Evening star., 1935-01-27
LONG TROOPS ROUT
ARMED REVOLTERS
100 Square Dealers Give Up.
"PIot" to ASSaSSinate
Kingfish Probed.
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tax on refining of oil. 1t was an
nounced, however, "compromise"
had been reached providing the COM
pany used 80 per cent Louisiana
crude.
Sworn to End Dictatorship.
The Square Deal Association was
the outgrowth of this controversy.
although leaders said they were fight
ing for the repeal of all Of the Sen
ator's "dictatorial laws" They had
sworn to end the dictatorship.
Many of those in the citizen bat
tie line tonight wore Square Deal
buttons.
Prior to the assembling of the
armed anti-Long forces, eight uni
formed troopers acting under the
Governors martial law proclama-
tion. raided the Offices Ct the Square
Deal Association. m
They found only woman stenog-
rapher present She said one of
the soldiers remarked lets see if
there's any ammunition in here" As
the opened the doors of the various
Offices the soldiers searched them but
found no ammunition and left.
The man who was attacked at the
airport was identified later as Otto
Hardenstein, State employe. He was
severely beaten before the Guardsmen
rescued him.
During the disorder group of
Baton Rouge mothers appealed to
Gov. Allen to rescind his martial law
order Ito spare young boys from the
possible necessity of shooting down
their fellow citizens and Of risking
their own lives"
I'VE hold you responsible for any
loss of life or interference with citi-
zens' rights" the petition concluded.
Longs hearing into the alleged con-
spiracy was before the East Baton
Rouge District Court.
The inquiry climaxed a period of
tense excitement in the Louisiana
capital, inaugurated by seizure Of the
parish court house late yesterday by
a group of 300 grim anti-Long men.
The court house invasion prompted
Gov. Allen to proclaim martial law
throughout East Baton Rouge Parish,
including the city of Baton Rouge.
Martial Law Modified.
Militiamen were rushed to the capi-
tai last night under terms of a modi-
fled martial law order issued by the
Governor to quell what he described
as armed insurrection against the duly
elected and appointed officials" Late
today the Governor augmented the
original proclamation with a full
martial law edict.
The court hearing came to an
abrupt end when Long announced that
he was unable to find six "conspirator
witnesses" He stated it would be re-
sumed February l, and Immediately
made plans to return TO Washington.
Long produced witness, who re-
lated details of what he said was q
plan to wreck the Senator's auto
mobile so that 80 or 10 men could
come up and kill him" The Senator
then named a group of public officials,
including sheriffs, the district at
torney of East Baton Rouge Parish
and others as the alleged plotters.
Declaring the proceeding halted fol
the time being, Long said it was
mysterious circumstance" why per-
sons of their prominence could not
be found to testify.
Heavily guarded by State police
and National Guardsmen who sur
rounded the State House under mill
tary mobilization orders, Long said he
was going pretty soon."
Inquiry Is Ordered.
He didn't say just when. He had
just finished attempting to show that
the alleged murder conspirators had
tried to find out when he left on q
recent automobile trip to New Or.
leans in an alleged endeavor to run
his car of the road and shoot him
Establishing court in the unoc.
cupied Supreme Courts room in the
State House with Judge j. D. Wo.
mack, whom he recently had appointed
to the East Baton Rouge District
Court, presiding. Long directed his
attorney general to call for an in.
quiry into the reputed murder con.
spiracy."
The Louisiana political dictator sci
up the court after moving swiftly