In the 1960s, for a second decade, the United States FBI continued to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives . Following is a brief review of FBI people and events that place the 1960s decade in context, and then an historical list of individual suspects whose names first appeared on the 10 Most Wanted list during the decade of the 1960s, under FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.
As a decade, the 1960s were the final and most controversial of the Hoover era in the Bureau. The famous Director had formed and defined the Bureau for nearly a half century. During the turbulent 1960s, the FBI continued controversial domestic surveillance in an operation called Cointelpro. It aimed at investigating and disrupting dissident political organizations within the United States, including civil rights leaders, such as Martin Luther King Jr. who was a frequent target of investigation.
As a more friendly face presented to the public, in 1965 Warner Bros. Television presented the series The F.B.I. , showing dramatizations taken from actual historical FBI cases, starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. as fictional agent Louis Erskine. Epilogues included Zimbalist stepping out of character to alert viewers to Ten Most Wanted Fugitives from the FBI's contemporary list.
The FBI in the past has identified individuals by the sequence number in which each individual has appeared on the list. Some individuals have even appeared twice, and often a sequence number was permanently assigned to an individual suspect who was soon caught, captured, or simply removed, before his or her appearance could be published on the publicly released list. In those cases, the public would see only gaps in the number sequence reported by the FBI. For convenient reference, the wanted suspect's sequence number and date of entry on the FBI list appear below, whenever possible.
As the new decade opened, six of the ten places on the list remained filled by these elusive long-time fugitives, then still at large:
| Name | Sequence Number | Date of Entry | Notes |
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| Frederick J. Tenuto | #14 | 1950 | •On March 9, 1964, federal process against Tenuto was dismissed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by a U.S. District Judge and subsequently removed from the list. [1] |
| James Eddie Diggs | #36 | 1952 | •On December 14,1961, his charges were dismissed in Norfolk, Virginia and subsequently removed from the list. |
| David Daniel Keegan | #78 | 1954 | •On December 13, 1963, his charges were dismissed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and subsequently removed from the list. |
| Eugene Francis Newman | #97 | 1956 | •On June 11, 1965, his charges dismissed in Buffalo, New York and subsequently removed from the list. |
| Angelo Luigi Pero | #107 | 1958 | •On December 2, 1960, his charges were dismissed by the U.S. Attorney in New York, New York and subsequently removed from the list. |
| Edwin Sanford Garrison | #112 | 1959 | •Arrested in St. Louis, Missouri on September 9, 1960. He was also #59 on the list. |
The most wanted fugitives listed in the decade of the 1960s include (in FBI list appearance sequence order): [2] [3] [4]
| Name | Sequence Number | Date of Entry | Time Listed |
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| Kenneth Ray Lawson | #124 | January 1, 1960 | Two months |
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| Ted Jacob Rinehart | #125 | January 25, 1960 | Two months |
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| Charles Clyatt Rogers | #126 | March 18, 1960 | Two months |
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| Joseph Corbett, Jr. | #127 | March 30, 1960 | Seven months |
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| William Mason | #128 | April 6, 1960 | Three months |
| William Mason was arrested due to an FBI investigation, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on April 27, 1960. | |||
| Edward Reiley | #129 | May 10, 1960 | Three weeks |
| Edward Reiley was arrested in Rockford, Illinois, by the local sheriff after an auto salesman recognized Reiley from a Wanted Flyer on May 24, 1960. Upon arrest he pleaded, “Don’t shoot! I’m the guy you want.” | |||
| Harold Eugene Fields | #130 | May 25, 1960 | Four months |
| Harold Eugene Fields was arrested in Schererville, Indiana on September 5, 1960. Fields told arresting FBI agents his place on the “Top Ten” list convinced him his days of freedom were numbered and his apprehension came as no surprise. | |||
| Richard Peter Wagner | #131 | June 23, 1960 | Two days |
| Richard Peter Wagner was arrested in Minnesota on June 25, 1960, after a citizen recognized him from a newspaper article. An expert woodsman, Wagner had been a hunting and fishing guide at the lodge where he was captured. | |||
| James John Warjac | #132 | July 19, 1960 | Three days |
| James John Warjac was arrested in Los Angeles, California on July 22, 1960 due to an FBI investigation. | |||
| Ernest Tait | #133 | August 16, 1960 | One month |
| Ernest Tait was arrested in Denver, Colorado on September 10, 1960 due to an FBI investigation. He was also #23 on the list. | |||
| Clarence Leon Raby | #134 | August 19, 1960 | One week |
| Clarence Leon Raby surrendered to local authorities at his parents’ home in Heiskell, Tennessee on August 28, 1960. | |||
| Nathaniel Beans | #135 | September 12, 1960 | Three weeks |
| Nathaniel Beans was arrested in Buffalo, New York on September 30, 1960 by a police officer who recognized him from a magazine photograph. | |||
| Stanley William Fitzgerald | #136 | September 20, 1960 | Two days |
| Stanley William Fitzgerald was arrested in Portland, Oregon on September 22, 1960, by the FBI after a citizen recognized him from a photograph in a newspaper. | |||
| Donald Leroy Payne | #137 | October 6, 1960 | Five years |
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| Charles Francis Higgins | #138 | October 10, 1960 | One week |
| Charles Francis Higgins was arrested in Kirkwood, Missouri on October 17, 1960, by local police after an officer recognized him from a newspaper photograph. | |||
| Robert William Schultz, Jr. | #139 | October 12, 1960 | One month |
| Robert William Schultz, Jr. was arrested in Orlando, Florida on November 4, 1960, due to an FBI investigation. | |||
| Merle Lyle Gall | #140 | October 17, 1960 | Three months |
| Merle Lyle Gall was arrested in Scottsdale, Arizona on January 18, 1961 due to an FBI investigation. | |||
| James George Economou | #141 | October 31, 1960 | Five months |
| James George Economou was arrested in Los Angeles, California, on March 22, 1961, after a tip from an informant. | |||
| Ray Delano Tate | #142 | November 18, 1960 | One week |
| Ray Delano Tate surrendered to an editor of the New York Daily Mirror newspaper in New York, New York in November 1960 because he felt cornered by the vast publicity afforded his fugitive status. He was taken into custody immediately by FBI agents. | |||
| John B. Everhart | #143 | November 22, 1960 | Three years |
| John B. Everhart was arrested in San Francisco, California on November 6, 1963. He was taken into custody while painting a house. | |||
| Herbert Hoover Huffman | #144 | December 19, 1960 | One week |
| Herbert Hoover Huffman was apprehended in Cleveland, Ohio on December 29, 1960, after a fellow worker recognized him from a Wanted Poster. | |||
| Kenneth Eugene Cindle | #145 | December 23, 1960 | Four months |
| Kenneth Eugene Cindle was apprehended in Cochran County, Texas, in April 1961, after a local farmer saw Cindle’s photograph on television. The farmer had picked up a hitchhiker earlier that day and recognized him as Cindle. He had been hitchhiking across the county and working odd jobs to avoid apprehension. | |||
| Thomas Viola | #146 | January 17, 1961 | Two months |
| Thomas Viola was arrested in Detroit, Michigan on March 27, 1961, after a citizen recognized his photo in an article in American Weekly. | |||
| William Chester Cole | #147 | February 2, 1961 | Four days |
| William Chester Cole surrendered to FBI agents in Gulf Breeze, Florida on February 6, 1961. Cole said, “The ‘heat’ of the investigation was too much.” | |||
| Willie Hughes | #148 | March 15, 1961 | Five months |
| Willie Hughes was arrested in Pocatello, Idaho on August 8, 1961, where he had been working as a farm laborer. | |||
| William Terry Nichols | #149 | April 6, 1961 | One year |
| William Terry Nichols was arrested near Homestead, Florida on April 30, 1962, where he had started a commercial fishing business. | |||
| George Martin Bradley | #150 | April 10, 1961 | Three weeks |
| George Martin Bradley was arrested in Davenport, Iowa on May 1, 1961 by local police officers after an attempted bank robbery. He was identified after routine fingerprinting. | |||
| Philip Alfred LaNormandin | #151 | April 17, 1961 | A few hours |
| Philip Alfred LaNormandin was arrested on April 17, 1961 in Jersey City, New Jersey, a few hours after being placed on the list the very same day, thanks to a tip from a citizen who saw his photograph in the newspaper. | |||
| Kenneth Holleck Sharp | #152 | May 1, 1961 | Two months |
| Kenneth Holleck Sharp was arrested in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 3, 1961, after a citizen recognized his photograph in the Master Detective magazine. | |||
| Anthony Vincent Fede | #153 | May 22, 1961 | Five months |
| Anthony Vincent Fede was arrested in Los Angeles, California on October 28, 1961. Captured by FBI agents, Fede was carrying a toy pistol and a fake police badge. He said, “I should have given myself up.” | |||
| Richard Laurence Marquette | #154 | June 29, 1961 | One day |
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| Robert William Schuette | #155 | July 19, 1961 | Two weeks |
| Robert William Schuette was arrested in Chicago, Illinois on August 2, 1961. He had shaved his sideburns and mustache and changed his address 40 times to avoid being recognized. He congratulated the FBI saying, “You fellows sure did a good job.” In his pocket was a news clipping with a picture telling of his addition to the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list two weeks prior. | |||
| Chester Anderson McGonigal | #156 | August 14, 1961 | Three days |
| Chester Anderson McGonigal was arrested in Denver, Colorado on August 17, 1961, by the FBI after a citizen recognized his photograph in a newspaper. | |||
| Hugh Bion Morse | #157 | August 29, 1961 | Two months |
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| John Gibson Dillon | #158 | September 1, 1961 | Three years |
| John Gibson Dillon was found murdered in Chelsea, Oklahoma in 1964. His badly decomposed body was located at the bottom of a 15-foot, water-filled well on a remote farm. Wired to his body were 400 pounds of oil well drilling equipment. | |||
| John Robert Sawyer | #159 | October 30, 1961 | Four days |
| John Robert Sawyer was arrested in Wickendale, Arizona on November 3, 1961, by a local police officer after he recognized Sawyer’s vehicle in an All Points Bulletin issued by the FBI. | |||
| Edward Wayne Edwards | #160 | November 10, 1961 | Three months |
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| Franklin Eugene Alltop | #161 | November 22, 1961 | Three months |
| Franklin Eugene Alltop was arrested in Kansas City, Kansas on February 2, 1962 due to an FBI investigation. Alltop greeted the arresting FBI agents by saying, “I’ve been expecting you. I know you’re the FBI.” | |||
| Francis Laverne Brannan | #162 | December 27, 1961 | One month |
| Francis Laverne Brannan surrendered to the FBI in Miami, Florida on January 17, 1962. Calling from a phone at a downtown gas station, Brannan told them, “Come and get me, I’m tired of running from the FBI.” | |||
| Delbert Henry Linaweaver | #163 | January 30, 1962 | One week |
| Delbert Henry Linaweaver was arrested in Floydada, Texas on February 5, 1962, by the FBI after a citizen recognized him from a Wanted Flyer in a post office. | |||
| Watson Young, Jr. | #164 | February 5, 1962 | One week |
| Watson Young, Jr. was arrested in Salina, Kansas on February 12, 1962, driving a stolen ambulance. It had been stolen from an area funeral home. In his pocket, Young had his Identification Order. | |||
| Lyndal Ray Smith | #165 | February 14, 1962 | One month |
| Lyndal Ray Smith surrendered in Baltimore, Maryland on March 22, 1962, as a result of television and newspaper publicity. | |||
| Harry Robert Grove, Jr. | #166 | February 19, 1962 | One year |
| Harry Robert Grove, Jr. was arrested in Uhrichsville, Ohio on January 26, 1963, by the Ohio State Highway Patrol after being observed loitering in a supermarket. | |||
| Bobby Randell Wilcoxson | #167 | February 23, 1962 | Nine months |
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| Albert Frederick Nussbaum | #168 | April 2, 1962 | Seven months |
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| Thomas Welton Holland | #169 | May 11, 1962 | Three weeks |
| Thomas Welton Holland was arrested in La Harpe, Kansas on June 2, 1962, by a police officer who recognized him from a Wanted Flyer. | |||
| Edward Howard Maps | #170 | June 15, 1962 | Five years |
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| David Stanley Jacubanis | #171 | November 21, 1962 | One week |
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| John Kinchloe DeJarnette | #172 | November 30, 1962 | Four days |
| John Kinchloe DeJarnette was arrested in Hollywood, California on December 3, 1962 due to an FBI investigation. | |||
| Michael Joseph O'Connor | #173 | December 13, 1962 | Two weeks |
| Michael Joseph O'Connor was arrested by FBI agents in a restaurant in New York, New York on December 28, 1962. He had been hiding out in a New York hotel. | |||
| John Lee Taylor | #174 | December 14, 1962 | One week |
| John Lee Taylor was arrested in Chicago, Illinois on December 20, 1962 due to an FBI investigation. | |||
April 20, 1968 #277, & also June 11, 1977 #351
Two months on the list
James Earl Ray was apprehended June 8, 1968 in London, England by British authorities for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
He died of hepatitis C at age 70 in prison.
January 8, 1969 #295
shortest time (excluding never published) on the list, 2 hours
Fourth "Special Addition"
Billie Austin Bryant was wanted for first degree murder of two FBI Agents
status: US PRISONER at the Federal Penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia November 4, 1969
By the end of the decade, the following fugitives were remaining at large on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list:
| Name | Sequence number | Date of entry |
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| John William Clousre | #203 | 1965 |
| Charles Lee Herron | #265 | 1968 |
| Taylor Morris Teaford | #279 | 1968 |
| Byron James Rice | #282 | 1968 |
| Warren David Reddock | #298 | 1969 |
| Cameron David Bishop | #300 | 1969 |
| Marie Dean Arrington | #301 | 1969 |
| Benjamin Hoskin Paddock | #302 | 1969 |
| Joseph Lloyd Thomas | #304 | 1969 |
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