1959 fugitives
The "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" listed by the FBI in 1959 include (in FBI list appearance sequence order):
David Lynn Thurston
January 8, 1959 #110
One month on the list
David Lynn Thurston - U.S. prisoner apprehended February 6, 1959, in New York City by police after a chase through theater crowds on the streets, after attempting to rob a Broadway restaurant
Edwin Sanford Garrison
March 4, 1959 #112
One year on the list
Edwin Sanford Garrison - U.S. prisoner arrested September 9, 1960, in St. Louis, Missouri; he told the FBI Agents: "I'm glad it's over. I know the FBI. You can't fool the FBI for very long." He had also been arrested in 1953 as Fugitive #59 in Detroit, Michigan
Richard Allen Hunt
May 27, 1959 #114
One week on the list
Richard Allen Hunt - U.S. prisoner arrested June 2, 1959, by the local sheriff in Thermopolis, Wyoming, after a citizen recognized him from a wanted flyer
Walter Bernard O'Donnell
June 17, 1959 #115
Two days on the list
Walter Bernard O'Donnell - U.S. prisoner arrested June 19, 1959, in Norfolk, Virginia, by the FBI after a citizen recognized his photograph in a newspaper article. At the time of his apprehension O'Donnell was posing as a retired U.S. Postal Inspector and was scheduled to speak before a Norfolk citizen group that night.
Billy Owens Williams
July 10, 1959 #116
Eight months on the list
Billy Owens Williams - U.S. prisoner arrested March 4, 1960, in New York City
James Francis Jenkins
July 21, 1959 #117
Three weeks on the list
James Francis Jenkins - U.S. prisoner arrested August 12, 1959, in a Buffalo, New York, motel after an informant tipped off the Bureau
Harry Raymond Pope
August 11, 1959 #118
Two weeks on the list
Harry Raymond Pope - U.S. prisoner arrested August 25, 1959, in Lubbock, Texas, by the FBI and Texas Rangers
Robert Garfield Brown, Jr.
September 9, 1959 #120
Four months on the list
Robert Garfield Brown, Jr. - U.S. prisoner arrested January 11, 1960, in Cincinnati, Ohio, by the FBI after a citizen recognized his photograph on an Identification Order
Frederick Anthony Seno
September 24, 1959 #121
One day on the list
Frederick Anthony Seno - U.S. prisoner arrested September 24, 1959, in a Miami, Florida, rooming house where he had been living under an assumed name. When approached by FBI Agents he shouted, "Don't shoot! Don't shoot!"
Smith Gerald Hudson
October 7, 1959 #122
Ten months on the list
Smith Gerald Hudson - U.S. prisoner arrested July 31, 1960, in Cozad, Nebraska, after a citizen recognized him from a wanted flyer. Hudson refused to admit his identity and was identified through fingerprints
Joseph Lloyd Thomas
October 21, 1959 #123
Two months on the list, later also Fugitive #304 in 1969
Joseph Lloyd Thomas - reappeared as Fugitive #304 in 1969; was a U.S. prisoner arrested December 16, 1959, in Pelzer, South Carolina, by the FBI after a citizen recognized his photograph on an Identification Order in a post office. Thomas had grown a mustache for a disguise. He had established himself in the used car business and had enrolled his children in a local school
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.
In the 1950s, the United States FBI began 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 1950s decade in context, and then an historical list of individual fugitives whose names first appeared on the 10 Most Wanted list during the decade of the 1950s, under FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.
In 1951, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a second year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1952, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a third year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1953, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a fourth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1954, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a fifth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1955, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a sixth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1956, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a seventh year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1957, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for an eighth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1958, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a ninth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1960, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for an eleventh year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1961, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a twelfth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1962, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a thirteenth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1963, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a fourteenth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1964, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a fifteenth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1965, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a sixteenth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1966, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a seventeenth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1967, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for an eighteenth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1968, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a nineteenth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In 1969, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a twentieth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
