Career
A long time career criminal, Lewing"s criminal record included prior arrests and convictions on a number of armed robbery charges before being officially added as the 226th fugitive to the Federal Bureau of Investigation"s Ten Most Wanted list on January 12, 1966. In March 1966, entered a Saint Louis bank and, threatening the bank teller with a pistol, escaped with $2,456. However, after being identified by three eyewitnesses, Lewing fled Saint Louis although he continued to remain in Missouri.
Eventually traced to Kansas City, Lewing was arrested by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents on February 6, 1967 and later convicted of several federal bank robbery charges.
