A pressed debtor, Cleveland's Otis & Co. last week moved with rare speed to stay ahead of the bill collector. It closed down its offices in Buffalo and Manhattan, hustled out chairs and desks in Manhattan just one jump ahead of a U.S. marshal, acting for Kaiser-Frazer Corp. Ever since K-F won a $3,120,743 judgment against Otis for welshing on a $10 million stock deal, K-F and the Securities & Exchange Commission have been hot on Otis' trail. Last week, after Otis informed SEC that it did not have enough capital on hand...
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