Chapter 3 takes us from the announcement of the murder to the morgue for identification to the revelation by Leo that he did remember details about Mary Phagan although he initially denied knowing her.
The Atlanta police received a shaky phone call from the night watchman at the National Pencil company at 3 in the morning on April 27, 1913. He found the body of a young factory worker who was molested and mutilated and dumped in the basement.