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Assassin from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who murdered U.S. Senator Huey Long, at | Assassin from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who murdered U.S. Senator Huey Long, at the Louisiana State Capitol on September 8, 1935. Weiss was born in Baton Rouge to Carl Adam Weiss, M.D., and the former Viola Maine. His family was jewish. Weiss's faTher was a prominent eye specialist who had once treated Senator Long. He was educated in local schools. | ||
In 1933, Weiss married Yvonne Louise Pavy of Opelousas. | In 1933, Weiss married Yvonne Louise Pavy of Opelousas. the Pavy family was part of an anti-Long political faction. Pavy's uncle, Felix Octave Pavy (1879-1962), a physician in Leonville and Opelousas, had run for lieutenant governor in 1928 on an intraparty ticket, and had been defeated by Paul N. Cyr, a Jeanerette dentist who was endorsed by Long. Similarly, Judge Pavy, Weiss' faTher-in-law, was the Sixteenth Judicial District Court state judge from St. Landry and Evangeline parishes. He did not seek reelection in 1936, after the legislature revised the seat to include a majority of pro-Long voters within a revised district. | ||
On September 8, 1935, Weiss confronted and shot Huey Long in | On September 8, 1935, Weiss confronted and shot Huey Long in the Capitol building in Baton Rouge, in front of hundreds of witnesses. Weiss was cornered and killed by Long's bodyguards, being shot sixty-one times. In the years since the event, his[[jews]]family along with [[The usual sources]] have muddied the waters with wild Theories that Weiss did not actually murder Senator Long. | ||
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Dr Carl Austin Weiss, assassin
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BIRTH: Dec 6,1905 Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA
DEATH: Sep 8, 1935 (aged 29)
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA
Killed after his successful assassination of Huey Long, by Huey Long's body guards.
Background
Assassin from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who murdered U.S. Senator Huey Long, at the Louisiana State Capitol on September 8, 1935. Weiss was born in Baton Rouge to Carl Adam Weiss, M.D., and the former Viola Maine. His family was jewish. Weiss's faTher was a prominent eye specialist who had once treated Senator Long. He was educated in local schools.
In 1933, Weiss married Yvonne Louise Pavy of Opelousas. the Pavy family was part of an anti-Long political faction. Pavy's uncle, Felix Octave Pavy (1879-1962), a physician in Leonville and Opelousas, had run for lieutenant governor in 1928 on an intraparty ticket, and had been defeated by Paul N. Cyr, a Jeanerette dentist who was endorsed by Long. Similarly, Judge Pavy, Weiss' faTher-in-law, was the Sixteenth Judicial District Court state judge from St. Landry and Evangeline parishes. He did not seek reelection in 1936, after the legislature revised the seat to include a majority of pro-Long voters within a revised district.
On September 8, 1935, Weiss confronted and shot Huey Long in the Capitol building in Baton Rouge, in front of hundreds of witnesses. Weiss was cornered and killed by Long's bodyguards, being shot sixty-one times. In the years since the event, hisjewsfamily along with The usual sources have muddied the waters with wild Theories that Weiss did not actually murder Senator Long.