Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1935, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1935. With Senator Robinson a Wearing a smile of victory following his filibuster which killed the few minutes before Long took deficiency bill at the close of the last session of Congress. the oath of office as Senator. Reading a paper while the Legislature passed his bills, a When he and Postmaster General Farley were close political allies at the 1932 Democratic Convention. As Governor of Louisiana. ated Press and Underwood A spectator at the hearing on the E. Y. Mitchell charges of graft. - Long Staged Sh Of Capital Apartment House Death Mourned by Corner”—Bodygu ground for Clowning and Jokes. BY HUDSON GRUNEWALD. n group of friends who red nightly in a lobby corner at Broadmoor Apartments, where ator Huey P. Long lived while in and who were frequently rtained by him when ne returned home at the day’'s close of Congress, last huddled near the hotel’s ra- dio until a late hour listening to news bulletins which told of his fast-ebbing life Senator Long had humorously dub- bed this group, made up entirely of guests of the Broadmoor, “the amen corner,” and early yesterday evening they had sent a teiegram of hope and cheer, addressed to the hospital at Baton Rouge, and signed with the name he himself had given them The Senator was well likec by guests and employes at the Broadmoor and during the two years he lived there he had made many friends gath the S Greeted Even Strangers, He greeted every one with a loud “Hello,” from colored bellboy to man- ager, and even guests who were total gtrangers to him recall his jesting sal- utations in passing. The Louisiana Senator seemed to relax the minute he entered the doors of his hotel. He felt that he was among friends there. But despite this recognized fact by all who knew him. his ever-vigilant body- guards never left him for a second. ‘They had their appointed posts in the lobby, and when the Senator would stop for the brief chats which often developed into lengthy sessions, they took their places with military pre- cision and kept a watchful eye on all around him. Senator Long always had an audi- ence, and he was ever aware of it. He was habitually clowning and telling Jokes Lobby guests were always warned of his approach by the sudden appear- ance of one or more of his guards, who would step into the front entrance and make a quick survey of the scene. Then after their signal of approval the Senator would come in with a guard close behind him. He would | toss his hat behind him to be caught by his “shadow.” When he wore a top coat this would follow the same way. Joins “Amen Corner.” He would first go to the desk for | his mail, open several letters and mss) the envelopes on the floor. Then, | turning, he'd ask in a loud voice: “How's the amen corner tonight?" This was usually followed by his | Joining the group. He would read ex- | cerpts from the day's newspapers | about himself. And would often pass | out copies of the Congressional Rec- ord containing his speeches while elaborating upon them | As one guest expressed it: “The | Benator was always a good show.” | He had his favorites among the guests, and these with a few chosen callers from the outside he would re- ceive in his apartment on the seventh floor. One of the last of the Broadmoor house guests to call upon him before his final departure was Buck Newsom, the Washington pitcher. “There wasn't anything Huey didn't know about base ball,” he said, when com- menting upon this visit. “And how he loved his Southern League. Gomez, by the way, was a special pal of his, @nd his favorite pitcher.” Senator Reynolds Visitor, Among his frequent callers from the outside was Senator Bob Reynolds of North Carolina. Arthur Brisbane visited him recently, and many out-of- town writers who came to Washington to see him were received by him “at home.” But there were many callers who | never got to see him. Many sought | his aid, some wanted jobs, others | money, and these would be mMter- viewed by his guards, one or more of whom were always to be found “down- stairs,” and told to go to his office in the Senate Office Building. Some, however, were lucky. One in particular. This was a shabbily dresed man who sat and waited for the Senator in the lobby for three full days. Finally, when Senator Long appeared, the man approached him and, as the “Kingfish guard” closed in upon him, the Louisiana Senator gave him one look, then drew a $20 bill from his pocket and handed it to him. “You want a job, don't you?” Huey Long asked. “Well, come to my office and I'll fix you up.” Generous With Tips. The Senator was generous with tips, according to the colored bell boys of the Broadmoor. “But he never handed them out himself,” one said. “His guards did that.” These guards knew their duties well, and carried them out to the letter. They never left Senator Long alone for a second at the Broadmoor. They slept with him, ate with him and dogged his footsteps. The three who ow for Guests Members of “Amen | ards Were Back- | were always with him at the hotel | were Landry, Votier and Murphy Roden. | It was Roden who, according to news Teports, grappled with Dr. Weiss, the Senator’s assailant at the Lousiana State Capitol, and flied the first shot into the assassin's body. Roden was well known at the Broadmoor. He was sometimes seen back of the desk and at the office switchboard. When certain expected | long-distance calls would come in Roden would plug in to them. He could imitate the Senatar's voice to perfection—and would often imper- sonate his chief over the phone. Long received more phone calls than all the other guests at the Broadmoor put to- gether. Often he had the operators at their wits ends trving to handle them all. They were most numerous after his radio broadcasts when they would come in from all parts of the country. Careful With Calls. “He was usually very pleasant over the phone” said the hotel's chief op- erator—"but there were times when he'd get pretty impatient. We had to be mighty careful with his calls, I can tell you.” The Senator sent reams Jf telegrams | from the hotel, usually dictating these himself to the switchboard operator. He sent many to Will Rogers, alw: collect, and in his last one, sent shortly before Rogers' death he wired him: “Had the galleries roaring again. | Keep your eye on the Senator from Louisiana and you might get to be a great humorist some day.” Senator Long never took his meals in the hotel dining room. He usually | ate alone with his bodyguards “up- | stairs.” and he always had breakfast in his apartment. A guard would cook his meal for him. The Senator was known to be constantly in fear that some of his enemies would try to poison him—and everything he ate was carefully watched while being prepared—though he had no “court taster” in his retinue. Sometimes he cooked his own meals and frequently boasted about his cooking. “There's only two fellows in the world who know how to cook oysters right,” he | once told the writer, “and I'm both of 'em.” Guards Slept Nearby. Two of Senator Long’s bodyguards occupied a bed room adjoining his own. A third slept in another room in another part of the building. The Senator never went to the door and no one ever entered his apartment who was not known to one or the | other of his guards. The bed Senator | Long slept in was sent to him by the | management of the Hotel New Yorker | in New York City. While on a visit to that hotel he told the manager that the bed he had there was so comfort- able that he wanted to buy it and *ake it to Washington. That same bed was promptly boxed and shipped to the Broadmoor. | Senator Long's wife and children | paid him several visits while he lived | at the Broadmoor, but they never oc- cupied the same apartment with him. The methods used to guard his life| made this impossible. He said that| he would not expose his family to the‘ risks and annoyances. The Senator's automobile, which | bore Virginia tags, was kept in the hotel garage. When leaving the building he would send his chauffeur, who was also his bodyguard, to get | the machine and drive it to the front entrance. Another guard would pre- cede him to the door. The Senator would linger for a moment in the | lobby, a third guard close beside him. | He would not take a further step until he was given the signal that all was clear. This was usually the jerking of a thumb. When he left the Broadmoor for | the last time on his way South he waited as usual for this signal that all was clear ahead of him. “So long,” he called over his shoulder to| the little group standing in the lobby behind him. And so long it was. -— COUZENS IMPROVED ROCHESTER, Minn., September 10 (#).—Senator James Couzens of Mich- igan, who several weeks ago under- went an operation for removal of a kidney, is “out of danger” unless some unforeseen complication hinders his | recovery, one of his physicians said yesterday. The Senator made marked progress toward recovery over the week end and was outdoors in a wheel chair again yesterday. Abbey to Be Repaired. Historic Tewkesbury Abbey in Eng- land is to be repaired at & cost of $125,000, | 1 A recent studio portrait of the Long family, taken making his home here during the Senate session. sell Long short time ago. while the Senator, Left to right: Palmer Reed, Ros an assassin’s bullet, was Mrs. Long and Rus- ~—Underwood & Underwood Photo. by Long (Continued From First Page.) and treasurer of the Long organiza- tion, at the bedside: “I want to live.” The body was sent to a funeral home. | Body to Lie in State. Christenberry said the body of tfrie Senator would lie in state in the $5,000,000 capitol which was erected when he was Governor and in whicn he was shot. Other arrangements awaited a conference in the office of Gov. Allen. | At the bedside besides Mrs. Long and the children, Gov. Allen and Christenberry were the Senator’s sis- ters, Mrs. W. M. Kuott and Mrs Stewart Hunt, and. their husbands, his prothers, Dr. G. S. Long, Julics and Earl, and the latter’s wife; his father, Dr. Roy Long and several cousins. The marriage of Long and the for- | mer Rose McConnell followed a court- ship typical of the speed of the Seni tor’s life. They met in Memphis. Long, travel- ing agent for a packing firm, was pro- moting a cooking contest. Mrs. Long won the prize. A few months later, during a visit to Shreveport, she was | instrumental in exonerating Long, who OVER-SUNDAY ExcusiomAa Via B & O Railroad FARES SHOWN ARE ROUND-TRIP Except where . SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Parkersburg $5.00 Clarksburg $4.50 ~ Grafton $4.00 Lv. Washington 11.06 RETURNING, leave destinstion Sanday ight, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 BOSTON $8.50 Foll River—Newport Leave Washington 11.30 s.m. Beck home Monds: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 PHILADELPHIA $3.00 Wilmington $2.75 Leave 8.00 a.m. RETURNING, leave dest Also CHESTER $3.00, Lv. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 mberland $3 Martinsburg $2] Harpers Ferry $1.50 NEW YORK $5.65 Eock Way Every Night Philadelphi ioned Reclining Seat ~Station 10 p.m. Lv. 1.00 e.m, BALTIMORE $1.25 Saturdays and Sundays, Rlind Triy $1.50 Daily—Good for 3 Days, Round Tri i U e e | REDUCED ONE-THIRD ve snytime from noon Pridey to seen |Details from any B & O Ticket A, lor Telephome: Dist. 3300—Nat. EVERY WEEK END [ Rowd Tip Fares to Al Poink Rl T e M BALTIMORE & OHIO RR. 1 | was charged with participating in al minor shooting scrape. She produced seat stubs as proof he escorted her to a theater the night of the shooting. ‘The fifth blood transfusion was completed, but at 3 am. Dr. E. L. San- derson announced there no longer was any hope. “He is dying,” he said. The end was only little more than an hour away then and the phy- | sicians had abandoned their battle against death “We have done everything in the world we could for him.,” Dr. Sander- san said before death visited Gov. Allen made the official death announcement. His voice was husky and barely audible. “This marks with the death of Huey P. Long the passing of the greatest builder of economics in the history of Louisiana in 225 years,” he said. “It also marks with the death of Huey P. Long the passing of the greatest hero for the common right of all the people of America.” The Legislature met yesterday and ground out the Senator's bills. One of them gerrymandered the politicel bailiwick of District Judge B. H. Pavy, | the Assassin Weiss' father-in-law Guards searched all for weapons. Tha Senate met briefly last night and sent the bills to its Finance Committee after a minister implored & deity “t0d | wise to err” to save the Senator, | The parish coroner started an in-| quest into the death of Dr. Weiss, | but postponed it because only two witnesses testified. He said he might have to close the inquest because he was powerless to make the Senator’s guards, slayers of the assassin, ap- | pear. Just before Senator Long came |into his range, Weiss said: | | “It won't be long now.” | | As an auto bore Senator Long to | the hospital he said “I wonder why he shot me.” Doctors Close-Mouthed. It was a tense night vigil about| the hospital as Long's strength ebbed. Traffic was diverted. Unless visitors had special permits they had no chance to get through the heavy guard and to the hospital. The doctors, for the most part, were close- | mouthed about the struggle. } | Now and then an attendant or a| | nurse dropped a word to indicate| how things were going. The first| real alarm among the watchers came at 7 pm., when a serious sinking spell was reported unofficially. Up to that time not even the necessity for a second blood transfusion at noon yesterday could dim the hope that the Senator's enormous vitality would pull him through. | An hour and a half after the sink- ing spell was reported one of the doctors said: “The Senator is hold- ing his own. | | But shortly later the alarmed | physicians ordered blood tests for an- other transfusion. An oxygen tank was rushed in and it was learned !an oxygen tent had been taken in earlier. The transfusion was com- pleted at midnight. | A littie while later the Senator | | became delirious and then intermit- Senator Long Held Genuine Fears He Would Be Murdered By the Associated Press. That Senator Long had a real fear of bemng assassinated was made plain even shortly before adjournment of Congress. A reporter who had two ques- tions he wished tc ask the Sen- ator, invited him from the floor “I have a couple of shots to take at you, Senator,” the re- porter said, by way of greeting. Instan:ly Long's eyes popped wide and he stepped back a pace It was no sham. Several seconds elapsed before his usual good- natured grin appeared Last February a crudely fash- ioned bomb was sent through the mails to the Senator’s office at a time when he was in New York It did not explode. Newspaper dispatches described Long as ex- pressing little interest in the in- cident. GIRL CHECKS BULL MACLEOD, Alberta, Canada. Sep- tember 10 (#).—Farmers o fthis district yesterday praised the bravery of Marie Hunt, young farm girl who seized an enraged bull by its nose ring and pulled the animal from a vicious attack on her 12-year-old brother Percy. The lad, whose lung was punctured by one of the beast's horns, was re- covering in a hospital. Cave-in Kills 6 C C. C. Men. COLUMBUS, Ga. September 10.— | Six colored C. C. C. workers died in a pit cave-in yesterday at Fort Benning here, the publicity office said, with eight hours’ excavating having been required to locate the bodies under tons of gravel and dirt. Tanks, truck scoops and a steam shovel were used While Long and his physicians | tently unconscious. He was sinking | to remove the gravel. fought for his life the roads around the hospital were barred by troons and police, who swarmed over all Baton Rouge, a multiplication of the guard which failed to save him in the State house. FREE <t PEN-SKRIP SUCCESSOR TO INK THIS REVOLUTIONARY OFFER only lasts from September 10th to November 1st and will not be repeated! 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