Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-02-23
CHARGED WITH RAPE.
The Escapade of Two Young
School Girls.
ARREST OF A REAL ESTATE MAN
The Father of One of the Girls
Swears to the Complaint
Crosby in Jail.

John A. Crosby, real.estate agent,
residing on Sand street, was arrested on
arrival at his Office in the Natick house,
on First street, at s 80 O'Clock yesterday
morning, by Detectives Auble and
Bowler, on warrant charging him with
having raped young girl named Daisy
French. On hearing the nature of the
charge on which he was arrested, Crosby
at once accompanied the officers to the
police station and was locked up in the
city jail, where he spent the whole of
yesterday, the courts being closed on ac-
count ef the legal holiday. The gravity
of the charge against Crosby is height
ened by the fact that he is a married
man, his wife having, it is said, reposed
every confidence in her husband, and
even yet refusing to believe that he could
be guilty of such charge.
1t is alleged that few days ago Crosby
and q friend named Friedler persuaded
couple of schoolgirls, named Daisy
French and Annie Lindenfeldt, with
whom they had scraped up previous
short acquaintance, to take buggy ride.
The girls, who are 16 and Is years of age
respectively, readily accepted the offer,
and an arrangement was made by which
the men we're to meet the girls at a GER
tain hour on the corner of Second and
San Pedro streets. Accordingly the men
procured double-seated surrey and
team, and true to the appointment found
the girls, who evidently thought the
whole affair decidedly pleasant kind of
adventure. The party then drove to the
inn for
several hours, after which they returned
to the city.
On reaching their homes the girls
were questioned by their parents as to
the cause of their prolonged absence,
and little by little the whole truth came
out. Annie Lindenfeldt was afraid that
her father would kill her if he found out
the result of their escapade, and sought
out Friedler, whom she first met as q
roomer at her fathers lodging-house on
Third street. She did not know that he
was q married man, and, it is said, i'm
agined herself madly in love with him.
He proposed that she sheuld accompany
him to San Francisco on the following
day, and promised to send a note
to friend of his named "Dick,"
asking him to take the girl out with him
to Burbank, where he would meet her
and take the train for the north. He
also told her to call upon Crosby for
money to defray her expenses. The girl |
called upon Crosby and demanded |
money, but he at first refused to give her
any. She, however, convinced him of
her necessity, and he gave her post
Office order for $12. AS she was in
hurry to return home again to avoid un-
necessary questioning on the part of her
parents, Annie gave this order to Fried
Ter and asked him to cash it for her. 1t
ia alleged he promised to do so, and told
her to meet nina ON Second street at
certain hour next morning. The girl was
faithful to the tryst, but Friedler did not
put in an appearance, and after
waiting a long time in vain, she was
obliged to return home and face the
scolding which she knew must follow.
It is stated that it was subsequently |
ascertained that Friedler cashed the |
order, met Daisy French, who had run
away from home, took her to the St.
Elmo hotel, where she registered as Jen-
ME Miller, and next morning caught the
8 O'Clock train for San Pedro and took
the steamer for San Francisco. Whether
Daisy French accompanied him or not
has not yet been ascertained, but that
she also is in San Francisco has been dis
covered, and she will be brought back
in day or two.
Shortly after O'Clock last night Justice
Austin was summoned by Crosby's attor-
ney to admit him to bail, but as the
court set the required amount of bonds
at $4,000 and the friends of the impris-
oned man were unable to secure sureties
for that amount, Crosby WAS compelled to
remain in Jail.
Mr.. F. b. French, the father of one of
the girls, determined to investigate the
character of the man with whom his
daughter had been associated, and on
learning that Crosby was inclined to be
a little wild, he called upon the real es-
tate man and taxed him with having se-
duced his child. Crosby denied all
knowledge of the girl and received the
irate father very coolly. AS for Friedler,
it was alleged that he was dependent
upon the earnings of his wife, who was q
waitress in restaurant, and that he had
q bad reputation. Mr.. French concluded
to bring the guilty parties to justice, and
swore to complaint against Crosby, as
above stated, and it is believed that Mr..
Lindenfeldt has done as regards Friedler,
who will probably be arrested in San
Francisco.
RAILWAY MATTERS.