9 Laborers work around the clock to prepare a vault in time for Huey Long’s funeral, as crowds wait on the capitol steps to file past the bier where his body lies in state.
10 & 11 Huey Long was enshrined as a saint by some of his followers as shown by these personals from want-ad pages of the Times-Picayune. The one at left appeared on March 26, 1936, the other on January 11, 1937.
Left hand advertisement:
THANKS to the late Senator Huey P. Long for favor granted. Mrs. H. Gomme.
Right hand advertisement:
THANKS St. Raymond, St. Anthony, Sen. Huey P. Long favor granted. ROSE ANDERTON.
“There was not a soul in that corridor when we got there except Louis LeSage and Roy Heidelberg, who were seated on the ledge of the window at the east end of the corridor. I asked them where Huey had gone and they said he was in the governor’s office, so Joe and I walked to the door of that office at a leisurely pace, and as we approached the door I could hear a voice which I recognized as that of Senator Long ask:
“‘Has everybody been notified about the meeting tomorrow morning?’ and a voice which I identified as that of Joe Bates of the Police Bureau of Identification answered: ‘Yes, Senator.’
“At this point I noticed three or four people lined up against the marble recess in the corridor wall opposite the door to the governor’s anteroom. I don’t remember the exact number but I definitely recall there were more than one. Just then Huey walked out of the office door of the governor’s secretary and....”
The third eyewitness to what took place was Elliott Coleman, on special assignment as one of the Senator’s bodyguards and later for many years sheriff of Tensas parish. He says of the night in question: