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Who really killed Huey Long?
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:51 am
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:51 am
Has it ever really been proven that Carl Weiss fired the fatal shot? Was it Huey’s bodyguards? From what you’ve heard and read, what do you think the truth is? Was there a cover-up?
This post was edited on 6/17/26 at 10:03 am
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Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:52 am to SaintlyTiger88
friendly fire from
quote:
Huey’s bodyguards
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:56 am to SaintlyTiger88
To quote the Stones:
I shouted out
Who killed the Kennedys?
When after all
It was you and me
I shouted out
Who killed the Kennedys?
When after all
It was you and me
This post was edited on 6/17/26 at 9:59 am
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:57 am to LemmyLives
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I thought we caused problems, not solve them.
I found out that a very good friend of mine's mom was the daughter of one of HPL's political arch enemies who was considered a prime suspect in the "plot" to assassinate HPL
Posted on 6/17/26 at 10:00 am to SaintlyTiger88
Glenn Watts from Central was the limo driver who brought him to the hospital. There's even a road named after him off Hooper Road. I used to hang out with him and drink chocolate Yoo-hoo's while my sister was taking piano lessons from his wife. That old man had some stories.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 10:00 am to fightin tigers
I tend to believe it was accidental from a body guard
Posted on 6/17/26 at 10:15 am to Keith13
I was at the Capitol a couple of months back for a meeting and got a private tour from the Governor's aide. When we walked past the spot, he stated that it is pretty much accepted these days that the bodyguards hit HPL with a ricochet while shooting wildly at the doctor.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 10:17 am to SaintlyTiger88
quote:New Orleans' favorite son, Lee Harvey Oswald..
Who really killed Huey Long?
Posted on 6/17/26 at 10:20 am to SaintlyTiger88
Whoever did it should’ve done it years prior and saved the state, possibly.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 10:55 am to KemoSabe65
quote:There was an old story in my family that my grandfather was at a meeting where everybody pulled straws to see who would do it. Weiss got the short straw, I guess, though it was not revealed to the group at the time.
Whoever did it should’ve done it years prior and saved the state, possibly.
I told this to my La. history professor at LSU after class one day and he said he had heard that story before. FWIW.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 10:57 am to SaintlyTiger88
I think the guards rarely, if ever, went to the pistol range.
So, probably them.
So, probably them.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 10:59 am to LSURussian
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New Orleans' favorite son, Lee Harvey Oswald..
Posted on 6/17/26 at 11:05 am to fightin tigers
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jews
Technically just a singluar
Weiss obviously had Jewish ancestry, but he was Catholic. He was valedictorian of Catholic-BR (although, I think it was before it was named that).
He drew the short straw at Judge Pavy's house in Opelousas.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 11:07 am to SaintlyTiger88
I am convinced that he was shot by Dr. Carl Weiss.
I have read a number of books on Huey including the great biography by T. Harry Williams. The most credible evidence and testimony convinces me that it was Weiss.
I have read a number of books on Huey including the great biography by T. Harry Williams. The most credible evidence and testimony convinces me that it was Weiss.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 11:42 am to geauxpurple
I just finished reading Killing the Kingfish by Jack McGuire. This author did a lot of research. He covers all the theories from Weiss punching Huey to the bodyguards shooting him to the exact timeline of the shooting. It is a book that is worth the price.
When Huey was shot, he turned and ran the other way from where Weiss was eventually shot. There were many eyewitness accounts as to his running BEFORE the bodyguards started shooting so it could not have been the bodyguards.
When Huey was shot, he turned and ran the other way from where Weiss was eventually shot. There were many eyewitness accounts as to his running BEFORE the bodyguards started shooting so it could not have been the bodyguards.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 11:52 am to SaintlyTiger88
I used to read everything I could about Huey Long before the internet. Was really looking forward to the movie with Sean Penn, until I watched it. Or watched the first half of it and turned it off. It was terrible.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 11:54 am to SaintlyTiger88
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It is almost certain that when Weiss punched the senator for allegedly using a slur about his family, Long’s bodyguards overreacted, firing their guns needlessly and indiscriminately into the skirmish. Long was simply caught in the crossfire.
Of course, the truth was not politically expedient for Long’s allies, who indubitably feared public backlash to the bodyguards’ negligence. So, as he underwent surgery, they began their cover-up. They moved Weiss’s car. They tampered with and hid evidence. They removed Weiss’s gun from his glove compartment and planted it on the scene. And they launched their smear campaign against Weiss, portraying him as a bloodthirsty assassin determined to stop the good works of Huey P. Long who was thwarting the best efforts of the bad guys to keep the little guy down.
LINK
Posted on 6/17/26 at 11:55 am to Purplehaze
That is the new one hot off the press. I will have to get it.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 12:04 pm to SaintlyTiger88
quote:
Who really killed Huey Long?
The gaaaht damn Russians did, duh!
Posted on 6/17/26 at 12:46 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Mafia, if such an organization existed
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