FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by year, 1951

In 1951, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a second year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.

As 1951 began, only three of the original top ten fugitives from the prior year still remained at large. The FBI had also added six additional fugitives to the list during the prior year, and had already caught one of those as well. As a result of the late year captures in 1950, 1951 began with only eight wanted fugitives named on the list. However, as soon as the second week of the new year began, the FBI promptly filled the two open slots with two new fugitives.

The "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" listed by the FBI in 1951 include (in FBI list appearance sequence order):

January 8, 1951 #17
One month on the list
Courtney Townshend Taylor - U.S. prisoner apprehended February 16, 1951, in Mobile, Alabama, after a jeweler recognized him from a wanted flyer, sent his clerk to follow Taylor, and then called the FBI and police. Within twenty-five minutes Taylor was in custody.

January 9, 1951 #18
Two years on the list
Joseph Franklin Bent - U.S. prisoner arrested August 29, 1952, in Texas City, Texas; he was shot and wounded during the arrest while attempting to draw his weapon; a citizen had recognized his photo in Pageant magazine.

March 9, 1951 #19
One year on the list
Harry H. Burton - ACQUITTED of murder when witnesses testified he was at his dying mother's bedside at the time of the murder; was arrested February 7, 1952, in Cody, Wyoming, by the local sheriff and FBI; had been featured on the True Detective Mysteries radio show.

June 27, 1951 #20
Surrendered before publication
Joseph Paul Cato - U.S. prisoner surrendered to the FBI June 21, 1951, in Cleveland, Ohio, after seeing his own Identification Order; had been approved to be placed on the "Top Ten" list, but surrendered prior to the press release date

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