John William Clouser

Jack Clouser
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive
Charges	Escaped federal prisoner, robbery
Alias	Jack Clauster John William Clauser Chuck A. Williams "The Florida Fox"
Description
Born	(1932-03-29) March 29, 1932 (age 93) Chicago, Illinois
Gender	Male
Status
Added	January 7, 1965
Removed	August 1, 1972
Number	203
Removed from Top Ten Fugitive List

John William Clouser (born March 29, 1932) was an American robber who was on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list ^[1] in 1965.

Background

A former police officer and detective in Orlando, Florida, ^[2] Clouser was added on the list on January 7, 1965 and removed when a federal process against him was dismissed in 1972. ^[3] He was previously committed to a mental hospital after being arrested for kidnapping and armed robbery, which he later escaped in April 1964. ^{[4] [5]} Clouser surrendered to law enforcement on August 21, 1974. He later authored a book, The Most Wanted Man in America detailing the time he eluded authorities while on the list. ^[6]

References

1. "203. John William Clouser". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
2. Richard H. Ward; Nina Duchaine; Robert McCormack (1 April 1979). The Literature of Police Corruption: A selected annotated bibliography. John Jay Press. p. 168. ISBN   978-0-89444-008-3.
3. Duane Swierczynski (4 February 2014). The Encyclopedia of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List: Over Fifty Years of Convicts, Robbers, Terrorists, and Other Rogues. Skyhorse Publishing. p. 383. ISBN   978-1-62873-906-0.
4. "Most Wanted Fugitive Terms Self 'Florida Fox'". Cumberland Evening Times. April 20, 1967. p. 14. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
5. Henry Lee (February 5, 1967). "WANTED!". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. 101 – via newspapers.com.
6. Cynthia R. Fadool (1976). Contemporary Authors: A Bio-bibliographical Guide to Current Authors and Their Works. Gale Research Company. ISBN   978-0-8103-0028-6.