| Show fj ti 11 t. t 1 IS' IS L c r i ii EW BLOOD TRANSFUSION i r 11 C Ct J. J jr 1 GIVEN TO SENATOR r I I t I I LONG i Il i C ft Physicians Battle to Save SaveS e. e I ILife it S Life of f Kingfish Shot Down By Political ai Foe oe in Capitol Capit 1 A fr f IL b fr S 4 p rL c 4 r T Tj rit j. LIli SENATOR HUEY P P. LONG Police With Riot Guns Guard Ner Ner- Nervous Assembly After Would-Be Would Assassin Is Slain S Copyright 1935 by United Press BAT BATON N ROUGE La Sept 9 Physicians 9 Physicians battling to save the life of Senator H Huey y P P. Long shot down by the bullet of a political assassin were reported to have administered administer d a second blood transfusion trans frans fusion this afternoon J The report came from an apparently r reliable liable source at Our Lady of the Lake sanitarium It was vas assumed thet a w gi en to o t f o gs g's str strength and increase Increase his powers poyer to lIght off fk i infection fe tio tion 1 perhaps adding to the he 50 50 chances ch for life which the doctors have ave given him V Vague agu reports that that the the transfusion was as n necessary ces ces' ces sary because of a relapse were vere not credited H Hos' Hos Hospit s' s pit pita pital l attaches point pointed d out out that such transfusions ar aret ai usual in in seri serious us cases not because of the patients patient's waning strength but as a a tonic to promote recovery covery r I There was no indication that Long was vas losing I ground I HAS CHANCE CIl TO RECOVER I Previous t to the t transfusion report one of theatte the atte attending ding physicians said Long was vas a ua very sick man but b t had a good chance of recovery The shot fired into Longs Long's s J body dy last night by Dr Dr- Carl Austin Weiss year old eye sp specialist whose family was bitterly opposed to the Long re re- ROOSEVELT VOICES REGRET EGRET HYDE PARK N. N Y Sept 9 AP President AP-President President Roo Roose c. c welt veIt deplored the spirit of viol violence today in expressing express ing his regret at the attempt upon the life of Senator L Long ng of Louisiana Mr Roosevelt issued the following statement I deeply regret the attempt made upon the l life e of Senator Long of Louisiana The spirit of violence is un-American un and has lias ho no place in a consideration of public public pub pub- lic lie affairs least of all at a. a time when calm and dispassionate dispassionate approach ach to fo the difficult problems of the day da is isso so essential The president was Vas sleeping last night when word of oft the t tI shooting reached here 1 gin gim Jime threatened threatened to disrupt the the political empire pire built the by y senator The state house convened in somber on ber nervous mo mood d' d at the 34 story capitol recently ded ded- as memorial to Long t State st t p police ar armed ed with pistols and riot guns gUn J JP P prominently y displayed display dt guarded the te capitol The Th police all big men meI gruff and nd peremptory searched alt all who entered and d double checked those thos who sought sough admittance to to the h Us chamber GUARDSMEN IEN HELD READY j S Five hundred national guardsmen were read ready at it New Nev Orleans to move to th the capital if necessary but jut thus far had not been summoned G Governor vernor 3 o. K Allen was prepared to declare martial law if necessary ary Leaders of the Long political cohorts badly adly frightened Tightened during the night an and uncertain which way to turn were improved in In spirits today P notably bl the lie governor and all expressed confidence th that t the senator wo would woId Id pull through At least kast 12 physicians were in iQ attendance on on continued on P Page Pue e Six SLa New Blood Transfusion Given n to Senator Long Continued from Pate Pare One Long headed by Dr Arthur Vidrine chief of staff Specialists were summoned by airplane State police police po po- lice g guarded a de the hospital admitting no one e but close pers personal nal friends of the senator and officials Only the family and nd closest friends such as Governor Allen and Lieutenant Governor James A. A Noe Noc who don donated t q a pint of blood shortly before midnight mid night were verc permitted in rin the room MRS LONG VISITS HUSBAND Mrs l Long visited her husband for 15 minutes late this morning accompanied by her son Russell Russen 16 It was her fourth visit since midnight when Long was brought to the hospital from the scene of the shooting in inthe the capitol I While the doctors fought to save Longs Long's life the inquest st was was' held on the body of the assassin who vho was shot down by Longs Long's bodyguard a second or two after he had fired the shot The he inquest was vas adjourned adjourn d until later in the afternoon af after only two witnesses had been heard They were Charles E. E Frampton United Press correspondent correspondent cor cor- respondent who vho witnessed the shooting from om I less ss than 10 feet away avay and John DArmond Jr hot hotel l man The two witnesses merely established the facts of the shooting and the manner of Dr Weiss' Weiss The bc wo wold would would-be ld- ld e assiz assassin in was vas killed an instant af after er he fired on on Long Inthe Inthe in inthe the main corridor of ot the state capitol capitol capitol capi capi- tol last night Fifteen shots from guns of Longs Long's bodyguard of 10 state policemen riddled his body Watch Vatch Political Scene Governor Allen and Sand other sub- sub leaders of the Long organization kept close watch on a seething political political po po- po- po utica situation they appeared to fear tear might explode Long Anti-Long leaders were silent and there was no word from the militant Square Deal association 4 which has advocated the overthrow of the Long dIctatorship dictatorship dictatorship dicta dIcta- by force But with the mobilization mo mo- mo- mo of ot- troops Longs Long's subordinates subordinates subordinates appeared to be taking all precautions Telephone one nd telegraph brought condolences from scores of oC Longs Long's Share Wealth clubs throughout through through- out the country Th Theo so clubs Long Longhope hoped hope to fuse into the nucleus of ot a national political organization to back his presidential aspirations in 1936 Club Orders Prayers The Louisiana Share the Wealth club backing Long in his feverish fight on President Roosevelt and the neW neu deal ordered its members to pray for his rec recovery very N Not t one word of sympathy not one expression of hope that he would recover came from Longs Long's political enemies man many of whom havO hav openly expressed their thelt wish that iha he would ld die violently Thel Thelast The Thelast l last st such expression was vas that tha of ot former Mayor G George orge Hardy who in ih a speech here urged a hempen hemp n rope for Long Recently Long charged in the senate that a a group of Louisiana politicians polIticianS' including four congressmen congressmen con con- gressmen had plotted his death All denied participation in tho the plot but several were were- quoted that they thought it a good idea Feared for lor Life Lite Long had moved for years in an I atmosphere of of bitterness fearing the fate that overtook him last night With unprecedented ruthlessness ruth- ruth his organization had I A. A wrecked sc scores res of budding political careers removed from public office hundreds who wh had held them for decades decade t turned upside down the rolls of ot state Long surrounded himself self with a bodyguard ranging from 10 to 20 men wherever he went but it was ineffective against th the studious young surgeon who stepped stopped from behind pillar in the ornate capitol Long Long- had erected as as' as asa a m monument to himself with a pistol in his hand Introduced New Laws Th The senator had just left a session ses see sion zion of his subservient legislature where he had Introduced a new se serice series series se- se ries rice of ot laws law i to hamstring the federal federal federal fed fed- eral administration and his Louisana Louisiana Louisiana Louisi Louis ana ana enemies The laws in addition to gerrymandering the assassins assassin's law father out of office would have made it a criminal offense for fora a federal officeholder to perform official l duty in Louisiana no not directly sanctioned ned by the federal l constitution Fires Twice When Long came abreast Dr Weiss stepped out leveling a pistol directly at his victim Long saw him an instant before he fired am and whirled a. a as if It to grasp the pistol receiving the bullet bulletin in his his' right side Weiss fired two shots shot One ripped through the dictators dictator's body hit Murphy Roden bodyguard bodyguard bodyguard body body- guard in the thumb um Roden's Roden 5 au auto automatic o- o matic spat out outa a stream of bullets and Weiss fell on his face dead Blood oozing from tram his mouth Long sank into O O'Connor's Connors arms He was half halt led and half halt carried to an automobile automobile- outside which took him to the hospital Events pass passed d so 10 quickly that OConnor O'Connor didn't realize his boss had bad been wounded o Im Tin Shot Im shot shot Long said Youre joking said OConnor Then OConnor O'Connor saw the blood coming coming corning com corn ing from his mouth The next ext words Long spoke was when Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieu Lieu- tenant Governor Noe entered the operating room room to give his blood He Hello II 0 Jimmy Long whispered Observers marveled that many persons were not killed or wounded in the tho panic that followed Weiss Weiss' two shots and the tho barrage of bullets bullets bullets bul bul- bul- bul lets that dropped him Many Long politicians habitually carry p pistols fearing reprisals The instant the first shot echoed in the marble and gold corridor r dozens of pistols were drawn from Irom their holsters Even OConnor O'Connor Longs Long's companion stood in that first second of ot surprise wavIng waving way way- ing a pistol in his right hand Governor Excited A few minutes after Long was taken to the hospital Governor Allen Allen Allen Al Al- len came camo out of his office his face frozen by emotion Did they get the senator he be demanded No someone said Give me a pistol Allen shouted It If 1 theres there's any shooting around here I want to get in on n it it He was led back into his office by friends who told him Long had been shot My God he lie said sobbing Why did anyone want to do that 1 Dr Weiss a graduate t of Tulane university and considered a brilliant bril surgeon married Judge Pavy's Pavy daughter more than a year ago and they have a baby He had been practicing four years ears with wilh his father father lather fa la- fa- fa ther Dr C. C A. A Weiss a former president of the Louisiana Medical association I knew he be was opposed to Long his wife said but I didn't dream h hi would do anything Uk like that oJ Heavy Guard Called Immediately after the shooting state police poUce threw a heavy guard around the statehouse and ordered tho the dispersal of a crowd in th the tEe corrIdors cor cor- corridors corridors that had been watching the session of the legislature Both Bolli houses immediately adjourned Wild rumors circulated among amone the legislators most of them henchmen henchmen hench bench men of Long arousing a variety of ot emotions Some sobbed and some soini laughed One rumor said Weiss had participated in a plot of an organization of Longs Long's enemies enemies' to tD assassinate all the Long leaders leader Some legislators left the capitol for unknown destinations Others went to the hospital where they congregated with other Long politicians poll poli Ii- Ii in the corridor outside the operating room Presidential Aspirant Political observers both national national and state p predicted d the wi widest re repercussiOns repercussions ret pe percussions ns should Long die N Na N his death would mean an elimination elim- elim of a probable third party Lr in inthe j the 1936 presidential election Long a persistent persistent- and bitter enemy of President Roosevelt II li known to 10 LU cherish nr presidential residential t am am- known to 10 LU cherish nr presidential residential t am am- and to be planning to run on a share our wealth program in 1936 if conditions l are aro ro right In Louisiana his death probably would result In disintegration of of one of the most powerful political machines In American history Observers Observers Ob- Ob servers believed that but buts 1 no one Aman a man of Longs Long's peculiar g genius co could ld hold together the organization that controls practically every overy stats state of lice flee from governor to constable and most of tho the federal elective offices Whisper About Future Even while the boss one of the most colorful and crafty politicians the country ever has produced fought his battle for Ii life fe tho the followers followers fol fol- lowers whispered among themselves about the future With Longs Long's own own 1 senate seat and many state offices offices' coming before the voters in 1036 1034 elections observers predicted th the thO wildest scramble should he die f S Mrs Long was in the senators senator's mansion in New Orle Orleans She and their two children were wen brought here by automobile and saw Long a few minutes minutes' between his blood transfusion and the tho ope oper atlon 0 Mrs Long emerged from the hospital hoi hoi- pital her face face composed There Then was no sign of tears When he be left New Orleans a few days ago to come here he said ald I X Imay may not come back but Ill I'll die dI 1 fighting Mrs Mu Long said 2 j also dry Longs Long's children were wert eyed and composed Family Fondly Split 1 Longs Long's brother Dr G George orge 8 So Long by air foreshadowing foreshadow foreshadow- ing a dramatic reconciliation among members of the Lon Long family which has haa been bitt bitterly split pUt like all of Louisiana by Longs Long's politics The estrangement between Long and Dr George Georgo was particularly bitter with each denouncing the other as AI a aliar aliar liar I t FL PHOTOS SHOW STEPS IN POLITICAL LIFE OF KINGFISH I. 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