ASSASSINATION PLOT
“I AM GOING TO KILL SINCLAIR LEWIS.”
A plot to assassinate Sinclair Lewis, famous American novelist, was disclosed at Nice, in the south of France, recently. A young man who declares he is the son of a famous American family is reported to be on his way back to the United States, with the avowed intention of killing Lewis “because he is a Communist.”
The young man, who had been staying at the French Riviera for some weeks, walked into a famous American rendezvous. After a few minutes he became friendly with the proprietor and then became more confidential.
“I am going back to the United States tomorrow and I am going to kill Sinclair Lewis,” he said. "Our party has decided definitely that he must die before next August. Very few people were aware of it, but we were mainly responsible for the assassination of Senator Huey Long.” Huey Long, self-styled “Kingfish” and dictator of Louisiana, was shot by Dr Carl Weiss, a political opponent. in September, 1935. He died from his wounds.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 May 1938, Page 8
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176ASSASSINATION PLOT Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 May 1938, Page 8
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