The Case of Mary Dockery

When Mr. Gray was finally able to tell his story through a police sergeant, the officer said that Gray was simply a disgruntled tenant looking to cause problems for his landlords. When asked Burke and McDougall gave very inconsistent stories about who the woman was or when she left. The next day, officers went back to Burke's home to do a more thorough search and they found more blood stains. They also found Mary Dockery's blood stained clothing. And so now more officers were sent to hair and layered sporting house where they informed Margaret Laird that Captain Stewart wished to see her husband. So as they had done with the grays, Laird tried to just dismiss the whole thing. She