John William Clouser

Jack Clouser
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive
Charges Escaped federal prisoner, robbery
Alias Jack Clauster
John William Clauser
Chuck A. Williams
"The Florida Fox"
Description
Born (1932-03-29) March 29, 1932
Chicago, Illinois
Gender Male
Status
Added January 7, 1965
Removed August 1, 1972
Number 203
Removed from Top Ten Fugitive List

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

A former police officer and detective in Orlando, Florida,[1] Clouser was added on the list on January 7, 1965 and removed when a federal process against him was dismissed in 1972.[2] He was previously committed to a mental hospital after being arrested for kidnapping and armed robbery, which he later escaped.[3][4] He later authored a book, The Most Wanted Man in America detailing the time he eluded authorities while on the list.[5]

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. "Most Wanted Fugitive Terms Self 'Florida Fox'". Cumberland Evening Times. April 20, 1967. p. 14. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  4. Henry Lee (February 5, 1967). "WANTED!". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. 101 via newspapers.com.
  5. 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.
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