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


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
ichance of getting Ben Du Pre-,
43-year-old former roads COM
mission assistant right-of-way
engineer and a key man in the
alleged conspiracy.
Du Pre- was named in two In
dictments. OF conspiring with
Washington area men to initiate
Hand values and defraud the
roads commission.
I Fled to Mexico
Mr.. Barbee said he had in
I formation that made him fairly
certain" that Du Pre- had fed
| to his native Mexico.
] Hell probably stay there un-
less he comes back voluntarily"
Mr.. Barbee said. Il don't think
we can exaradite him even If
we can locate him"
| A Acheck of Montgomery County
land records yesterday. however.
showed no record that Du Pre-
had sold the house at 10102
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
ion July % after it was revealed
during a hearing that he and
Constas Gus Basiliko of Silver
Spring were Joint owners Of
piece of property in Prince
Georges County. on which Max
Offenberg of Washington held a
mortgage.
Previous to that disclosure.
iDu Pre- had denied repeatedly
having any dealings with these
two real estate men and had
denied accusations that he had
Supplied them with advanced
Eright-of-way information.
I 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
iJeffre Robert Rosenfeld, SO, of
1.-THE 500 block of Manning drive,
Bethesda.
Three Warrants Served
Rosenfeld, operator of a dry
cleaning establishment at Chevy
Chase Lake, was Jailed about
1890 pm. and released later last
might under his personal bond.
i Meanwhile, County Detective
iISergt. Lloyd M. Whalen came
into the District to serve bench
warrants on the two Washing
ton residents indlcted-Offen-
berg and George Basiliko. Offen-
berg lives in the 4700 block Of
Connecticut avenue NV. George
IBasiliko 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
mot expected to fight extradition
ito Maryland. however.
Two Agree to Appear
| He said they had posted bond
lin 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 bench
warrant on Gus Basiliko, who
lives in the Burnt Mills Hills
section of Silver Spring.
Mr.. Barbee 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 100 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.