Evening Star Newspaper, September 9, 1935, Page 5

MOTHER OF WEISS GLAD LONG LIVES Senator’s Bodyguard Didn’t Have to Kill Son, She Says. By the Associated Press. BATON ROUGE, La., September 9. ~A bereaved mother, Mrs. C. A. Weiss, #r., today “thanked God" that Senator Huey P. Long is still alive. Her son, Dr. Carl Austin Weiss, jr., died last night under the blazing guns of Long's bodyguards after he had shot and wounded the Senator. Dry eyed, but obviously suffering tremendously from the shock occa- sioned by her son's action, Mrs. Weiss told of the assassin’s activities prior to the shooting and asserted she had no intimation of what caused it. The stout-hearted mother bemoaned the fact that her son was riddled by guns in- the hands of Long’s body=- guards. “Didn’t Have to Kill Him.” “When he did a thing like that he must have known he would be killed instantly,” she said. “But they (the | bodyguard) didn't have to kill him | the way they did. They didn’t have | to kill him at all.” ! Mrs. Weiss said her son attended | Sunday morning mass with his wife and 3-month-old baby boy. then went to the parents’ home for Sunday din- ner. The entire family later went to | a nearby lake shore where Dr. Weiss | fished and swam in the afternoon. | Repeatedly Mrs. Weiss said she *“Thanked God my son did not kill him.” “I am grateful to God for that,” she added “We had no word, no intimation, | nothing,” she said. “All we know is that he took living seriously. Right with him was right. Right above everything. But I'm so afraid now. 1 don't know what they will ury to do with us. In Woods All Day. “My son and his wife went In swimming while my husband and I stayed on the shore in the camp, playing with the baby. We stayed out there in the woods all day. We never came back to the city until almost 7:30 o'clock last night. “My son and his wife let me and his father off at our house, while they went on home to make their own supper. Dr. Weiss, the mother said, ate supper and then went out in the | yard and fed the dog and fondled | it. At 8:30 he called a patient and | told him to be at the hospital early | Monday morning for the operation | for which they had arranged. “Then he helped Yvonne, his wife, put the baby to bed. At 9 o'clock he had to go out on a sick call ‘This is what I cannot understand. The capitol is only a stone’s throw from his house. Maybe he went over there to look in because we knew it would be in session last night. I| don't know why he went in. None | of us can understand it. | Went Straight to Capitol. | “But he must have gone almost | straight from his house to the Capi- | tol, for his wife says positively it was about 9 o'clock when he left. | “All day Sunday we were just a | happy family group. We have been so | proud of him. He had the whole warld in front of him. “The first I knew of what had hap- pened was when a newspaper man came to this house last night and told | me my boy had shot Senator Long. | “Oh, no, no, I cried. My boy never | did that. My boy never could have | done anything like that. Not my| boy.” I guess now that is what any mother would have said. But he was | a fine boy, keen and intelligent be- | yond the average. He was always | reading in a book and he could do anything. Electricity, he could take care of that. Carpentry. Cooking. Anything. His future was brilliant.” When asked where her son had ob- tained the gun with which he shot Long, Mrs. Weiss said he had had the | gun and often, when the whole fam- | jly went out to their camp in the woods, they took turns firing it at| objects in the water and woods. Carried Gun in Car. “We did not use the gun Sunday,” | the mother said. “We, his father and I, played with the baby and he was swimming with his wife most of the time. He may have had the gun in| the car because his wife, Yvonne, says he often carried it in his car for pro- tection, as so many people do. His wife did not see the gun Sunday at any time” his mother said. “The only thing I am grateful for in this terible thing is this: Thank God, Senator Long was not killed. I thank God for that. My boy is dead, but I would never want to have that on his soul. He is dead. my son. There is no undoing that.” The whole family has felt hitter toward Senator Long, Mrs. Weiss said, because of his political actions, but never was anything said of ar at- tempt on the life of Long, Mrs, Weiss said. “Our family is a family that abhors bloodshed. This is a terrible thing. I wish that nothing may be said about ell this, about my boy, because I know that no one will give him justice after what has happened. I don't Jook for justice in this world. I do not think there is justice in this world.” ESTRANGED BROTHER HASTENING TO LONG By the Associated Press. TULSA, Okla., September 9.—Dr. George S. Long, Tulsa dentist, hurried by motor today from a frog-hunting expedition near here to the bedside of his wounded brother, Senator Huey P. Long, from whom he has been estranged at intervals for many years. Dr. Long was notified of the shoot- ing of the Louisiana “Kingfish” by his wife several hours after it occurred. “He was very much worried,” said Mrs. Long. The two brothers either have been wery friendly or bitterly antagonistic. Dr. Long was at a lake a few miles | from Tulsa when Mrs. Long carried | ¢ STOP LOWER COST AND COMFORTS FOR COACH AND TOURIST CAR TRAVEL Breakfasts low as 25c. luncheons 80c, dinners 35c, in dining cars for pas- sengers in cool. clean. air-conditioned “coaches and Tourist sleepers on Chicago North Western-Union _Pacific famous Angeles Limited. Menus varied daily. Good meals a day. Also Special Cosch for exclusive use of women, Stew- ardess. Who is a resistered nurse. ‘Omsha to Los Angeles. 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One, who declined to permit use of his name, said: “We really believed a | bunch was planning to storm the State House Saturday night.” Dr. Weiss, 30-year-old eye and nose specialist, was the son-in-law of Judge B. H. Pavy of Opelousas. A bill before | the special sesion of the Legislature would adversely affect the jurist’s po- litical fortune. The bill was passed this morning by the house by a vote | of 73-14. The Senator—who, in Washington a few weeks ago, had publicly dis- cussed a previous “plot” on his life, ! but who took it humorously—was in Baton Rouge directing the special session. The Legislature had recessed for the night. Dr. Weiss wilked up to Long, and, ! pressing the muzzle of a pistol close to his body, fired one shot. Then the bodyguards turned on the eye spe- | cialist and riddled his body with bul- lets from automatic pistols. Follows Adjournment. The Senator had just finished di- recting passage of bills in one of his amazing special legislative sessions. The shooting occurred a few minutes after the Legislature adjourned at 9:20 p.m., central standard time. Staggering and bleeding at the mouth, Senator Long maintained con- sclousness and talked to his assistants. At Our Lady of the Lake Sanitarium, to which he was taken, he was given a blood transfusion and an emergency operation was performed. Attending physicians, however, said it would be 72 to 90 hours before de- velopments. The bullet entered Senator Long's body on the upper right side and punctured the colon in two places, emerging from the neck. Unless com- plications set in, physicians said, Long had a good chance to recover. Identification of Weiss wgp estab- lished by Dr. Thomas B. Bird, East Baton Rouge Parish coroner, and Joe 'W. Bates, assistant superintendent of the State Bureau of Identification. Senator Long for more than a year had feared for his life. Whenever he was in Louisiana he was accompanied in public by a group of bodyguards armed with pistols and blackjacks. But the guards usually walked on the side and in the rear, leaving the Sen- ator exposed from the front. Last year Senator Long openly charged there was a plot against his life and under the glistening bayonets of National Guardsmen held an open investigation. Since that time he has taken the floor in the Senate to make similar charges. Dr. Bird said two cartridges had been fired from Dr. Weiss’ pistol, but Dr. Vedrine, head of the New Or- leans Cherity Hospital in charge of Long's case, said only one bullet struck the Senater. As the shots rang out, there was s wild stampede back in the House chamber and with it screams as men crowded against one enother in an attempt to get out of the possible line of fire. Senator Long's rd was trailing him at the time of the shoot- §I00 TO ANYONE WHO CAN FIND ANY WATER IN HREAX PAINTS 'Fairfa; Roof Paint Biack Only. T8t e '}';.'.‘{. :n:u'f.;." Seather, ‘Waterproof. BUTIEB'FI.;'NN 609 C St. Metro. OISI 3 SENATOR HUEY LONG. Messina, Long's chief bodyguard, was the first to open fire on Dr. & justice of the State Supreme Court, probably saved Long's life by grabbing the assailant’s gun, deflecting the shot. —Copyright, A. P. Wirepholos. [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 | @ .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, of legislative acts, there has been free talk of his possible assassination. Long Describing the shooting, Public said: “I was standing in the basement of | the Capitol and saw Senator Long me: ‘Jimmy, my boy, I am shot.’ “I threw my arms under him and drew a pistol to protect him from any one else and hollered to several boys in the highway department. Then I picked him up and took him in a car to the hospital.” Immaculately Dressed. Dr. Weiss was immaculately dressed in white linen. As he drew the pistol from his shirt frent, John B. Fournet, a justice of the State Supreme Court, grabbed at the gun and deflected it. Paul Votier and Murphy Roden, and other body guards with the Senator opened fire with automatic pistols. Weiss slumped face downward on ! the fioor, blood flowing from about 60 wounds. Senator Long, holding his hand to | his side, staggered down the base- 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 mell from corridor to eorridor 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. Goin~ to the home of the slain man’s ‘sther, Cal Abraham, repre- senting the Baton Rouge State-Times, seid 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 to whom he spoke was the mother. Told of her son's 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 a transfusion, 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 it was asked. The Lieutenant Governor ecalled 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 sald the Senator, before leaving New Orleans for the legislative session, told her of a premonition that he might not return. “I 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 AT MODERN wished for the 1 crushing political enemies in a series | | of late appeared to suffer from nerves. | | Service Commissioner James O'Connor | | stumbling down the hall. He said to, B12 1lth St. N. W. knowledge aplenty and friends galore, he is bound to go out and make the world take notice.” The present special session of the Legislature was termed Hubbard session” by Senator Long, because of the many subjects in- cluded in the call. Inqilest (Continued From First Page.) shooting, was the second witness called. After he had given testimony the in- quest was continued. Personal possessions taken from the | body of Dr. Weiss included a .32-cali- | ber pistol bearing serial number 219- | 436, a pocket knife, a medical society card, one discharged cartridge shell, seven pistol cartridges, some keys and a fountain pen. At the opening of the inquest the following statement was made by the coroner: “The body was examined by the jury and the coroner, and it was found to have 30 bullet holes in the front and 29 on the back of the body, two in the head, one penetrating the left eye and the other the tip of the nose. “It was impossible to tell which of | the body wounds were entrances and which were exits. Two bullets were recovered from the body, one a .45 and one a .38." Frampton First Witness. Frampton, the first witness, under questioning by the district attorney, said: “Immediately preceding the shoot- ment step, while crowds swarmed | nggY catked withy Beneyifong and then went to the Governor's office and telephoned my office in New Orleans. | In response to questions propounded my office, I again called Senator Long at the sergeant at arms office in the House and talked with him. “Then I left and was about to open the double doors leading into the cor- ridor where the shooting occurred when I heard a shot. As I opened the door I saw Senator Long walking down the corridor clasping his side. As I stepped through the door I saw two men struggling, Murphy Roden and a man later identified as Dr. Carl A. Weiss. Then half a dozen men began firing at Dr. Weiss.” District Attorney Odom then drew the following testimony from the wit- ness. Q. You hadn't come out in the hall the first shot was fired? A. No. Q. Then you didn't see the first shot fired? A. No. Weiss in Plain View. Q. How much time elapsed between the first shot and the others? A. I would say three or four seconds. Q. Was Dr. Weiss in plain view of you? A. He was. Q. Did you see any overt act on the part of Roden? A. When I opened the door, he was struggling with Dr. Weiss and then backed away. Q. Did Dr. Weiss make any overt act toward Roden? A. I would say that Dr. Weiss, with pistol in hand, was struggling to get it free from Roden. Q. Did he, Roden, wrest it away or did Roden turn loose and back off? A. I couldn’t say. Q. How many shots did Roden fire at Dr. Weiss? A. I couldn't say defl- nitely, but several. Q. Were Dr. Weiss and Roden both FIDELITY BONDS and all forms of Insurance J. Blaise de Sibour & Co. INSURANCE BROKERS 1700 Eye 8t. N.W. NAtL 4673 I Never Disagoorms BUSINESSMAN has not legendary seven-leagued boots that he might cover more territory, more people, more prospects? 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There were s0 many people there, Q. Were any of the so-called “Long bodyguards” there? A. I recognized a half a dozen known to me as his bodyguards. Q. Was Paul Voitier there? A. Yes. I believe he had his gun out and I think he was firing. Q. Was Joe Bates there? A. Idon't recall Q. Did any one but Roden put his hands on Dr. Weiss? A. I don't think | 80. Roden’s shot and the others? A. Almost immediately. It is a miracle toc me |thal Roden wasn't shot by his own | men. Q. Were the other men who were firing behind Roden? A. Yes. Shot Lying on Floor. Q. Was Dr. Weiss on the floor when the others began shooting? A. Yes, he had slumped down with the gun in his hands. Q. How did he fall? A. He fell face down in a marble corner of the cor- ridor near the Governor's office. D'Armond, the second witness, said at the time of the shooting he was in the office of the secretary to the Gov- ernor. The following testimony was given: Q. Did you see the actual shooting? A. No. Q. Did you see Senator Long? A. Yes, Senator Long came into the sec- retary’s office and said, “We have got to get all our men here tomorrow” and then he walked back into the hall and I heard a shot from the inner office and I wasn't going to stick my head out that door. Q. How many shots were fired? A. About 30 or 40 shots is my guess. Q. How far did the body lay from the secretary’s door? A. About 20 feet. Senator Long? A. Yes, Roden and Paul Voitier. Seek More Witnesses. District Attorney Odom then ad- journed the inquest until 4 pm. He explained the recess was ordered in = *I wonder if Jane could n Q. How much time elapsed between | Q. Did you recognize any one with | 1935. PRESIDENT STATE REGRET ON ATTACK “Violence Is Un-American,” He Says, and Sends Mrs. Long Regrets. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. HYDE PARK, N. Y., September 9.— President Roosevelt made the follow- ing statement today regarding the a tempted assassination of Senator Huey Lon| “I deeply regret the attempt made upon the life of Senator Long of Louisiana. The spirit of violence is un-American and has no place in a consideration of public affairs, least of all at a time when calm and dispas- sionate approach to the difficult prob- lems of the day is so essential.” President Roosevelt sent a personal message in the name of himself and Mrs. Roosevelt to Mrs. Huey Long. Following custom, the contents of this will not be made known by the Pres- | ident. Senator Fletcher of Florida—The shooting of Senator Long was very much to be regretted. He was ex- traordinary strength and vitality, and I hope he will be able to overcome his injuries. Senator King of Utah—It was a dastardly attack that was made by Dr. Weiss. I regret very much’ the attack, and I hope he will recover. NORRIS: CONDEMNS ACT. Incompatible With Free Government, He Says. By the Associated Press. Commenting today on the attempted assassination of Senator Huey P. Long of Louisiana, Senator Norris of Nebraska asserted that “We cannot have anything of that kind if we are to have a free government.” “It's a dastardly thing and I con- demn it in the most spirited language of which I am capable,” he added. Oniy a handful of Senators and Representatives were in the Capital following the recent adjournment of Congress. Other comment: Senator Hattie Caraway of Arkansas —“It's just a shame a thing like that had to happen.” Senator Donahey of Ohio—“It was very unfortunate and I sincerely re- gret it. But he is active and young and should have a good chance of winning through.” Senator Nye of North Dakota— “That's terrible.” : Bilbo Won't Comment. JACKSON, Miss, September © () —Asked for comment on the at- tempted assassination of Senator Huey P. Long at Baton Rouge, Senator | Theodore G. Bilbo of Mississippi, po- litical foe of Long, said: “I have no observation or comment to make whatsoever: let Louisiana | tend to her own business.” Talmadge Lauds Long. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, September 9.—The at- tack on the life of Senator Huey P. Long of Louisiana was described as a “calamity to the United States” to- day by Gov. Eugene Talmadge of Georgla. hopes of further witnesses. He de- clined to reveal who might be called. Members of the jury are Woodrow H. Knobloch, Louisiana State student; Jake Goslinski, unemployed; Merle M. Welsh, embalmer; Thomas Davis, Louisiana State University student, and George C. Brian, typewriter me- chanic. Others attending the inquest includ- ed Sheriff Robert Pettit and attend- | ants of the undertaking establishments and newspaper representatives. 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