Evening star., 1955-11-24
4th Arrest Expected
In Roads Indictment
Apprehension
Of Ben Du Pre-
Held Unlikely

Montgomery County police
hope to have served warrants
by the end of the day on four
of seven persons indicted in the
Maryland State Roads Commits
sion land speculation scandal.
Bench warrants were served
last night on three of the men
charged in indictments with
conspiracy to defraud the roads
commission. A fourth warrant
was expected to be served today.
Montgomery County States
Attorney Alger Y. Barbee, how
ever, expressed pessirlism over
chance Of getting Ben Du Pre-.
43-year Eold former roads COM
mission assistant right-of-way
engineer and a key man in the
alleged conspiracy.
Du Pre- was named in two tn
dictments OF conspiring with
Washington area men to initiate
land values and defraud the
roads commission.
Fled to Mexico
Mr.. Barbee said he had in
formation that made him fairly
certain" that Du Pre- had fed
to his native Mexico.
He'll probably stay there ur-
less he comes back voluntarily"
Mr.. Barbee said. Il don't think
we can exsradite him even II
we can locate him."
A check of Montgomery County
land records yesterday, however.
showed no record that Du Pre-
had sold the house at 1902
Parkwood terrace. Bethesda.
where he and his wife had lived
while he administered right-of-
way purchases in Montgomery
and Prince Georges Counties.
His annual salary was S6,257
at the time the Roads Commits
sion suspended him last June
after receiving complaints that
Du Pre- had been cooperating
with land SPECTATORS.
Resigned After Hearing
Du Pre- subsequently resigned
on July % after 1t was revealed
during a hearing that he and
Constas Gus Basiliko of Silver
Spring were joint owners OF q
piece of property in Prince
Georges County, on which Max
Gutenberg of Washington held q
mortgage.
Previous to that disclosure,
Du Pre- had denied repeatedly
having any dealings with these
two real estate men and had
denied accusations that he had
supplied them with advanced
right-of-way information.
Gutenberg and Gus Basiliko
were among the seven men in
,dicted by the Montgomery grand
Jury yesterday.
The first of the seven to be
taken into custody last night was
Jeffre Robert RoSenfeld, 36, OF
the 5l00 block Of Manning drive.
Bethesda.
Three Warrants Served
Rosenfeld, operator of a dry
cleaning establishment at Chevy
Chase Lake, was jailed about
$3.50 pm. and released later last
night under his personal bond.
Meanwhile. County Detective
Sergt. Lloyd M. Whalen came
into the District to serve bench
warrants on the two Washing
ton residents indlcted-Offen.
berg and George Basiiiko. Offen-
berg lives in the 400 block Of
Connecticut avenue NV. George
Basiliko is a brother of Gus and
lives in the 5400 block of Thirty
second street NV.
Both Gutenberg and George
Basiliko posted $4,000 bond
apiece, pending extradition
hearings here Friday. Sergt.
Whalen said the two men were
not expected to fight extradition
to Maryland, however.
Two Agree to Appear
He said they had posted bond
in Washington because they
feared that if they returned to
Montgomery last night they
probably would have had to
spend some time in jail.
Sergt. Whalen said he would
attempt today to serve a bench
warrant on Gus Basiliko. who
lives in the Burnt Mills Hills
section of Silver Spring.
MIR. Barhee said the other two
men indicted - both Prince
Georges County residentS-had
contacted him and agreed to
appear voluntarily on Monday.
They are John B. Hudson Of
54l2 Fourteenth place. Michigan
Park Hills, West Hyattsville,
who is related by marriage to
the Basiliko brothers, and Jerry
Goldberg Of the HOO block Of
Navahoe drive, New Hampshire
Estates, Office manager of the
Merkin Insurance Co. of Wash
ington and Silver Spring and q
relative by marriage of Rosen-
field.