- FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by year, 1961
In 1961, the
United States FBI , under DirectorJ. Edgar Hoover , continued for a twelfth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.Throughout the year 1961, six of the ten places on the list remained filled by these elusive long-time fugitives from prior years, then still at large:
* 1950 #14 (eleven years), Frederick J. Tenuto remained still at large
* 1952 #36 (nine years), James Eddie Diggs process dismissedDecember 14 1961
* 1954 #78 (seven years), David Daniel Keegan remained still at large
* 1956 #97 (five years), Eugene Francis Newman remained still at large
* 1960 #137 (one year), Donald Leroy Payne remained still at large
* 1960 #143 (one year), John B. Everhart remained still at largeBut with frequent ongoing captures leading to high turnover in the remaining four slots, in total, the FBI added an additional 17 new fugitive Top Tenners to the list in 1961. Halfway through the year, there was another "first" for the top Ten list, as Richard Laurence Marquette became the FBI's first "special addition," bringing the total number count of wanted fugitives up to eleven on a temporary basis in 1961.
1961 Fugitives
The Ten Most Wanted Fugitives listed by the FBI in 1961 include (in FBI list appearance sequence order):
Thomas Viola
January 17 1961 #146
Two months on the listThomas Viola - U.S. prisoner arrestedMarch 27 1961 inDetroit, Michigan after a citizen recognized his photo inan article inAmerican Weekly William Chester Cole
February 2 1961 #147
Four days on the listWilliam Chester Cole - U.S. prisoner surrenderedFebruary 6 1961 to FBI Agents inGulf Breeze, Florida . Cole said the "heat" of the investigation was too much.Willie Hughes
March 15 1961 #148
Five months on the list
Willie Hughes - U.S. prisoner arrestedAugust 8 1961 inPocatello, Idaho where he had been working as a farm laborerWilliam Terry Nichols
April 6 1961 #149
One year on the listWilliam Terry Nichols - U.S. prisoner arrestedApril 30 1962 nearHomestead, Florida where he had started a commercial fishing businessGeorge Martin Bradley
April 10 1961 #150
Three weeks on the listGeorge Martin Bradley - U.S. prisoner arrestedMay 1 1961 inDavenport, Iowa by local police officers and identified after routine fingerprinting following an attempted bank robberyPhilip Alfred LaNormandin
April 17 1961 #151
One day on the listPhilip Alfred LaNormandin - U.S. prisoner arrestedApril 17 1961 inJersey City, New Jersey the same day, when only a few hours following the announcement to the "Top Ten" list, a local resident recognized his photograph in the evening newspaperKenneth Holleck Sharp
May 1 1961 #152
Two months on the listKenneth Holleck Sharp - U.S. prisoner arrestedJuly 3 1961 inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania after a citizen recognized hisphotograph in theMaster Detective magazineAnthony Vincent Fede
May 22 1961 #153
Five months on the listAnthony Vincent Fede - U.S. prisoner capturedOctober 28 1961 inLos Angeles, California by FBI Agents while he was carrying a toy pistol and a fake police badge. He said, "I should have given myself up."Richard Laurence Marquette
June 29 1961 #154, first "special addition"
One day on the listRichard Laurence Marquette - U.S. prisoner arrestedJune 30 1961 inSanta Maria, California by the FBI after a citizenrecognized his photograph on a wanted flyer posted in a credit bureau; He was the first "special addition" to the list, bringing the actively wanted total count of Fugitives on the list up to eleven for a short period of timeRobert William Schuette
July 19 1961 #155
Two weeks on the listRobert William Schuette - U.S. prisoner arrestedAugust 2 1961 inChicago, Illinois . He had shaved his sideburns andmustache 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 picture telling of his addition to the "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list two weeks prior.Chester Anderson McGonigal
August 14 1961 #156
Three days on the listChester Anderson McGonigal - U.S. prisoner arrestedAugust 17 1961 inDenver, Colorado by FBI after a citizen recognized his photograph in a newspaperHugh Bion Morse
August 29 1961 #157
Two months on the listHugh Bion Morse - U.S. prisoner arrestedOctober 13 1961 inSt. Paul, Minnesota the evening after a visitor to the FBITour in Washington, D. C. recognized his photo displayed on the "Top Ten" ExhibitJohn Gibson Dillon
September 1 1961 #158
Three years on the listJohn Gibson Dillon - FOUND MURDEREDMarch 2 1964 on a remote farm inChelsea, Oklahoma , his badly decomposed body located at the bottom of a 15-feet, water-filled well, with 400 pounds of oil well drilling equipment wired to his feet and bodyJohn Robert Sawyer
October 30 1961 #159
Four days on the listJohn Robert Sawyer - U.S. prisoner arrestedNovember 3 1961 inWickendale, Arizona by a local police officer who recognized his vehicle in an all points bulletin issued by the FBIEdward Wayne Edwards
November 10 1961 #160
Two months on the listEdward Wayne Edwards - U.S. prisoner arrestedJanuary 20 1962 inAtlanta, Georgia by local policeFranklin Eugene Alltop
November 22 1961 #161
Three months on the listFranklin Eugene Alltop - U.S. prisoner arrestedFebruary 2 1962 inKansas City, Kansas . Alltop greeted the arresting Special Agents with, "I've been expecting you, I know you'rethe FBI."Francis Laverne Brannan
December 27 1961 #162
One month on the listFrancis Laverne Brannan - U.S. prisoner surrenderedJanuary 18 1962 to the FBI inMiami, Florida . Calling from a phone at a downtown gas station, Brannan told them "Come and get me, I'm tired of running from the FBI."=See also=
Later entries
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FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 2000s
*FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1990s
*FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1980s
*FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1970s
*FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1960s Prior entries
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FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1950s =External links=
* [http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/fugitives/fugitives.htm Current FBI top ten most wanted fugitives at FBI site]
* [http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/topten/topten.pdf FBI pdf source document listing all Ten Most Wanted year by year (removed by FBI)]
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