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. 1951 fugitives The "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" listed by the FBI in 1951 include (in FBI list appearance sequence order): Courtney Townshend Taylor 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. Joseph Franklin Bent 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. Harry H. Burton 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. Joseph Paul Cato 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 Anthony Brancato June 27, 1951 #21 Two days on the list Anthony Brancato - U.S. prisoner surrendered to the FBI June 29, 1951, in San Francisco, California, after seeing the INS news story in the San Francisco Call-Bulletin. Brancato was the primary suspect of the group of