Obituary of WILL LANTRIP, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 15520 Swan Lake Blvd., Gulfport, MS 
39503

From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  
Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.

Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for 
allowing the following to be added to the Archives.





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Date:  October 20, 1927

Headline:  Local Officers Will Go to Oklahoma City for Slayer of Will Lantrip

Deputies from the LaSalle Parish sheriff's office are expected to leave 
within the next few days for Oklahoma City to convey Roxy C. West to Jena.  
It is alleged that West has confessed that he murdered Will Lantrip in the 
Tullos oil fields in February of last year and has been at liberty since that 
time.

Stewart Bridges was arrested after the killing of Lantrip but has not been 
brought to trial, since the officers claim they could secure little evidence 
upon which to convict.  Bridges has stoutly denied any connection with the 
slaying, saying that he, too, was held up by the two men who killed Lantrip.

The local sheriff's office stated that a man by the name of Shanahan is 
wanted in connection with West.  They believe that he can be secured since 
West has been apprehended  and that if he cannot be connected with the crime 
he will be held as a material witness.

West was arrested in Oklahoma City the first of this week in connection with 
the killing of a woman.  A message was received by the Jena Times Tuesday 
from the Oklahoma City Herald asking for further information regarding the 
Lantrip killing and stating that West had confessed.  

The killing is alleged to have arisen over a dispute concerning a small 
amount of money.

District Attorney Fuller has been forwarded the confession from the Oklahoma 
City officers and upon his recommendation the local sheriff will be asked to 
go Oklahoma for the man.