22 Facts About Andrew Kehoe

Andrew Philip Kehoe was an American mass murderer.

Andrew Kehoe murdered his wife and then detonated bombs at the Bath Consolidated School on May 18,1927, resulting in the Bath School disaster in which 45 people were killed and 58 more people were injured.

Andrew Kehoe killed himself near the school by detonating dynamite in his truck, killing himself and several other people and wounding more.

Andrew Kehoe had earlier set off incendiary devices in his house and around his farm, destroying all the buildings.

Andrew Kehoe was born in Tecumseh, Michigan, among the younger of a family of 13 children.

Andrew Kehoe's parents were Philip Kehoe and Mary Kehoe.

Andrew Kehoe attended Tecumseh High School and Michigan State College, where he studied electrical engineering.

Andrew Kehoe moved back in with his father after the injury.

Andrew Kehoe threw water from a nearby bucket on her; due to the oil-based nature of the fire, the water did nothing to put the flames out.

Andrew Kehoe paid $6,000 in cash and took out a $6,000 mortgage.

Andrew Kehoe was regarded by his neighbors as a highly intelligent man who grew impatient and angry with those who disagreed with him.

Neighbors recalled that Andrew Kehoe was always neat, dressed meticulously, and was known to change his shirt at midday or whenever it became even slightly dirty.

Neighbors recounted how Andrew Kehoe was cruel to his farm animals, having once beaten a horse to death.

Andrew Kehoe never farmed it as other farmers do and he tried to do everything with his tractor.

Andrew Kehoe was in the height of his glory when fixing machinery or tinkering.

Andrew Kehoe was always trying new methods in his work, for instance, hitching two mowers behind his tractor.

Andrew Kehoe put four sections of drag and two rollers at once behind his tractor.

Andrew Kehoe spent so much time tinkering that he didn't prosper.

Andrew Kehoe repeatedly accused superintendent Emory Huyck of financial mismanagement.

Andrew Kehoe moved her body to a farm building before setting off incendiary explosions in their house and farm buildings.

Andrew Kehoe had set a timed detonator to ignite dynamite and hundreds of pounds of pyrotol at the school, which he had secretly bought and planted in the basement of both wings over the course of many months.

One of Andrew Kehoe's sisters claimed his remains and arranged for burial without ceremony in an unmarked grave at Mount Rest Cemetery in St Johns, Michigan.