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William Edward Waggonner, usually known as W. E. "Willie" Waggonner (August 7, 1905 – May 9, 1976), was from 1948 until his death in office the sheriff of Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana. A native and resident of Plain Dealing near the Arkansas state line, he was the older brother of U.S. Representative Joseph David "Joe D." Waggonner, Jr., who held Louisiana's 4th congressional district seat from 1961 to 1979.〔"Bossier Sheriff Waggonner Dies", ''The Shreveport Times'', May 10, 1976〕 ==Role as sheriff== The son of Joseph David Waggonner, Sr. (1873-1950) and the former Elizzibeth Johnston (1882-1957),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Plain Dealing Cemetery interments )〕 Waggonner was a deputy from 1936 to 1948, under Sheriff Louis H. Padgett, Sr., when he was elected sheriff at the time that Earl Kemp Long returned to the Louisiana governorship after an absence of eight years. Waggonner was a president of the Louisiana Sheriff's Association and a member of the Louisiana Peace Officers and the National Sheriff's associations. He was affiliated too with the Masonic lodge, Lions International, and the Chamber of Commerce.〔 Early in 1954, ''The Shreveport Times'' published a picture by its chief photographer, H. Langston McEachern, entitled, "The Sheriff Weeps", depicting a heartbroken Waggonner mourning the deaths of two law-enforcement officers. One of Waggonner's deputies, Maurice M. Miller (1912-1954) was shot to death when he confronted a suspect, Ed "Man" West (1918-1954) in West's residence in Taylortown in Bossier Parish. West then shot to death Shreveport Police Chief Edward Gaston Huckabay (1906-1954), when Huckabay attempted to retrieve Miller's body. Other officers then killed West.〔''The Shreveport Times'', February 27, 1954〕 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Deputy Sheriff Maurice M. Miller: Officer Down Memorials )〕 On December 5, 1959, Waggonner was handily reelected as sheriff in the same election in which his brother, Joe Waggonner, was an unsuccessful candidate for Louisiana state comptroller against eventual winner Roy R. Theriot. Willie Waggonner defeated fellow Democrat Joe B. Mason, an Arkansas native, by a five-to-one margin.〔''The Shreveport Times'', December 6, 1959〕 In 1967, Waggonner, along with his chief deputy and subsequent successor as sheriff, Vol Dooley, were accused of collusion with then Judge O. E. Price and District Attorney Louis H. Padgett, Jr. of the 26th Judicial District (the son of the sheriff whom Waggonner had succeeded to the office) to rig the double murder trial of rodeo star Jack Favor. Favor was falsely accused of shooting to death an elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Richey, who operated a bait and tackle business near Haughton in Bossier Parish. Waggonner believed the false testimony of Favor's accuser, Floyd Edward Cumbey.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="Legal Blotch", January 6, 1982, p. 20 )〕 After his conviction was overturned Favor sued for wrongful conviction and imprisonment but settled for $55,000.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jack Favor, rodeo star ... )〕The actor Robert Norsworthy, under the fictitious name "Sheriff Gerker," played Waggonner in the 1998 television movie, ''Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack )〕 On February 1, 1968, Waggonner hired Wilbert Anderson, the first African American deputy sheriff in Bossier Parish. Anderson was also the first black licensed bail bondsman in the parish. He retired as the first black detective in the department.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Significant People )〕 In 1973, outgoing Mayor George Nattin of Bossier City was charged by a grand jury under District Attorney Charles A. Marvin of three counts of public bribery. Waggonner booked Nattin, his son, George Nattin, Jr., and three other suspects but refused to fingerprint them or take their mug shots. Ultimately, Nattin was acquitted of two charges, and a third was dropped. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Willie Waggonner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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