List of Former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives for the 1950s
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This is a list of former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives that have been listed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives between January 1, 1950 and December 31, 1959.
Former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1950s
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1950
Main article: FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by year, 1950
| Name | Reason | Date Added | Date Caught/Turned In | Date of Death (if any) | Number on List |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas James Holden | Three counts of first-degree murder, Unlawful flight to avoid prosecution[2] | March 14, 1950 | June 23, 1951 | #01 | |
| Morley Vernon King | Murder of his wife Helen on July 9, 1947[2] | March 15, 1950 | October 31, 1951 | #02 | |
| William Nesbit | Disappearing from prison as a trusty driver, while serving a life sentence for murder.[2] | March 16, 1950 | March 18, 1950 | August 1983 | #03 |
| Henry Randolph Mitchell | Robbery of a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation bank in Williston, Florida January 21, 1948 – Charges Dropped on July 18, 1958 due to statute of limitations.[2] | March 17, 1950 | July 18, 1958 Removed |
#04 | |
| Omar August Pinson | Crossing state lines after escape on May 30, 1949 from the Oregon State Prison with a cellmate while serving life imprisonment at Oregon State Penitentiary for first degree murder.[2] | March 18, 1950 | August 28, 1950 | October 15, 1997 | #05 |
| Lee Emory Downs | Burglary of Colombian consulate in San Francisco, possention of weapons, dynamite and fuses, robbery of a telephone company office.[2] | March 20, 1950 | April 7, 1950 | #06 | |
| Orba Elmer Jackson | Escape from an honor farm September 3, 1947 while serving a sentence for beating a man and robbing a store also serving as a United States Post Office near Poplar Bluff, Missouri.[2] | March 21, 1950 | March 23, 1950 | #07 | |
| Glen Roy Wright | Escaped from prison September 14, 1948 while serving a life sentence in 1934 at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester, Oklahoma for armed robbery.[2] | March 22, 1950 | December 13, 1950 | May 7, 1954 | #08 |
| Henry Harland Shelton | Escaped September 5, 1949 from the Michigan House of Correction and Branch Prison while serving forty-five years for kidnapping and five counts of car theft.[2] | March 23, 1950 | June 23, 1950 | August 1950 | #09 |
| Morris Guralnick | Assaulting a guards and escape on July 11, 1948 from Ulster County Jail while serving a sentence for the stabbing of his former girlfriend and bit off the finger of an arresting officer.[2] | March 24, 1950 | December 15, 1950 | September 1957 | #10 |
| Willie Sutton | Multiple counts of escape while serving a life sentences for multiple counts of robbery and assault.[3] | March 20, 1950 | February 18, 1956 | November 2, 1980 | #11 |
| Stephen William Davenport | April 4, 1950 | May 5, 1950 | #12 | ||
| Henry Clay Tollett | April 1, 1950 | June 4, 1951 | June 4, 1951 Killed |
#13 | |
| Frederick J. Tenuto | Charges Dismissed on March 9, 1964[2] | May 24, 1950 | March 9, 1964 Removed |
#14 | |
| Thomas Kling | July 17, 1950 | February 20, 1952 | #15 | ||
1951
Main article: FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by year, 1951
| Name | Reason | Date Added | Date Caught/Turned In | Date of Death (if any) | Number on List |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meyer Dembin | September 5, 1950 | November 26, 1951 | #16 | ||
| Courtney Townshend Taylor | January 8, 1951 | February 16, 1951 | #17 | ||
| Joseph Franklin Bent | January 9, 1951 | August 29, 1952 | #18 | ||
| Harry H. Burton | Wanted for murder, later acquitted[2] | March 9, 1951 | February 7, 1952 | #19 | |
| Joseph Paul Cato | Had been approved to be placed on the "Top Ten" list, but surrendered prior to the press release date.[2] | June 27, 1951 | June 21, 1951 Surrendered before publication |
#20 | |
| Anthony Brancato | June 27, 1951 | June 29, 1951 | August 6, 1951 | #21 | |
| Frederick Emerson Peters | July 2, 1951 | January 15, 1952 | 1959 | #22 | |
| Ernest Tait | Burglary[4] | July 11, 1951 | July 12, 1951 | #23 and #133 | |
| Ollie Gene Embry | July 25, 1951 | August 5, 1951 | #24 | ||
| Giachino Anthony Baccolla | August 20, 1951 | December 10, 1951 | #25 | ||
| Raymond Edward Young | November 12, 1951 | November 16, 1951 | #26 | ||
| John Thomas Hill | December 10, 1951 | August 16, 1952 | #27 | ||
1952
Main article: FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by year, 1952
| Name | Reason | Date Added | Date Caught/Turned In | Date of Death (if any) | Number on List |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Arthur Heroux | Robbery of the Johnson County National Bank and Trust Company of Prairie Village, Kansas[2] | July 25, 1952 | December 19, 1951 | #28 | |
| Sydney Gordon Martin | January 7, 1952 | November 27, 1953 | #29 | ||
| Gerhard Arthur Puff | Bank robbery (Executed for the murder of an FBI Agent trying to arrest him on July 26, 1952)[2] | January 28, 1952 | July 26, 1952 | August 12, 1954 Executed |
#30 |
| Thomas Edward Young | February 21, 1952 | September 23, 1952 | #31 | ||
| Kenneth Lee Maurer | Murder[2] | February 27, 1952 | January 8, 1953 | #32 | |
| Isaie Aldy Beausoleil | March 3, 1952 | June 25, 1953 | #33 | ||
| Leonard Joseph Zalutsky | August 5, 1952 | September 8, 1952 | #34 | ||
| William Merle Martin | August 11, 1952 | August 30, 1952 | #35 | ||
| James Eddie Diggs | Charges drop December 14, 1961[2] | August 27, 1952 | December 14, 1961 removed |
#36 | |
| Nick George Montos | Bank robbery and prison escape[5] | September 8, 1952 | August 23, 1954 | #37 and #94 in 1956 | |
| Theodore Richard Byrd, Jr. | September 10, 1952 | February 21, 1953 | #38 | ||
| Harden Collins Kemper | September 17, 1952 | January 1, 1953 | #39 | ||
| John Joseph Brennan | October 6, 1952 | January 23, 1953 | #40 | ||
1953
Main article: FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by year, 1953
| Name | Reason | Date Added | Date Caught/Turned In | Date of Death (if any) | Number on List |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Patrick Shue | January 15, 1953 | February 13, 1953 | #41 | ||
| Lawson David Shirk Butler | January 22, 1953 | April 21, 1953 | #42 | ||
| Joseph James Brletic | Escape[6] | February 8, 1953 | February 10, 1953 | #43 | |
| David Dallas Taylor | March 3, 1953 | May 26, 1953 | #44 | ||
| Perlie Miller | March 4, 1953 | March 5, 1953 | #45 | ||
| Fred William Bowerman | March 5, 1953 | April 24, 1953 | April 24, 1953 Killed |
#46 | |
| Robert Benton Mathus | March 16, 1953 | March 19, 1953 | #47 | ||
| Floyd Allen Hill | March 30, 1953 | April 18, 1953 | #48 | ||
| Joseph Levy | Expert con man[6] | May 1, 1953 | April 30, 1953 | #49 | |
| Arnold Hinson | May 4, 1953 | November 7, 1953 | #50 | ||
| Gordon Lee Cooper | May 11, 1953 | June 11, 1953 | #51 | ||
| Fleet Robert Current | String of robberies between 1952 and 1953 including a robbery in Minneapolis-St. Paul area and San Francisco, California area.[7] | May 18, 1953 | July 12, 1953 | August 30, 1983 | #52 |
| Donald Charles Fitterer | June 8, 1953 | June 21, 1953 | #53 | ||
| John Raleigh Cooke | Armed robbery[6] | June 22, 1953 | October 20, 1953 | #54 | |
| Jack Gordon White | July 6, 1953 | August 27, 1953 | #55 | ||
| Alex Richard Bryant | July 14, 1953 | January 26, 1954 | #56 | ||
| George William Krendich | July 22, 1953 | October 11, 1953 | October 11, 1953 Suicide |
#57 | |
| Lloyd Reed Russell | September 8, 1953 | August 3, 1954 | August 3, 1954 Killed |
#58 | |
| Edwin Sanford Garrison | October 26, 1953 | November 3, 1953 | #59 and #112 | ||
| Franklin James Wilson | November 2, 1953 | January 18, 1954 | #60 | ||
| Charles E. Johnson | Bank Robbery[7] | November 12, 1953 | December 28, 1954 | #61 | |
| Thomas Jackson Massingale | November 18, 1953 | November 26, 1953 | #62 | ||
| Peter Edward Kenzik | December 7, 1953 | January 26, 1955 | #63 | ||
| Thomas Everett Dickerson | December 10, 1953 | December 21, 1953 | #64 | ||
1954
Main article: FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by year, 1954
| Name | Reason | Date Added | Date Caught/Turned In | Date of Death (if any) | Number on List |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester Lee Davenport | Cattle rustling, kidnapping, and prison escape[6] | January 6, 1954 | January 7, 1954 | #65 | |
| Alex Whitmore | Assault and robbery[8] | January 11, 1954 | May 10, 1954 | #66 | |
| Everett Lowell Krueger | January 25, 1954 | February 15, 1954 | #67 | ||
| Apee Hamp Chapman | February 3, 1954 | February 10, 1954 | #68 | ||
| Nelson Robert Duncan | February 8, 1954 | February 21, 1954 | #69 | ||
| Charles Falzone | February 24, 1954 | August 17, 1955 | #70 | ||
| Basil Kingsley Beck | March 1, 1954 | March 3, 1954 | #71 | ||
| James William Lofton | March 16, 1954 | March 17, 1954 | #72 | ||
| Clarence Dye | Armed Robbery[2] | March 18, 1954 | August 3, 1955 | #73 | |
| Sterling Groom | April 2, 1954 | April 21, 1954 | #74 | ||
| Raymond Louis Owen Menard | May 3, 1954 | May 5, 1954 | #75 | ||
| John Alfred Hopkins | Escape and Murder [9] | May 18, 1954 | June 7, 1954 | #76 | |
| Otto Austin Loel | Murder[10] | May 21, 1954 | January 17, 1955 | January 11, 1957[10] Executed |
#77 |
| David Daniel Keegan | Charged Dropped on December 13, 1963[2] | June 21, 1954 | December 13, 1963 Removed |
#78 | |
| Walter James Wilkinson | August 17, 1954 | January 12, 1955 | #79 | ||
| John Harry Allen | September 7, 1954 | December 21, 1954 in | #80 | ||
1955
Main article: FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by year, 1955
| Name | Reason | Date Added | Date Caught/Turned In | Date of Death (if any) | Number on List |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Lester Belew | Forgery, kidnapping, and escape[11] | January 4, 1955 | January 24, 1955 | #81 | |
| Kenneth Darrell Carpenter | January 31, 1955 | February 4, 1955 | #82 | ||
| Flenoy Payne | February 2, 1955 | March 11, 1958 | #83 | ||
| Palmer Julius Morset | February 7, 1955 | March 2, 1956 | #84 | ||
| Patrick Eugene McDermott | February 9, 1955 | July 19, 1955 | #85 | ||
| Garland William Daniels | February 18, 1955 | March 29, 1955 | #86 | ||
| Daniel William O'Connor | April 11, 1955 | December 26, 1958 | #87 | ||
| Jack Harvey Raymond | August 8, 1955 | October 14, 1955 | #88 | ||
| Daniel Abram Everhart | August 17, 1955 | October 9, 1955 | #89 | ||
| Charles Edward Ranels | September 2, 1955 | December 16, 1956 | #90 | ||
| Thurman Arthur Green | October 24, 1955 | February 16, 1956 | #91 | ||
| John Allen Kendrick | Murder, Bank Robbery, and escape[7] | November 2, 1955 | December 2, 1955 | November 20, 1960 | #92 |
| Joseph James Bagnola | December 19, 1955 | December 30, 1956 | #93 | ||
1956
Main article: FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by year, 1956
| Name | Reason | Date Added | Date Caught/Turned In | Date of Death (if any) | Number on List |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick George Montos | Bank Robbery - Escape from prison[12] | March 2, 1956 | March 28, 1956 | November 30, 2008 | #37 and #94 |
| James Ignatius Faherty | Arrested with Thomas Francis Richardson (#96)[2] | March 19, 1956 | May 16, 1956 | #95 | |
| Thomas Francis Richardson | Arrested with James Ignatius Faherty (#95)[2] | April 12, 1956 | May 16, 1956 | #96 | |
| Eugene Francis Newman | Charges dismissed on June 11, 1965[2] | May 28, 1956 | June 11, 1965 Removed |
#97 | |
| Carmine DiBiase | May 28, 1956 | August 28, 1958 | #98 | ||
1957
Main article: FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by year, 1957
| Name | Reason | Date Added | Date Caught/Turned In | Date of Death (if any) | Number on List |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Golden McCollum | Murder, Robbery and escape[13] | January 4, 1957 | March 7, 1958 | 1963 | #099 |
| Alfred James White | January 14, 1957 | January 24, 1957 | #100 | ||
| Robert L. Green | February 11, 1957 | February 13, 1957 | #101 | ||
| George Edward Cole | February 25, 1957 | July 6, 1959 | #102 | ||
1958
Main article: FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by year, 1958
| Name | Reason | Date Added | Date Caught/Turned In | Date of Death (if any) | Number on List |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene Russell McCracken | March 26, 1958 | March 27, 1958 | #103 | ||
| Frank Aubrey Leftwich | April 4, 1958 | April 18, 1958 | #104 | ||
| Quay Cleon Kilburn | Escape, robbery, and embezzlement.[14] | April 16, 1958 | June 2, 1958 | #105 and #188 | |
| Dominick Scialo | May 9, 1958 | July 27, 1959 | #106 | ||
| Angelo Luigi Pero | Charges dismissed on December 2, 1960[2] | June 16, 1958 | December 2, 1960 Removed |
#107 | |
| Frederick Grant Dunn | Bank robber and burglar | June 17, 1958[2] | September 8, 1959 | before September 8, 1959 Murdered |
#108 |
| Frank Lawrence Sprenz | September 10, 1958 | April 15, 1959 | #109 | ||
1959
Main article: FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by year, 1959
| Name | Reason | Date Added | Date Caught/Turned In | Date of Death (if any) | Number on List |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Lynn Thurston | January 8, 1959 | February 6, 1959 | #110 | ||
| John Thomas Freeman | February 17, 1959 | February 18, 1959 | #111 | ||
| Edwin Sanford Garrison | March 4, 1959 | September 9, 1960 | #112 and #59 | ||
| Emmett Bernard Kervan | April 29, 1959 | May 13, 1959 | #113 | ||
| Richard Allen Hunt | May 27, 1959 | June 2, 1959 | #114 | ||
| Walter Bernard O'Donnell | June 17, 1959 | June 19, 1959 | #115 | ||
| Billy Owens Williams | July 10, 1959 | March 4, 1960 | #116 | ||
| James Francis Jenkins | August 12, 1959 | July 21, 1959 | #117 | ||
| Harry Raymond Pope | August 11, 1959 | August 25, 1959 | #118 | ||
| James Francis Duffy | August 26, 1959 | September 2, 1959 | #119 | ||
| Robert Garfield Brown, Jr. | September 9, 1959 | January 11, 1960 | #120 | ||
| Frederick Anthony Seno | September 24, 1959 | September 24, 1959 | #121 | ||
| Smith Gerald Hudson | Escape and Murder[15] | October 7, 1959 | July 31, 1960 | #122 | |
| Joseph Lloyd Thomas | Bank robbery, Federal parole violation.[16] | October 21, 1959 | December 16, 1959 | #123 and #309 | |
See also
- FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
- FBI Most Wanted Terrorists
- Former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
- List of Former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives for the 1960s
- FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1960s
- List of Former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives for the 1970s
- FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1970s
- List of Former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives for the 1980s
- FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1980s
- List of Former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives for the 1990s
- FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1990s
- List of Former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives for the 2000s
- FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 2000s
References
- 1 2 3 "Frequently Asked Questions". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Dary Matera, FBI's Ten Most Wanted, (New York: HarperCollins, 2003), pg. 27.
- ↑ FBI website entry on William Sutton
- ↑ FBI Most Wanted Fugitives List: The Worst Criminals of 1951
- ↑ FBI Most Wanted Fugitives List: The Worst Criminals of 1952
- 1 2 3 4 FBI Most Wanted Fugitives List: The Worst Criminals of 1953
- 1 2 3 Newton, Michael. Encyclopedia of Robbers, Heists, and Capers. New York: Facts On File Inc., 2002. ISBN 0-8160-4488-0
- ↑ FBI Most Wanted Fugitives List: The Worst Criminals of 1954
- ↑ "Spokane Bad Man Nabbed after 3 weeks on "List"". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Elko, Nev. June 8, 1954. p. 2. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
- 1 2 Oklahoma Department of Corrections: Execution Statistics (Excel Spreadsheet)#77
- ↑ FBI Most Wanted Fugitives List: The Worst Criminals of 1955
- ↑ Nicholas Montos, oldest prisoner in Mass. Rocky Mountain News
- ↑
- Morgan, R. D. Taming the Sooner State: The War Between Lawmen and Outlaws in Oklahoma.
- ↑ FBI Most Wanted Fugitives List: The Worst Criminals of 1958
- ↑ Associated Press (1960-08-02). "'Wanted Circular' leads to jailing of escaped Killer". The Free-Lance Star. Omaha, Neb. p. 10. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
- ↑ FBI Most Wanted Fugitives List: The Worst Criminals of 1959
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