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Palmer, IL, were at the bedside
when death came.
Shortly before midnight Mrs.
Long was in the room. The Sena-
tor in a moment of returning con
seriousness saw her, and smile
lighted his wan features.
ooh, my sweetheart"
He reached up and kissed her
and asked for the children. Mrs.
Long left the room to get them
and the Senator then spoke of the
university he had had such an i'm
portant hand in building. There
was a premonition in his remark
that he knew death was lowering
near.
When Mrs. Long returned with
the children, the Senator was un-
conscious. He last saw the three
children yesterday morning.
Five TranSfusiOnS
Among those who were in the
room when the end came, in addi-
ton to the members of the family
and Shushan, were Governor
Allen, Christenberry, Secretary Of
State E. A. Conway, Lieut.. Gov.
James A. Noe and a host of other
close associates.
Senator Long succumbed to
the bullet wound, fired by DR..
Carl Weiss, jr., brilliant young
eye specialist, after valiant and
heroic fight.
Five blood transfusions were
resorted to in the fight by the
II surgeons and entire hospital
staff but, were unaVailing. In
his last hours Long was almost
continuously under an oxygen
tent.
No Complications
Dr.. E. S. Sanderson, one of
the attending physicians, said
the Senator's death resulted
specifically from a gunshot
wound of the abdomen.
Asked if there were any COM
plications, the physician replied
mot necessarily"
Weiss, Longs assassin, was
moved down by the guns Of the
Senator's bodyguard Immediately
after the shooting at the State
Capitol Sunday night.
Weiss stepped from the shadows
of a lofty column as Long walked
to an elevator after putting the
finishing touches Sunday night on
the first, session of another extra.
ordinary 1egisl alive call to
strengthen further an iron-fisted
grip on the Louisiana electoral, Fl.
nancial and political machinery.
He stepped forward with a drawn
.32-caliber automatic of Belgian
manufacture, fired once, but as
the steel-j bullet plunged
through Longs body, Weiss fell to
the floor, Sieved by bullets from
quickly drawn guns Of the Sena'
tors bodyguard.
Hospital Guarded
An emergency operation was
performed and blood TRANSMISSION
given. DR.. Arthur Vydrine an
nounced the Senator had rallied
Then for anxious hours yester'
day official word came from the
medical attendants. The Senator
sank rapidly after the third trans
fusion last night.
Members of Longs bodyguard
and State police, trebled in
strength during the evening
barred all but Longs closest ad'
visers from the third floor Of the
hospital. Only those persons with
specific business were permitted
to enter the building.
The Senator's three brothers,
DR.. George Shannon Long, OF
Tulsa, Okla; Earl and Julius,
were at the hospital throughout
the night.
Immediately before the tranSfu'
sion, with his temperature at 1O66,
Long was seized with all attack
of hiccoughing, serious in an alb
dominal wound.
Legisla .ure Speeds Bills
While Long lay near death. his
legislature continued to grind out
perfunctory action on a batch
of new bills.
One is aimed at consolidation
of court districts to wipe out dis
trict judges opposing tie Long
regime.
The father-in-law of the dead
DR.. Weiss, Judge Benjamin H.
Pavy, of Opelousas, is one of the
targets of the redistricting move
The house met at 10 a. m. yes.