John William Farr
Real Name: John William Farr
Aliases: Herbert Cameron, Jay Dowell, Benjamin Grens, Clyde Hase, Clide Jack Price, Jack Price, Elmer Reicke, Robert G. Richardson, Charles W. Schultz, Frank Sterart, Reggie Stewart
Wanted For: Armed Robbery
Missing Since: April 1984
Case[]
Details: Sixty-eight-year-old John William Farr is wanted for robbing five banks in the New Orleans, Louisiana area during the early 1980s. During his robberies, he sometimes wears a ski mask or a false mustache and wig. He is usually armed with a handgun. According to the FBI, he is lured more by the challenge of bank robbery than by the money.
Farr has previous convictions for bank robbery, larceny of an automobile, theft, burglary, and escape. In 1955, he pleaded guilty to robbing two banks in Missouri and received a twenty-five-year sentence. In those robberies, his wife, Mary Dowell, and a friend, Charles Posey, were accomplices.
Farr has used at least twenty-five aliases. He is 5'8" tall and weighs 150 pounds. He has gray hair and blue eyes. He has two scars on his left arm. He has a woman’s head tattooed on his right forearm. He wears prescription lenses. He is a heavy smoker and may have emphysema. He was born on April 16, 1920, in Detroit, Michigan. He has worked as a drywall contractor, movie projectionist, painter, printing press operator, pilot, and roofer.
Extra Notes:
- This case first aired on the November 2, 1988 episode. It was featured as a part of a "bank robber roll call" along with Chevy Chase Bandit, Shotgun Bandit, and Shopping Bag Bandits.
- It was excluded from the FilmRise release of the series.
Results: Wanted. As of a 1993 article, Farr was still at large. Due to the passage of time, he is now believed to be deceased.
Links:
- John William Farr's Wanted Poster
- Admits Robbery - May 6, 1955
- 3 Are Sentenced For Bank Robberies - June 18, 1955
- John William Farr v. United States - February 5, 1971
- Most Wanted - October 17, 1993