| Show PASTOR HURLS PLOT CHARGES IN LONG DEATH Names State Atto Attorney ne neat at ati Inquest Into Into- W Weiss Weis ei s Case DEQUEEN Sept 16 t UP Dr George S S. Long Long- of Tulsa Okla OkIa brother of Huey P. P Long said today that followers oll of the late senator have evidence th that t a pl plot t to to murder Long w was s instigated gated by four congressmen In a a. New Orleans hotel Br Dr United Press BATON RO ROUSE dE Dis 16 Dis District At Attorney orney John ohn Fred Odom of East ast Baton Rouge parish was IWas ac accused ac- ac c- c at an open session in his own courtroom today of ot of participating in ina ina ina a plot to assas assassinate Huey P. P Long The Rev Gerald Ie I L. L K Smith organizer organizer or or- er of f Longs Long's Shar W Share W alth clubs flung that charge through the steaming courtroom while h his s right was wu in the air aix from taking the oath to tell teU the tr truth th and nothIng nothIng nothing noth noth- ing but the truth I Storms From Room Boom He had been to appear before a parish coroners coroner's jury summoned summoned summoned sum sum- to resume the inquest into the death of ot Dr Carl A. A Weiss Jr who assassinated Long Then Smith his black necktie waving over his coat collar stormed storm cd out of the courtroom courtroom- heedless of the fact that he had d defied fied of law and order in East Baton Rouge parish No one attempted to stop him Instead coatless laughIng laughing laughing laugh laugh- ing m men n slapped him on the back and applause rattled against the walls like firecrackers Death Laid to to The Weiss jury brought in a verdict verdict verdict ver ver- dict of death caused by homicidal pistol wounds iii the and abdomen A coroners coroner's jury in Louisiana is not charged with fixIng fixIng fixing fix- fix Ing responsibility for death The inquest was concluded at 12 5 p. p m. m Co C. C S. S T. T and the jury reported immediately Smith was the second witness called Before he strode to the stand Associate Justice John F Fournet Fournet Four Four- ur- ur net of ot the Louisiana supreme court gave routine testimony regarding what happened a week ago last night when Weiss eiss stepped from behind a pillar in the state house and md sent lent a 8 bullet creasing through Longs Long's abdomen Smith Fidgets th Smith was was' sitting hi in a chair thair- nervously nervously ner ncr drumming his shoe on the thc floor when Coroner Thomas Bird called caned him to the stand Odom an Long anti anti man was conducting the questioning for far th the coroner ron r Beside Beside Be Be- eside e- e side him sat a a. a st staunch uch Long sUp Lang ContInued on ori p Pate Pace re Three Thue CHARGE HURLED IN LONG DEATH Continued from pu Page Fate One porter porter- Attorney General Gaston Portiere Smith thick shouldered and square-jawed square went to the witness chair He Hc WM was sworn in but before Odom could ask him hima a question the tho preacher whirled and shouted at Coroner Bird ACCUSeS Accuse Attorney Mr Coroner 1 X 1 wish t to make a statement I respect your court and I respect t you but I accuse the district attorney here present oi ot being a in the conspiracy to assassinate Huey Long I dont don't respect him and I refuse to answer any questions that he may p put t to meI me I shall be gl glad d to answer such questions questions ques ques- as you may put may put to tome torne me but before be be- fore the district attorney I refuse to testify I I. worshipped my hero and andI I will vill do nothing to harass the boy who tried to defend him so he he- Silence spread through the long high courtroom and before the spell was broken Smith had hac taken six strides past Odom and was out of ot the door Applause crackled out from one corner of the room Odom Denies Plot Odom is tall taIl heavyset with gray hair Today he was wearing a white whit linen suit He waited until Smith had pushed his way out out- of ot the cour courtroom Om m and then came out of ot hisch his ch chair lr slowly Mr Coroner he said in hi view of ot the speech just made by the prospective pros witness 1 I wish to make a statement I ri never ver plotted to kill Senator Long and when this witness says say I did he is being a deliberate vi villainous alno s. s and ma malicious liar More Applause Again there here was applause and the flye members of th the coroners coroner's jur jury turned around from where they were sitting and eyed Odom The district attorney ey sat down a splotch on In each cheek The Thc questioning then proceeded Odom's ch chair ir was next to that in which Attorney General Portiere was sitting and between questions shot at witnesses they argued an an Odom was trying to bring out that Longs Long's bodyguards were ruthless ruthless ruthless ruth ruth- less a and d fired tired into Weiss' Weiss body long Jong after acter he ho was wu stretched lifeless on the marble floor with blood d seeping from a |
