Accident And Deception: The Huey Long Shooting

Dr. Donald A. Pavy has found a trail of unturned stones in the controversial 1935 shooting of U.S. Senator Huey P. Long. Pavy has been a country doctor for over 40 years. He is a nephew of Judge Benjamin Henry Pavy a leading oppo­nent of Huey Long. Dr. Pavy builds on the earlier investiga­tions of authors Ed Reed and David Zinman. He tailors known evidence with significant new in­formation both medical and non-medical. The same evidence sometimes comes from different sources to enhance his views. The story of an eyewitness whose life was threatened per­sonal interviews with surviving nurses closely involved in the case the morticians story all are fully told in intriguing details. His firm conviction is that Huey Long was acciden­tally shot by a named bodyguard. Dr. Weiss son-in-law of Judge Pavy had no gun on his person when he confronted Huey Long and hit him on the lip at 9:21 p.m. on Sept. 8 1935. For this act he died in a hail of bullets and the ensuing deception very nearly silenced for all time the truth of the event.