FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by year, 1967



In 1967, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for an eighteenth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.

As the FBI began the year 1967, all ten places on the list remained filled by fugitives from prior years, then still at large:


 * 1962 #170 (five years), Edward Howard Maps process dismissed December 1, 1967
 * 1964 #193 (three years), Chester Collins process dismissed March 30, 1967
 * 1964 #197 (three years), Alson Thomas Wahrlich arrested October 28, 1967
 * 1965 #203 (two years), John William Clouser remained still at large
 * 1966 #226 (one year), Robert Van Lewing arrested February 6, 1967
 * 1966 #235 (one year), Lynwood Irwin Mears arrested May 2, 1967
 * 1966 #236 (one year), James Robert Ringrose apprehended March 29, 1967
 * 1966 #239 (one year), George Ben Edmonson arrested June 28, 1967
 * 1966 #241 (two months), Gene Robert Jennings arrested February 14, 1967
 * 1966 #242 (four months), Clarence Wilbert McFarland arrested April 4, 1967

By year end, the FBI had cleared through all but one of the fugitives who opened 1967 on the list. Coupled with quick capture of fugitives added during the year, the FBI added a total of 18 new fugitives during 1967.

1967 also brought another pair of brothers to the list, Charles and Gordon Ervin.

1967 fugitives
The "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" listed by the FBI in 1967 include (in FBI list appearance sequence order):

Monroe Hickson
February 17, 1967 #243 One year on the list Monroe Hickson - declared deceased by January 30, 1968 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina when a couple recognized his photograph in a "Top Ten" display and identified him as a migrant worker who had died of natural causes. Positive identification was made by fingerprints.

Clyde Edward Laws
February 28, 1967 #244 Three months on the list Clyde Edward Laws - U.S. prisoner arrested May 18, 1967 in Raytown, Missouri through cooperation of a relative.

Charles Edward Ervin
April 13, 1967 #245 Three months on the list Charles Edward Ervin - Canada prisoner arrested July 25, 1967 in Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He sported facial scars indicative of plastic surgery; was the brother of and listed with Fugitive #246, Gordon Dale Ervin

Gordon Dale Ervin
April 13, 1967 #246 Two years on the list Gordon Dale Ervin - Canada prisoner arrested June 7, 1969 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police nearly two years after his brother (Fugitive #245).

Thomas Franklin Dorman
April 20, 1967 #247 One month on the list Thomas Franklin Dorman - U.S. prisoner arrested May 20, 1967 in Grantsburg, Indiana by the FBI aided by local and state police.

Joseph Leroy Newman
June 2, 1967 #249 One month on the list Joseph Leroy Newman - U.S. prisoner arrested June 29, 1967 in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Carmen Raymond Gagliardi
June 9, 1967 #250

One year on the list

Carmen Raymond Gagliardi - U.S. prisoner arrested December 23, 1968 in Medford, Massachusetts in his mother's home.

Donald Richard Bussmeyer
June 28, 1967 #251 Two months on the list Donald Richard Bussmeyer - U.S. prisoner arrested August 24, 1967 in Upland, California clad only in shorts. A tattoo on his chest "Don Bussmeyer Loves Joyce" gave away his identity. With two accomplices he had robbed $75,000 from a Los Angeles bank.

Florencio Lopez Mationg
July 1, 1967 #252 Two weeks on the list Florencio Lopez Mationg - U.S. prisoner arrested July 16, 1967 in Los Angeles, California with his partner Victor Bono (Fugitive #253).

Victor Jerald Bono
July 1, 1967 #253 Two weeks on the list Victor Jerald Bono - U.S. prisoner arrested July 16, 1967 in Los Angeles, California with his partner Florencio Lopez Mationg (Fugitive #252).

Alfred Johnson Cooper, Jr.
July 27, 1967 #254 Two months on the list Alfred Johnson Cooper, Jr. - U.S. prisoner arrested September 8, 1967 in Boston, Massachusetts. A visitor on the FBI Tour in Washington, D. C. recognized Cooper's photograph on the "Top Ten" display.

John D. Slaton
August 2, 1967 #255 Four months on the list John D. Slaton - U.S. prisoner arrested December 1, 1967 in Harquahala Valley, Arizona.

Jerry Ray James
August 16, 1967 #256 Five months on the list Jerry Ray James - U.S. prisoner arrested January 24, 1968 in Tucson, Arizona by FBI Agents and local police, along with his partner Donald Sparks (Fugitive #259).

Richard Paul Anderson
September 7, 1967 #257 Four months on the list Richard Paul Anderson - Canada prisoner arrested January 19, 1968 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada by Canadian Police

Henry Theodore Young
September 21, 1967 #258 Four months on the list Henry Theodore Young - U.S. prisoner arrested January 9, 1968 in Kansas City, Missouri after a citizen recognized him from an article in Inside Detective magazine.

Donald Eugene Sparks
August 3, 1967 #259, was evidently listed late after his approval to the list Five months on the list Donald Eugene Sparks - U.S. prisoner arrested January 24, 1968 in Tucson, Arizona by FBI Agents and local police, along with his partner Jerry James (Fugitive #256).

Zelma Lavone King
December 14, 1967 #260 One month on the list Zelma Lavone King - U.S. prisoner arrested January 30, 1968 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Jerry Reece Peacock
December 14, 1967 #261 Three months on the list Jerry Reece Peacock - U.S. prisoner arrested March 5, 1968 in Mesquite, Nevada.

Later entries

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 * FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1980s
 * FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1970s
 * FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1960s

Prior entries

 * FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1950s