Assassination of Huey Long
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On September 8, 1935, Huey Long, a United States senator and former Louisiana governor, was fatally shot at the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Long was an extremely popular and inf
Long about two weeks before his death
Long on the cover of Time in 1935
The FN Model 1910 which Carl Weiss allegedly used to shoot Huey Long, on display at the Old State Capitol
A bullet hole in a marble column, marking a stray bullet from one of Long's bodyguards
Carl Weiss
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Carl Austin Weiss Sr. was an American physician who is suspected in the assassination of U.S. Senator and former Governor Huey Long at the Louisiana State Capitol on September 8, 1935.
Assassination of Huey Long
…a redistricting bill to oust Judge Benjamin Henry Pavy, an opposition state judge. Shortly after passing the bill, Long was ambushed in a hallway by Carl Weiss, Pavy's son-in-law. According to the most widely accepted version of events, Weiss shot Long in the chest, and Long's bodyguards shot Weiss, killing…
Dr. Carl Wiess