The Washington times., 1910-09-23
DE NOTE DETECTIVE
FOR DUTY NEGLECT
Authorities Assign Him to
Patrol Work for Letting
Prisoner Escape.

Raymond Kleindienst, Central. Office
detective. was this morning relieved and
assigned 10 patrol duty IN the Fourth
precinct. as the result Of having allowed
Marcus Goldman, his prisoner, 70 leap
from moving train in Baltimore last
night
II within the next ten days KIeindienst
Is successful in locating Goldman, il is
possible that he may regain his lost
rank Of detective sergeant
Chief Of Police Sylvester this morn
ing declared that the escape was TO
his mind the result Of negligence on
kleindienst's part, and that there was
no excuse for leaving a prisoner Un-
shackled in a train
When the detective reported last
night that the prisoner had escaped
at the mouth OF the Camden tunnel
in Baltimore. Major Sylvester ordered
his immediate suspension and this
morning ordered EIeindienst 10 be
detailed to the Fourth precinct.
Inquiry was made today into the cir
cumstanCes surrounding the escape
from q moving train Of Marcus Gold
man while he was being brought 70
this CITY last night by Central Office
Detective Raymond Kleindienst
The detective this morning makes
only one cxpianatiOn-tha- he was the
victim Of misplaced confidence In the
meantime the washington police are
wrestling with a problem entirely new to
them. for this Is the first case Of its
sort in the history Of the department
Lookouts have been sent tC all of the
larre cities. especially % Baltimore,
where the man is believed to have made
his escape while the train was entering
the Camden tunnel. and where the
mans wife lives, at 1854 East Fayette
street
That unless the man receives financial
aid he cannot 20 far = the belief Of
the police, who saw shat ~ the tine he
left Eleiudienst- without the fOrmaIity
of saving Good-by. he had ONLY 80 cents
In his pocket
According to Detective KIeindienst he
was sent to New York 10 get Goldman,
Who was arrested while employed as
watchman in a Maiden Lane establish
mcuJ, on a charge Of having stolen two
watches from Marcus I. Norman. Io5
II street northeast, which keindienSt
The detective and his prisoner left
New York yesterday shortly after >
O clock Goldman. according 10 the
ming an escape, and all the way from
New York 10 Baltimore the prisoner
talked about MS persona afLalrS. and
his family The detective and Goldman
had dinner together and then return
ed to the observation coach At S-0S,
as the train was entering the Camden
tunnel in Baltimore, the detective
left his prisoner for a moment to get
a drink of water He returned in
less than two minutes. 70 find the
seat empty and the man gone
Whether Goldman leaped from the
moving train into the dark tunnel. or
whether he concealed himself. and wait
I'd his chance TO escape IS not known.
The detective feels certain that he did
not leave the train at Camden station,
Cor the sleGth watched the cars. and
then sent = lockout 10 the Baltimore
police
The iooko sent BY the police de-
scribes the escaped prisoner as be5Iig
forty-tvyo years old. five feet 1ve IT. .<i+s
tail. weight $50 pounds. with brown hair
and eyes. Hight complexion. and car-
TALLY bald He was dressed in z dark
mixed suit, blue tie, and wore black
shoes