<Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Sequence Number </Th> <Th> Date of Entry </Th> <Th> Time Listed </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Thomas James Holden </Td> <Td> # 1 </Td> <Td> March 14 , 1950 </Td> <Td> One year </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="4"> Thomas James Holden - U.S. prisoner , was arrested June 23 , 1951 in Beaverton , Oregon , following a tip from a citizen who read the INS story in the Portland , Oregon , newspaper The Oregonian and contacted the FBI . Crime : Escaped police after he was spotted fleeing Illinois November 4 , 1949 ; had shot to death his wife and her two brothers while drinking June 5 , 1949 in Chicago . <P> Past record : was convicted of robbing a mail train in the late 1920s ; escaped from Leavenworth in 1930 . Was alleged to be one of the `` outside '' crew in a sensational armed break of other prisoners from Leavenworth in December , 1931 ; after escape , was caught by Special Agents and local police officers on a golf course at Kansas City , Missouri , July 7 , 1932 ; was released from Leavenworth Prison November 28 , 1947 . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="4"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Morley Vernon King </Td> <Td> # 2 </Td> <Td> March 15 , 1950 </Td> <Td> Two years </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="4"> Morley Vernon King - U.S. prisoner , was apprehended October 31 , 1951 in a Philadelphia , Pennsylvania restaurant , while shucking oysters ; was charged with unlawful flight July 18 , 1947 ; was charged July 12 , 1947 with the murder of his wife Helen , found strangled in a steamer trunk July 9 , 1947 under the back porch of a room at a San Luis Obispo , California motel ; he had fled from police July 8 , 1947 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="4"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William Nesbit </Td> <Td> # 3 </Td> <Td> March 16 , 1950 </Td> <Td> Three days , after missing for four years </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="4"> William Nesbit - U.S. prisoner at South Dakota State Penitentiary , was arrested March 18 , 1950 in St. Paul , Minnesota by local police following the INS story in the St. Paul Dispatch after being recognized by some boys as `` Ray , '' a man who lived in a cave near the river . Was charged with unlawful flight December 26 , 1946 after disappearing from prison as a trusty driver for the warrant. September 4 , 1946 while serving a life sentence , which was commuted to 20 years on February 18 , 1946 . Had been apprehended at Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , on February 26 , 1937 for murder , having blown up an accomplice in a massive black powder explosion , and trying to kill another accomplice , after beating her in the head with a hammer during a fight in Minnehaha County while stealing dynamite to make nitroglycerin on December 31 , 1936 , following the December 22 , 1936 burglary of jewelry company at Sioux City , Iowa . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="4"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Henry Randolph Mitchell </Td> <Td> # 4 </Td> <Td> March 17 , 1950 </Td> <Td> Eight years </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="4"> Henry Randolph Mitchell - PROCESS DISMISSED July 18 , 1958 after the Federal District Court at Jacksonville dropped the bank robbery charge because too much time passed ; had robbed a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation bank in Williston , Florida January 21 , 1948 shortly after being released from Florida State Penitentiary . His criminal career dated back to 1924 and he had been previously convicted in the states of Kentucky , Georgia , New York and Florida for crimes including grand larceny , violation of narcotics laws , breaking and entering , and forgery . With the dropping of the bank robbery charge , Mitchell became the first FBI Most Wanted Fugitive to escape both arrest and the Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive list . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="4"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Omar August Pinson </Td> <Td> # 5 </Td> <Td> March 18 , 1950 </Td> <Td> Five months </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="4"> Omar August Pinson - U.S. prisoner at Oregon State Penitentiary September 5 , 1950 ; was arrested August 28 , 1950 at Pierre , South Dakota by South Dakota Highway Patrol and an FBI National Academy graduate ; had evaded capture after a shootout with police January 30 , 1950 , at Polson , Montana while burglarizing a hardware store under the alias of Sam Cignitti ; became wanted in 1949 in eastern Washington and Idaho for burglary
<Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Sequence Number </Th> <Th> Date of Entry </Th> <Th> Time Listed </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Thomas James Holden </Td> <Td> # 1 </Td> <Td> March 14 , 1950 </Td> <Td> One year </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="4"> Thomas James Holden - U.S. prisoner , was arrested June 23 , 1951 in Beaverton , Oregon , following a tip from a citizen who read the INS story in the Portland , Oregon , newspaper The Oregonian and contacted the FBI . Crime : Escaped police after he was spotted fleeing Illinois November 4 , 1949 ; had shot to death his wife and her two brothers while drinking June 5 , 1949 in Chicago . <P> Past record : was convicted of robbing a mail train in the late 1920s ; escaped from Leavenworth in 1930 . Was alleged to be one of the `` outside '' crew in a sensational armed break of other prisoners from Leavenworth in December , 1931 ; after escape , was caught by Special Agents and local police officers on a golf course at Kansas City , Missouri , July 7 , 1932 ; was released from Leavenworth Prison November 28 , 1947 . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="4"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Morley Vernon King </Td> <Td> # 2 </Td> <Td> March 15 , 1950 </Td> <Td> Two years </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="4"> Morley Vernon King - U.S. prisoner , was apprehended October 31 , 1951 in a Philadelphia , Pennsylvania restaurant , while shucking oysters ; was charged with unlawful flight July 18 , 1947 ; was charged July 12 , 1947 with the murder of his wife Helen , found strangled in a steamer trunk July 9 , 1947 under the back porch of a room at a San Luis Obispo , California motel ; he had fled from police July 8 , 1947 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="4"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William Nesbit </Td> <Td> # 3 </Td> <Td> March 16 , 1950 </Td> <Td> Three days , after missing for four years </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="4"> William Nesbit - U.S. prisoner at South Dakota State Penitentiary , was arrested March 18 , 1950 in St. Paul , Minnesota by local police following the INS story in the St. Paul Dispatch after being recognized by some boys as `` Ray , '' a man who lived in a cave near the river . Was charged with unlawful flight December 26 , 1946 after disappearing from prison as a trusty driver for the warrant. September 4 , 1946 while serving a life sentence , which was commuted to 20 years on February 18 , 1946 . Had been apprehended at Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , on February 26 , 1937 for murder , having blown up an accomplice in a massive black powder explosion , and trying to kill another accomplice , after beating her in the head with a hammer during a fight in Minnehaha County while stealing dynamite to make nitroglycerin on December 31 , 1936 , following the December 22 , 1936 burglary of jewelry company at Sioux City , Iowa . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="4"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Henry Randolph Mitchell </Td> <Td> # 4 </Td> <Td> March 17 , 1950 </Td> <Td> Eight years </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="4"> Henry Randolph Mitchell - PROCESS DISMISSED July 18 , 1958 after the Federal District Court at Jacksonville dropped the bank robbery charge because too much time passed ; had robbed a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation bank in Williston , Florida January 21 , 1948 shortly after being released from Florida State Penitentiary . His criminal career dated back to 1924 and he had been previously convicted in the states of Kentucky , Georgia , New York and Florida for crimes including grand larceny , violation of narcotics laws , breaking and entering , and forgery . With the dropping of the bank robbery charge , Mitchell became the first FBI Most Wanted Fugitive to escape both arrest and the Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive list . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="4"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Omar August Pinson </Td> <Td> # 5 </Td> <Td> March 18 , 1950 </Td> <Td> Five months </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="4"> Omar August Pinson - U.S. prisoner at Oregon State Penitentiary September 5 , 1950 ; was arrested August 28 , 1950 at Pierre , South Dakota by South Dakota Highway Patrol and an FBI National Academy graduate ; had evaded capture after a shootout with police January 30 , 1950 , at Polson , Montana while burglarizing a hardware store under the alias of Sam Cignitti ; became wanted in 1949 in eastern Washington and Idaho for burglary
who was the first person on the fbi 's most wanted list
who was the first person on the fbi 's most wanted list
Thomas James Holden
Thomas James Holden