- FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by year, 1954
In 1954, the
United States FBI , under DirectorJ. Edgar Hoover , continued for a fifth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.1954 was again a very productive year for the FBI, as the Bureau listed and then also soon caught many fugitive top ten, often with help from citizens. The
Saturday Evening Post featured weekly articles about the top ten fugitives and was one of the key media outlets used by the FBI, often leading to recognition and capture of top ten fugitives.1954 fugitives
The "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" listed by the FBI in 1954 include (in FBI list appearance sequence order):
Chester Lee Davenport
January 6 1954 #65
One day on the listChester Lee Davenport - U.S. prisoner arrestedJanuary 7 1954 while milking a cow nearDixon, California , after the local veterinarian recognized his photograph in a newspaper as being a dairy farm workerAlex Whitmore
January 11 1954 #66
Four months on the listAlex Whitmore - U.S. prisoner arrestedMay 10 1954 inSeattle, Washington after a citizen recognized him from a television broadcastEverett Lowell Krueger
January 25 1954 #67
Three weeks on the listEverett Lowell Krueger - U.S. prisoner arrestedFebruary 15 1954 inLas Cruces, New Mexico , and told FBI Agents: "I'mglad it's over. I'm tired of running."Apee Hamp Chapman
February 3 1954 #68
One week on the listApee Hamp Chapman - U.S. prisoner arrestedFebruary 10 1954 inSilver Spring, Maryland after a citizen saw his photoin theFebruary 9 1954 issue of theWashington Afro-American magazineNelson Robert Duncan
February 8 1954 #69
Two weeks on the listNelson Robert Duncan - U.S. prisoner arrestedFebruary 21 1954 inAtlanta, Georgia by Atlanta patrolmen who were investigating an open skylight in a local grocery store and discovered Duncan and an accomplice attempting to burglarize the store safeCharles Falzone
February 24 1954 #70
Two years on the listCharles Falzone - U.S. prisoner arrestedAugust 17 1955 inNew Bedford, Pennsylvania by the FBI after a citizenrecognized his photograph from an Identification Order in a post officeBasil Kingsley Beck
March 1 1954 #71
Two days on the listBasil Kingsley Beck - U.S. prisoner arrestedMarch 3 1954 inSan Pablo, California by FBI AgentsJames William Lofton
March 16 1954 #72
One day on the listJames William Lofton - U.S. prisoner arrestedMarch 17 1954 inMorgan City, Louisiana by local police and the FBIClarence Dye
March 18 1954 #73
Two years on the listClarence Dye - U.S. prisoner arrestedAugust 3 1955 inMilwaukee, Wisconsin by local police in a routine check, during which Dye's former girlfriend told police Dye was wantedterling Groom
April 2 1954 #74
Three weeks on the listSterling Groom - U.S. prisoner arrestedApril 21 1954 inBaltimore, Maryland by FBI after a citizen recognized him from an Identification Order in a post officeRaymond Louis Owen Menard
May 3 1954 #75
Two days on the listRaymond Louis Owen Menard - U.S. prisoner arrestedMay 5 1954 inNew Orleans, Louisiana by local police after a citizen recognized a photograph in a local newspaperJohn Alfred Hopkins
May 18 1954 #76
Three weeks on the listJohn Alfred Hopkins - U.S. prisoner arrestedJune 7 1954 nearBeowawe, Nevada by the FBI after a citizen recognized him from a photo in a California newspaperOtto Austin Loel
May 21 1954 #77
Eight months on the listOtto Austin Loel - U.S. prisoner arrestedJanuary 17 1955 inSanford, Florida by local police. Loel had been hiding inthe Sanford city dump and living in a crude lean-to shack made of palmetto leavesDavid Daniel Keegan
June 21 1954 #78
Nine years on the listDavid Daniel Keegan - PROCESS DISMISSEDDecember 13 1963 atCedar Rapids, Iowa Walter James Wilkinson
August 17 1954 #79
Five months on the listWalter James Wilkinson - U.S. prisoner arrestedJanuary 12 1955 inLos Angeles, California by the FBI after a citizenrecognized him from an Identification Order in a post office. He was working at a country club as a busboy. During the arrest, Wilkinson commented: "It didn't take too long. I know how you guys work."John Harry Allen
September 7 1954 #80
Three months on the listJohn Harry Allen - U.S. prisoner arrestedDecember 21 1954 inFort Smith, Arkansas after being recognized by two police officers from a wanted flyerLater entries
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