who got shot in the louisiana state capitol
Huey Long On September 8, 1935, Long was at the State Capitol attempting to oust a long-time opponent, Judge Benjamin Henry Pavy. At 9:20 p.m., just after passage of the bill effectively removing Pavy, Pavy's son-in-law Carl Weiss, a physician from Baton Rouge, approached Long, and, according to the generally accepted version of events, shot him in the torso with a handgun from four feet away. Long's bodyguards returned fire, killing Weiss instantly. Long died on September 10 at 4:10 a.m. [104] According to different sources, his last words were either, "I wonder what will happen to my poor university boys", or "I have so much to do."[105]