John William Clouser (born March 29, 1932) was an American robber who was on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list[1] in 1965.

Jack Clouser
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive
ChargesEscaped federal prisoner, robbery
AliasJack Clauster
John William Clauser
Chuck A. Williams
"The Florida Fox"
Description
Born (1932-03-29) March 29, 1932 (age 92)
Chicago, Illinois
GenderMale
Status
AddedJanuary 7, 1965
RemovedAugust 1, 1972
Number203
Removed from Top Ten Fugitive List

Background

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A former police officer and detective in Orlando, Florida,[2] Clouser was added on the list on January 7, 1965 and removed when a federal process against him was dismissed in 1972.[3] He was previously committed to a mental hospital after being arrested for kidnapping and armed robbery, which he later escaped in April 1964.[4][5] Clouser surrendered to law enforcement on August 21, 1974. He later authored a book, The Most Wanted Man in America detailing the time he eluded authorities while on the list.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "203. John William Clouser". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  2. ^ Richard H. Ward; Nina Duchaine; Robert McCormack (1 April 1979). The Literature of Police Corruption: A selected annotated bibliography. John Jay Press. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-89444-008-3.
  3. ^ Duane Swierczynski (4 February 2014). The Encyclopedia of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List: Over Fifty Years of Convicts, Robbers, Terrorists, and Other Rogues. Skyhorse Publishing. p. 383. ISBN 978-1-62873-906-0.
  4. ^ "Most Wanted Fugitive Terms Self 'Florida Fox'". Cumberland Evening Times. April 20, 1967. p. 14. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  5. ^ Henry Lee (February 5, 1967). "WANTED!". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. 101 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Cynthia R. Fadool (1976). Contemporary Authors: A Bio-bibliographical Guide to Current Authors and Their Works. Gale Research Company. ISBN 978-0-8103-0028-6.