In 1953, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a fourth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. 1953 was a very productive year for the FBI, as the Bureau listed and then also soon caught many fugitives. At the rate of two fugitives per month, 1953 long held the early record (surpassed in 1968) for the most top ten fugitives listed in a single year, numbering 24 in total. 1953 fugitives The "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" listed by the FBI in 1953 include (in FBI list appearance sequence order): Charles Patrick Shue January 15, 1953 #41 One month on the list Charles Patrick Shue - U.S. prisoner arrested February 13, 1953, in Los Angeles, California, as a result of the FBI being notified after an individual recognized Shue's picture in a newspaper Lawson David Shirk Butler January 22, 1953 #42 Three months on the list Lawson David Shirk Butler - U.S. prisoner arrested April 21, 1953, in Los Angeles, California Joseph James Brletic February 8, 1953 #43 Two days on the list Joseph James Brletic - U.S. prisoner arrested February 10, 1953, in Lancaster, California, by the Los Angeles Sheriff's office after being recognized from a photograph in the Los Angeles Herald-Express newspaper David Dallas Taylor March 3, 1953 #44 Three months on the list David Dallas Taylor - U.S. prisoner arrested May 26, 1953, in Chicago, Illinois Perlie Miller March 4, 1953 #45 One day on the list Perlie Miller - U.S. prisoner arrested March 5, 1953, while working at a local diner, when a customer recognized him from a published "Top Ten" photograph, in Somersworth, New Hampshire Fred William Bowerman March 5, 1953 #46 Two months on the list Fred William Bowerman - deceased, was mortally wounded April 24, 1953, by police officers while attempting to flee the scene of a bank robbery in St. Louis, Missouri Robert Benton Mathus March 16, 1953 #47 Three days on the list Robert Benton Mathus - U.S. prisoner arrested March 19, 1953, in Duson, Louisiana, by the FBI and local police after being recognized by a citizen from a wanted flyer Floyd Allen Hill March 30, 1953 #48 Three weeks on the list Floyd Allen Hill - U.S. prisoner arrested April 18, 1953, in Dallas, Texas Joseph Levy May 1, 1953 #49 Caught before publication Joseph