- FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by year, 1963
In 1963, the
United States FBI , under DirectorJ. Edgar Hoover , continued for a fourteenth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.As the year 1963 began, eight of the ten places on the list remained filled by these elusive long-time fugitives from prior years, then still at large:
* 1950 #14 (thirteen years), Frederick J. Tenuto remained still at large
* 1954 #78 (nine years), David Daniel Keegan process dismissedDecember 13 1963
* 1956 #97 (seven years), Eugene Francis Newman remained still at large
* 1960 #137 (three years), Donald Leroy Payne remained still at large
* 1960 #143 (three years), John B. Everhart arrestedNovember 6 1963
* 1961 #158 (two years), John Gibson Dillon remained still at large
* 1962 #166 (one year), Harry Robert Grove, Jr. arrestedJanuary 26 1963
* 1962 #170 (one year), Edward Howard Maps remained still at largeBy year end, despite the nearly full list, the FBI had added an additional nine new Fugitives.
1963 fugitives
The "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" listed by the FBI in 1963 include (in FBI list appearance sequence order):
Harold Thomas O'Brien
January 4 1963 #175
Two years on the listHarold Thomas O'Brien - PROCESS DISMISSEDJanuary 14 1965 by federal and local authorities inLake City, Illinois cite book|author=Federal Bureau of Investigation |title=FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives Program: 50th Anniversary 1950-2000 |publisher=K&D Limited, Inc. |year=2000]Jerry Clarence Rush
January 14 1963 #176
Two months on the listJerry Clarence Rush - U.S. prisoner arrestedMarch 25 1963 inBay Harbor Islands, Florida Marshall Frank Chrisman
February 7 1963 #177
Three months on the listMarshall Frank Chrisman - U.S. prisoner apprehendedMay 21 1963 inLos Angeles, California by local authorities who identified him by a routine fingerprint check after he robbed a grocery storeHoward Jay Barnard
April 12 1963 #178
One year on the listHoward Jay Barnard - U.S. prisoner arrestedApril 6 1964 inNorth Sacramento, California by local police after robbing a motel of $1,000. At the time of apprehension, Barnard was wearing two sets of clothes, actor's makeup and gold hair. He had cotton stuffed in his nose and mouth to disfigure his face. Officers had to remove glue from his hands so he could be fingerprinted.Leroy Ambrosia Frazier
June 4 1963 #179
Three months on the listLeroy Ambrosia Frazier - U.S. prisoner arrestedSeptember 12 1963 inCleveland, Ohio by FBI and local police after a citizen recognized him from media coverageCarl Close
September 25 1963 #180
One day on the listCarl Close - U.S. prisoner apprehendedSeptember 26 1963 inAnderson, South Carolina by local authorities afterrobbing a bankThomas Asbury Hadder
October 9 1963 #181
Three months on the listThomas Asbury Hadder - U.S. prisoner arrestedJanuary 13 1964 inOklahoma City, Oklahoma by FBI Agents shortly afterhe registered at theSalvation Army Center under a fictitious nameAlfred Oponowicz
November 27 1963 #182
One year on the listAlfred Oponowicz - U.S. prisoner capturedDecember 23 1964 inPainesville, Ohio by FBI Agents and local authorities in a railroad switching yard, where he attempted to evade detectionby lying completely submerged in a pool of water while breathing through a reedArthur William Couts
December 27 1963 #183
One month on the listArthur William Couts - U.S. prisoner arrestedJanuary 30 1964 inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania by FBI Agents for armed bank robberies. Attempting to disguise his appearance, Couts had grown a heavy mustache and dyed his hair. Served sentence in Greater Rutherford Penitentiary. Last known residence was South Florida.=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 References
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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