thomas james holden was the first person on the fbi's most wanted list.
thomas james holden 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
holden–keating gang









































the holden-keating gang was a bank robbing team, led by thomas james holden (1896–1953) and francis keating (1899–july 25, 1978), which was active in the midwestern united states during the 1925 and 1939. holden was described by a spokesman for the fbi as "a menace to every man, woman and child in america" and was the first fugitive to be officially listed on the fbi's top ten most wanted list in 1950.









































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holden–keating gang
the federal bureau of investigation (fbi) was the first agency to create a most wanted list. the fbi ten most wanted fugitives list was inaugurated on march 14, 1950, at the direction of fbi director j. edgar hoover. the idea for the list came from a question asked by a reporter for the international news service. the reporter asked the fbi to provide names and descriptions of the "toughest guys" that the agency wanted to capture. after observing the high level of public interest generated by the resulting news story, hoover decided to publish a formal list.
most wanted list