FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by year, 1960
In 1960, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for an eleventh year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. As 1960 began, seven of the ten places on the list remained filled by these elusive long-time fugitives, then still at large: This would be a very successful year for capturing fugitives from the Ten Most Wanted list, clearing space for new fugitives to be added to the list. As a result, the FBI was able to add 22  new fugitives to the list over the course of the year, the highest since the 24 additions in the still (as of 2013) record year of 1953. 1960 Fugitives. The Ten Most Wanted Fugitives listed by the FBI in 1960 include (in FBI list appearance sequence order): Kenneth Ray Lawson. January 4, 1960 #124 Two months on the list Kenneth Ray Lawson – U.S. prisoner arrested March 17, 1960, in Laredo, Texas Ted Jacob Rinehart. January 25, 1960 #125 Two months on the list Ted Jacob Rinehart – U.S. prisoner arrested March 6, 1960, in Granada Hills, California, after a citizen recognized  him from a wanted flyer. Rinehart told Agents he learned of his addition to the "Top Ten" list while watching a local television show. Charles Clyatt Rogers. March 18, 1960 #126 Two months on the list Charles Clyatt Rogers – U.S. prisoner arrested May 11, 1960, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, while standing in a soup line at a Salvation Army center. He was recognized by a police officer who collected FBI wanted posters. Joseph Corbett, Jr.. March 30, 1960 #127 Seven months on the list Joseph Corbett, Jr. – paroled in 1987; was sentenced to life; was a U.S. and Canadian prisoner arrested  October 29, 1960, in Vancouver, British Columbia, by Canadian police after two Canadian citizens recognized him from a November 1960 Reader's Digest article; was wanted for the kidnap and subsequent murder of wealthy heir Adolph Coors III William Mason. April 6, 1960 #128 Three weeks on the list William Mason (fugitive) – U.S. prisoner arrested April 27, 1960, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Edward Reiley. May 10, 1960 #129 Three weeks on the list Edward Reiley – U.S. prisoner arrested May 24, 1960, in Rockford, Illinois, by the local sheriff after an auto salesman recognized Reiley from a wanted flyer. Upon arrest he  pleaded, "Don't shoot! I'm the guy you want." Harold Eugene Fields. May 25, 1960 #130 Four months on the list Harold Eugene Fields – U.S. prisoner arrested September 5, 1960, in Schererville, Indiana. Fields told arresting FBI Agents his place on the "Top Ten" list convinced him his days of freedom were numbered and his apprehension came as no surprise. Richard Peter Wagner. June 23, 1960 #131 Two days on the list Richard Peter Wagner – U.S. prisoner arrested June 25, 1960, in Ray, Minnesota, after a citizen recognized him from a newspaper article. An expert woodsman, Wagner had been  serving as a guide at a hunting and fishing lodge where he was captured. James John Warjac. July 19, 1960 #132 Three days on the list James John Warjac – U.S. prisoner arrested July 22, 1960, in Los Angeles, California Ernest Tait. August 16, 1960 #133 One month on the list, was earlier Fugitive #23 in 1951 Ernest Tait – U.S. prisoner arrested September 10, 1960, in Denver, Colorado; 2nd appearance on the list, was also Fugitive #23 in 1951, had been arrested July 12, 1951, in Miami, Florida Clarence Leon Raby. August 19, 1960 #134 One week on the list Clarence  Leon Raby – U.S. prisoner surrendered August 28, 1960, to local authorities at his parents’ home in Heiskell, Tennessee Nathaniel Beans. September 12, 1960 #135 Three weeks on the list Nathaniel Beans – U.S. prisoner arrested September 30, 1960, in Buffalo, New York, by a police officer who recognized Beans from a magazine photograph Stanley William Fitzgerald. September 20, 1960 #136 Two days on the list Stanley William Fitzgerald – U.S. prisoner arrested September 22, 1960, in Portland, Oregon, by the FBI after a citizen recognized him from a photograph in a newspaper Donald Leroy Payne. October 6, 1960 #137 Five years on  the list Donald Leroy Payne – PROCESS DISMISSED November 26, 1965, in Houston, Texas, by local authorities Charles Francis Higgins. October 10, 1960 #138 One week on the list Charles Francis Higgins – U.S. prisoner arrested October 17, 1960, in Kirkwood, Missouri, by local police after an officer recognized him from a newspaper photograph Robert William Schultz, Jr.. October 12, 1960 #139 One month on the list Robert William Schultz, Jr. – U.S. prisoner arrested November 4, 1960, in Orlando, Florida Merle Lyle Gall. October 17, 1960 #140 Three months on the list Merle Lyle Gall – U.S. prisoner arrested January 18, 1961, in  Scottsdale, Arizona James George Economou. October 31, 1960 #141 Five months on the list James George Economou – U.S. prisoner arrested March 22, 1961, in Los Angeles, California, after a tip from an informant Ray Delano Tate. November 18, 1960 #142 One week on the list Ray Delano Tate – U.S. prisoner surrendered November 25, 1960, to the New York city editor of the New York Daily Mirror newspaper. He was taken into custody immediately by FBI Agents. John B. Everhart. November 22, 1960 #143 three years on the list John B. Everhart – U.S. prisoner arrested November 6, 1963, in San Francisco , California, while painting a house Herbert Hoover Huffman. December 19, 1960 #144 One week on the list Herbert Hoover Huffman – U.S. prisoner apprehended December 29, 1960, in Cleveland, Ohio, after a fellow worker recognized him from a wanted poster Kenneth Eugene Cindle. December 23, 1960 #145 Four months on the list Kenneth Eugene Cindle – U.S. prisoner apprehended April 1, 1961, in Cochran County, Texas, after a local farmer saw his photograph on television, and recognized him as a hitchhiker he had picked up earlier that day; he had been hitchhiking across the county and working odd jobs to avoid apprehension