Posted on 01/10/2013 1:21:04 PM PST by SpaceBar
The Monster of Bath
Andrew Kehoe was an intelligent man with a prickly disposition. Neighbors recalled how Kehoe had shot a neighbor’s dog to death after it wandered onto his property and annoyed him by barking. Kehoe had beaten one of his horses to death when its performance displeased him. Andrew Kehoe was impatient with anyone who contradicted him.
Mr. Kehoe had studied electrical engineering; he had worked as an electrician. In 1919 he and his wife had purchased a farm outside Bath, Michigan, about ten miles northeast of Lansing. Kehoe had a reputation for thriftiness and in 1924 he was elected treasurer of the Bath Consolidated School board. From then on Andrew Kehoe’s high self regard and his undiplomatic nature put him at odds with the rest of the school board – they fought continually – Andrew repeatedly accusing school superintendent Emory Huyck of financial mismanagement.
In 1925 Andrew Kehoe was appointed to temporarily fill the position of town clerk. In an election in the spring of 1926 for this same position, Kehoe was defeated. To Mr. Kehoe’s very self-centered way of thinking he had suffered a humiliating public rejection by the people of Bath. It was then that Andrew Kehoe decided to take his revenge on Bath by killing that community’s children...
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Wiki says Kehoe was upset about taxes to pay for schooling being voted in.
Wiki says Kehoe was upset about taxes to pay for schooling being voted in.
Wiki says Kehoe was upset about taxes to pay for schooling being voted in.
Thank you for posting this.
Of course that’s what it says. Anyone who wants lower taxes is a murderer, ask Obama. /s
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