Mary Drury's body was discovered in a ditch by a man who was walking to work in 1920
Looking up from a ditch by the side of the main Crosby Road was a pair of lifeless blue eyes. The body of a pretty 15-year-old lay mutilated in the ditch, close to the allotments. Her dark, bobbed hair was matted with blood, her mouth bound with a man's handkerchief and her throat had been cut.
Plan to visit uncle However when Mary did not return home, her father went to the house in Park View and learned she had never been there that evening. Earlier in the day, Mary had also told a school mistress she planned to visit an uncle in Crosby that evening, but again she had not turned up. Mary's body was taken to the mortuary and a post mortem was carried out. It was clear her head injuries had been caused by some form of blunt instrument, with considerable force, and her throat had been cut with a knife. There was no sign she had been sexually abused.
When the woman said there were other suspects, Leahy replied: "They have taken my overcoat." The inquest into Mary's death heard samples of hair matching the victim's were found on Leahy's coat. There were also human blood stains. On February 20, the jury concluded that the man found dead on the railway was responsible for the brutal murder on the allotments.
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