Mary Wylie

Mary Wylie was found murdered in Dunbeth Public Park on the morning of 29 August 1901.

The details of her post mortem were not made public, but the certifiacate on which her death was registered bore the simple words:

She had been for some time employed in Coatbridge and it was thought that she had been on her way home at the time.

Her body was found in the centre of a clump of trees at about 5.45am, and a cursory examination showed that she had been stabbed in the neck with a sharp instrument.

A man was arrested in February 1902, but no charges were made.

Her father later had an accident at the Gunnie branch of the North British Railway in December 1908 when a train of waggons passed over him an d his right foot was cut off.  He was taken to Alexandr Hospital where he died an hour later.