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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Name	Reason	Date Added	Date Caught/Turned In	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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Frequently Asked Questions". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x 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
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d FBI Most Wanted Fugitives List: The Worst Criminals of 1953
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ ^a ^b 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. ^{[dead link]}
^ FBI Most Wanted Fugitives List: The Worst Criminals of 1959

[FBI-1] "Frequently Asked Questions". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 2016-09-02.

[matera-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x Dary Matera, FBI's Ten Most Wanted, (New York: HarperCollins, 2003), pg. 27.

[3] FBI website entry on William Sutton

[4] FBI Most Wanted Fugitives List: The Worst Criminals of 1951

[5] FBI Most Wanted Fugitives List: The Worst Criminals of 1952

[worst1953-6] FBI Most Wanted Fugitives List: The Worst Criminals of 1953

[Newton-7] Newton, Michael. Encyclopedia of Robbers, Heists, and Capers. New York: Facts On File Inc., 2002. ISBN 0-8160-4488-0

[8] FBI Most Wanted Fugitives List: The Worst Criminals of 1954

[9] "Spokane Bad Man Nabbed after 3 weeks on "List"". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Elko, Nev. June 8, 1954. p. 2. Retrieved 16 November 2009.

[loel-10] Oklahoma Department of Corrections: Execution Statistics (Excel Spreadsheet)#77

[11] FBI Most Wanted Fugitives List: The Worst Criminals of 1955

[12] Nicholas Montos, oldest prisoner in Mass. Rocky Mountain News

[13] * Morgan, R. D. Taming the Sooner State: The War Between Lawmen and Outlaws in Oklahoma.

[14] FBI Most Wanted Fugitives List: The Worst Criminals of 1958

[15] 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. ^{[dead link]}

[16] FBI Most Wanted Fugitives List: The Worst Criminals of 1959

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