This chapter is focused on the emotions of Mary Phagan’s mother as she gradually learns that her daughter is never coming home again.
She received confirmation of her worst fears in the morning of April 27, 1913.
The family attended the funeral in Marietta, Georgia and mourned the crime that cut short the life of a young National Pencil Company factory worker.
The state solicitor stepped in to order an exhumation of the body to ensure that he has the evidence he needs for a conviction.
