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On December 5, 1959, in his successful bid for a fourth term, 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 Roy R. Theriot, Sr. (1914-1973). Willie Waggonner defeated fellow Democrat Joe B. Mason, a native Arkansan, by a five-to-one margin.<ref>''The Shreveport Times'', December 6, 1959.</ref>  

On December 5, 1959, in his successful bid for a fourth term, 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 Roy R. Theriot, Sr. (1914-1973). Willie Waggonner defeated fellow Democrat Joe B. Mason, a native Arkansan, by a five-to-one margin.<ref>''The Shreveport Times'', December 6, 1959.</ref>  

   

   

In 1967, Waggonner, along with his chief deputy and subsequent successor as sheriff, Vol Sevier Dooley, Jr. (1927-2014), were accused of collusion with then Judge Oscar Ewing Price (1924-2006) and District Attorney Louis H. Padgett, Jr. (1913-1980), of the 26th Judicial District, who was the son of the sheriff whom Waggonner had succeeded, to rig the double murder trial of Jack Favor (1911-1988), a rodeo star from [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]], who 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 south Bossier Parish. Waggonner believed the false testimony of Favor's accuser, Floyd Edward Cumbey.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/16846793/|title="Legal Blotch", January 6, 1982, p. 20|publisher=''The Paris (Texas) News''|accessdate=February 7, 2014}}</ref> After his conviction was overturned Favor sued for wrongful conviction and imprisonment but settled for only $55,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19760317&id=jxFXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WUMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6270,4230032|title=Jack Favor, rodeo star ...|publisher=google.com|accessdate=February 6, 2014}}</ref> The actor Robert Norsworthy, under the fictitious name "Sheriff Gerker," played Waggonner in the 1998 [[television]] film, ''Still Holding On:  The Legend of Cadillac Jack''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138340/|title=''Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=February 17, 2014}}</ref>

In 1967, Waggonner, along with his chief deputy and subsequent successor as sheriff, Vol Sevier Dooley, Jr. (1927-2014), were accused of collusion with then Judge Oscar Ewing Price (1924-2006) and 26th Judicial District Attorney Louis H. Padgett, Jr. (1913-1980) (the son of the sheriff whom Waggonner had succeeded), to rig the double murder trial of Jack Favor (1911-1988), a rodeo star from [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]], who 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 south Bossier Parish. Waggonner believed the false testimony of Favor's accuser, Floyd Edward Cumbey.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/16846793/|title="Legal Blotch", January 6, 1982, p. 20|publisher=''The Paris (Texas) News''|accessdate=February 7, 2014}}</ref> After his conviction was overturned Favor sued for wrongful conviction and imprisonment but settled for only $55,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19760317&id=jxFXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WUMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6270,4230032|title=Jack Favor, rodeo star ...|publisher=google.com|accessdate=February 6, 2014}}</ref> The actor Robert Norsworthy, under the fictitious name "Sheriff Gerker," played Waggonner in the 1998 [[television]] film, ''Still Holding On:  The Legend of Cadillac Jack''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138340/|title=''Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=February 17, 2014}}</ref>

   

   

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blackdigitalnetwork.com/bct/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10&Itemid=30&limit=1&limitstart=2|title=Significant People|publisher=blackdigitalnetwork.com|accessdate=February 7, 2014}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blackdigitalnetwork.com/bct/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10&Itemid=30&limit=1&limitstart=2|title=Significant People|publisher=blackdigitalnetwork.com|accessdate=February 7, 2014}}</ref>