Shot down in the State' Legislature by the son-in-law of a bitter political opponent, Senator Huey Long, juncrowned. King of Louisiana, and a possible independent candidate for the Presidency of the United States, narrowly escaped instant death lowing to the pistol of his assailant Jjamming after he had fred one shot.
'The would-be slayer, Dr. A.C. Weiss, 2 30-year-old throat specialist, was shot dead a minute after lhe' had fired at Senator Long, being riddled by a hail of bullets from a sub-machine gun in the hands of a bodyguard employed by the "King-lish," this evening in the _corridor linking the State Senate with the! House of Representatives, Senator Long, accompanied by. Judge Fournet and two of his body-Jguards, were walking along the ce Fidor when Dr. Welss pulled out a revolver and fired at the "Kingfish"
point-blank range.
The virtual dictator of Louisiana, hit in the stomach, crumpled to the Jground with blood streaming from his mouth. The would-be "slayer continued to press the trigger of
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