j members of his family, relatives said.
 A coroner's inquest to decide for maIly cause of the death of Dr. Z Weiss, was scheduled for 10 a. m. in the Rabenhurst funeral home in government street. Police sum- moned seven witnesses, all of them . bodyguards of Senator Long and all of whom are credited with firing ! bullets which ended Dr. Weiss life ] second after he shot Sen. Long.
 The personal effects of Dr. Weiss, consisting of keys and letter folder. pocket knife, fountain pen, a bill folder with $6 in it, an identifica- ton card and two calling cards. were turned over to the city police } but were later taken by the state police.
 Relatives Arrive
 While Long was still under the s influence of the anesthetic at Our Lady of the Lake sanitarium, where he was sent immediately after the assassination attempt, his brother . Earl, and his 63-year-old father, < Huey P. Long, Sr., arrived by auto- mobile from the Long family home 1. at Winfield.
 . Many persons came and went at : the hospital but highway police s prevented a crowd and few were allowed near the building. Mrs. Long and her two children went to { ned to stay until Senator Long s condition is finally determined.
 The family of young Dr. Weiss | was prostrated. Mrs. Weiss, who s three month ago gave birth to a son, and Judge E. H. Pavy, father in-law, were under a physicians s care. Judge Pavy was bitterly op- posed to Senator Longs dictator ship and faced custer as the result : of bill pending before the state ! legislature. It was believed this motivated young Dr. Weiss in his attempted assassination of Long.
 It was pointed out that he was not a member of the anti-Long { Square Deal association whose members clashed with the national : guard here last Saturday. Search for Firearms Visitors at the state capitol were searched for firearms by members of the state police, acting under orders from Gen. l.. F. Geurre, head of the bureau of ! criminal Identification. State off, . cials were highly optimistic over Longs reported Satisfactory" con- dition. Confidence in his recovery ! wos expressed freely, although it was admitted h would be 72 hours before his condition would take a , definite change for better or for , worse.
 Gov. o. K. Allen, at breakfast in the state house coffee shop, ap- . pe;ared in good spirits. He was re- { ported to have collapsed twice last night, following the shooting. r,wo bulletins came from the 1, hospital before dawn. The second : gave detailed, medical exposition . of Long's wound. It read: Senator Long was shot through , tho right upper quadrant of the abdomen, the bullet going through the body. There were two penetra - |. tions of the transverse colon and . considerable hemorrhage from the : mesentery and omentum."
 Crisis in 72 Hours . The crisis was expected in 72 ] hours.
 Telephone and telegraph brought scoEdolences from scores of Long $ Share the Wealth" clubs through = out the country. These clubs Long hoped to fuse into the nucelus of national political organization to , back his presidential aspirations in : 1886.
 The Louisiana Share the Wealth" club, backing Long in his feverish fight on President Roose- ] Welt and the new deal. ordered it's members to pray for his recovery. < Not one word of sympathy, not one expression of hope that he would recover, came from Long $ political enemies, many of whom { have openly expressed was that of former Mayor George Hardy who in speech here, urged a "hempen rope" for Long. Recently Long charged in the senate that a group of Louisiana politicians, including four congress
 men, had plotted his death. All de- ;nin ;,, xJo
 several were quoted that they thought it "a good idea" Long Feared His Fate In an atmosphere of bitterness Long had moved for years, fearing the fate that overlook him last
 night. With unprecedented ruth
 lessness, his organization had
 wrecked scores of budding politica
 careers, removed from public office
 hundreds who had held them fol
 decades, turned upside down the
 rolls of state employees.
 Long surrounded himself with a
 bodyguard ranging from 10 to 2(
 men wherever he went, but it was ineffective against the studious
 young surgeon who stepped from
 behind a marble pillar in the or
 nate $5,000,000 capitol Long had
 erected as a monument to himself
 with a German Luger pistol in his
 hand.
 The senator had just left a ses.
 sion of his subservient legislature
 where he had introduced a new
 series of laws to hamstring tho
 federal administration and his
 Louisiana enemies. The laws, 1T
 addition to gerrymanding the as
 sassin's fatherinlaw out of office
 would have made it a criminal of
 fense for a federal office holder tC
 perform any official duty in Louis.
 jana not directly sanctioned by tho
 federal constitution.
 Weiss Fired Twice
 Weiss fired two shots, the frs
 catching Long in the right side
 the second hitting the thumb 0.
 one of his bodyguard, Murphy Ro.
 den, who already was leveling hi: