Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-03-31
MURDERESS AND
INSANE GIRL
81. Louis Society Girl, De-
mented, Is AppFehended
at Las Vegas.
CALIFORNIA MYSTERY IS SOLVED

Chinl uf Police MCMlilia Oh lu re-
caipi OF kilograms from the police OF
af Louis and Kansas City and from
San Francisco. referring Co Miss
Nina Brandt. the young lady taken
from Santa Fc train No. ! yoa urday
al Las Vegas. suffering from dcmen-
ia and hnllucluatlon. and Mrs AZ
/ noit 81 McVicar, whose real name Is
Mrs Emma Ledoux arrested yester-
day al Antioch Cal, for murder but
/ in both cases the persons wanted
were apprehendod before arriving
hofo
10 the cpse OF Miss Nina Brandt.
daughter OF Eov. John Brandt pastor
70 the First Chrlsts ehurch 40 sd.
Louis. No.. tho Las Vegas police. act.
ing on kilograms from the Kansas
| City and st. Louis police, similar 70
The ones received by Chief Of Police
! MoMillln. searched Santa Re train No.
/ yeaterday and discovered the lady
mentioned ln che telesrsm. She was
taken into custody. and win be held
| there waiting the arrival OF her rather
from g. Louis
Miss Brandt boarded train no. ! at
81 Louis. bound for Denver. but on
arriving 40 Kansas City she lCit the
train. Swing her ticket 10 a little boy.
end purchased another 10 San Diego.
! Cal. Her actions on the trssa are
said by the Pullman conductor 20
have been entirely rational with the
I exception OF one or two Incidents.
She loit her home in ST. Louis
| March 90. 90 cash "a check for y5t -
aud afterwards disappeared She was
traced hy the 50 Louis police 20 the
Union depot where it was discovered
that she had boarded Santa 20 paason.
ser train no. ]. Chief of Police John
Hays ~ karsas City. was communi
Gated with, but the lady had proceed
/ ga 90 Der way before being appro.
hcndcd. Chic' Hays then wired the
I different police ofHCers along the line.
/ % De- on the lookout for her. when re-
suited I'M her being taken on the train
ar Las Vegas
The messages stated that she was
/ demonied and Wa suffering from the
I Authorization of hclnB pursued hy on.
/ omies and she Is said to have had
I poison on her person when taken in
/ charge, with which no doubt. she In.
tended killing herself
b. T. soully chief day clerk nj the
AlVarafo here. is well acquainted wllh
( Miss Brandt Speaking OF the young
Indy with q representative or The
| Evening Citizen. Mr. s.ully said.
II met the young lady in ST. Louis
during the Worlds fair Her father
was secretary OF the Christian En.
dVayor Hotel company. where / was
employed IN tho capacity OF chief
clerk ai summer. and Miss Brandt
was acting as her fathers secretary.
SHE often came to the hotel. She III
about twenty years old. FIVE feet Eve
inches On height and weighed prOba.
oly 100 pounds She was exceedingly
refined and Intelligent. and never dis
played any symptoms OF insanity
rhilo az Tho hotel Sho had a very
.ir rus lf acluaIniuucus in ST.
iaIa and was a social favorito.
atI 81. 'oas o. account Tor her sud
..r rp atia"
Ai randt viii De- held nt Las We
H nix the arrival Of her father
A .G.el above, the other MESSAGE
received hy Chief McMlllln referred
20 SIT, Ewma Ledoux. who assisted
n iaC murder of Albert ~ McVlcar
ni San Francisco. with whom Mrs
Lc.ouK bad been living nf his wife
ana whose liloless body was found
in a tfunk q, stockton. Cal, satur
day nlsbt
$3.50. isi0jS wHs approhendod
Antioch Cal. yesterday. and conE
Tossed her part IN the murder.
"McNicar. Joe Miller ana / had an
been drinking McVicar had lots OF
money and Miller gave him carhOllc
acid, killing him. lie took an the
money We put the body ia trunk
and skipped lt TO stockton"
such was the substance Of Mrs
Lod0uxs confession. McVlcar car.
Fied a $1,000 insurance policy In the
woman's favor, which Is taken by the
police az the motive for her part In
The crime