FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by year, 1961
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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.
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 dismissed December 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 large
But 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.
[edit] 1961 Fugitives
The Ten Most Wanted Fugitives listed by the FBI in 1961 include (in FBI list appearance sequence order):
[edit] Thomas Viola
January 17, 1961 #146
Two months on the list
Thomas Viola - U.S. prisoner arrested March 27, 1961 in Detroit, Michigan after a citizen recognized his photo in an article in American Weekly
[edit] William Chester Cole
February 2, 1961 #147
Four days on the list
William Chester Cole - U.S. prisoner surrendered February 6, 1961 to FBI Agents in Gulf Breeze, Florida. Cole said the "heat" of the investigation was too much.
[edit] Willie Hughes
March 15, 1961 #148
Five months on the list
Willie Hughes - U.S. prisoner arrested August 8, 1961 in Pocatello, Idaho where he had been working as a farm laborer
[edit] William Terry Nichols
April 6, 1961 #149
One year on the list
William Terry Nichols - U.S. prisoner arrested April 30, 1962 near Homestead, Florida where he had started a commercial fishing business
[edit] George Martin Bradley
April 10, 1961 #150
Three weeks on the list
George Martin Bradley - U.S. prisoner arrested May 1, 1961 in Davenport, Iowa by local police officers and identified after routine fingerprinting following an attempted bank robbery
[edit] Philip Alfred LaNormandin
April 17, 1961 #151
One day on the list
Philip Alfred LaNormandin - U.S. prisoner arrested April 17, 1961 in Jersey 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 newspaper
[edit] Kenneth Holleck Sharp
May 1, 1961 #152
Two months on the list
Kenneth Holleck Sharp - U.S. prisoner arrested July 3, 1961 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania after a citizen recognized his photograph in the Master Detective magazine
[edit] Anthony Vincent Fede
May 22, 1961 #153
Five months on the list
Anthony Vincent Fede - U.S. prisoner captured October 28, 1961 in Los 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."
[edit] Richard Laurence Marquette
June 29, 1961 #154, first "special addition"
One day on the list
Richard Laurence Marquette - U.S. prisoner arrested June 30, 1961 in Santa Maria, California by the FBI after a citizen recognized 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 time
[edit] Robert William Schuette
July 19, 1961 #155
Two weeks on the list
Robert William Schuette - U.S. prisoner arrested August 2, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois. He had shaved his sideburns and mustache 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.
[edit] Chester Anderson McGonigal
August 14, 1961 #156
Three days on the list
Chester Anderson McGonigal - U.S. prisoner arrested August 17, 1961 in Denver, Colorado by FBI after a citizen recognized his photograph in a newspaper
[edit] Hugh Bion Morse
August 29, 1961 #157
Two months on the list
Hugh Bion Morse - U.S. prisoner arrested October 13, 1961 in St. Paul, Minnesota the evening after a visitor to the FBI Tour in Washington, D. C. recognized his photo displayed on the "Top Ten" Exhibit
[edit] John Gibson Dillon
September 1, 1961 #158
Three years on the list
John Gibson Dillon - FOUND MURDERED March 2, 1964 on a remote farm in Chelsea, 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 body
[edit] John Robert Sawyer
October 30, 1961 #159
Four days on the list
John Robert Sawyer - U.S. prisoner arrested November 3, 1961 in Wickendale, Arizona by a local police officer who recognized his vehicle in an all points bulletin issued by the FBI
[edit] Edward Wayne Edwards
November 10, 1961 #160
Two months on the list
Edward Wayne Edwards - U.S. prisoner arrested January 20, 1962 in Atlanta, Georgia by local police
[edit] Franklin Eugene Alltop
November 22, 1961 #161
Three months on the list
Franklin Eugene Alltop - U.S. prisoner arrested February 2, 1962 in Kansas City, Kansas. Alltop greeted the arresting Special Agents with, "I've been expecting you, I know you're the FBI."
[edit] Francis Laverne Brannan
December 27, 1961 #162
One month on the list
Francis Laverne Brannan - U.S. prisoner surrendered January 18, 1962 to the FBI in Miami, 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."
[edit] See also
[edit] Later entries
- 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
