Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-28
Long-Sought Promoter of
Parkway Apartments Is
Being Held.
DETECTIVE Is EN- ROUTE
TO RETURN PRISONER
lockout for Fugitive Broadcast
Throughout Nation to Ap-
prehend Man,

Arthur M. Suit long sought promoter
Of the Parkway Apartments of Wash
incton. which failed last Spring as a
cooperative project with loss to apart
ment buyers, has been apprehended in
Harvey. H., and is being held there by
police for action by District authorities
on warrants charging larceny after
trust, according to advices received here.
Machinery was put into motion today
tC bring Suit back to Washington to
answer charges which grew out of the
handling of funds received from the
sale of units in the large apartment
structure at Connecticut avenue and
Macomb street. the failure of which was
subjected to investigation and severe
condemnation by members of the Gibson
subcommittee of the House.
Inspector Henry G. Pratt. chief IF
detectives, today sent Detective Sergt. c.
j. P. Weber to the Illinois city to re-
turn Suit here. following receipt last
night by local police of word that the
promoter had been arrested there. A
lookout for Suit was broadcast through
out the Nation to police authorities fol-
lowing his disappearance here about the
time of the failure of the project and
the subsequent placing of the building
on the auction block
Search for Suit, who was president of
the Parkway Apartments of Washing
ton, Inc, and who acted in the sale of
the apartments and general manage
ment Of the property has been con-
Quoted since the first warrant charging
larceny after trust was issued June 26
last. Chief of Police Harris of Harvey
Ill, wired last night that Suit was un-
der arrest there for Washington au-
thoritieS
Two Warrants Issued.
TWO warrants are outstanding against
1ult, issued by the district attorneys
Office on complaints by Mrs. M. j. Balm
and w. j. Manning, who purchased
apartment homes in the building. The
warrants were turned over to Detec-
titves Weber and r. H. Mansfield and
Howard Ogle for service. Weber was
armed with them when he left today
for Harvey.
Joseph c. Bruce of the District at
torney's Office at Police Court explained
this morning that the procedure would
be to bring suit before Police Court
Tor a preliminary hearing to determine
If he should be bound over for action
by the grand jury
The Parkway failed as cooperative
ownership project. but 30 of the SO
apartment units being sold to tenants.
Tenants discovered last Spring that
Curtailment and interest on mortgages
on the property were delinquent and
that a number of service bills were
overdue, including telephone, lights,
fuel, in addition to taxes
The property was advertised for sale
at auction June 18 to satisfy holders
of the second trust, but on that date
there were no buyers. Early in July
the property again was placed on the
auction block and at that time, accord
ing to testimony before the Gibson
subcommittee, was bought in by the
second trust holders through an agent,
the property later being sold to other
interests.
Secretary Testifies.
A. F. Prescott, jr., who for short
time was secretary of the Parkway
Corporation, testified he had discovered
that clause had been written into the
contract for the purchase of the Man
ming Apartment after it passed through
his hands purporting to exempt that
buyer from the operation of trusts
against the building. Prescott said he
resigned as secretary. The Manning
Apartment, it was brought out, was sold
by Mr.. Suit.
Following sale of the apartment at
auction, custer proceedings were filed
against tenants of IS units in the build
ing, who fafiled to vacate the property
November / in conformity with an
agreement they signed to give up inter
est in the property at the expiration of
four months for which rent was waived
All eventually left their apartment
homes. They lost their fight for reten-
tion of their apartments in the custer
proceedings.
The holders of the second trust. as
well as Frank Russell White. architect
and builder of the apartment house.
testified that they lost money on the
transaction.