| Show TOWN COUNTS FULL HORRORS OF MAD MANS MAN'S REVENGE PLOT 36 Children Killed to toA A Avenge Boost In School Tax rax P PARENTS IN FREN Y Whim of Fate Prevents Futher Terrible Des Des- I V DATU Mich mch May Uy By The Associated d The Thic mag- mag magnitude ot of the horror that befell betell this th little village yesterday yeste when a a. demented farmer blew up the consolidated school killing near near- nearly I ly two score core children and soy soy- oral cral ad adults nits continued to grow Y today Up to noon 37 pupils and amid six adults were numbered In the tho death list three Forty others were seriously Injured some per per- perhaps perhaps haps fatally Stricken not only by death but ly by debt as well the or of population was Wag In dire cir clr- At Lansing Gover- Gover Governor nor Fred Green ISsued a proc proc- proclamation calling for wide state aid aidIn In iii raising funds for tor relief reller or of the stricken ono one fourth of the children of the tho village were killed In the and blasts the rc cc buIlding ot of their school WIFE S AS SLAIN lx The tate fate or of Mrs Andrew Kehoe Keho wife I ot of the demented farmer who seT served as treasurer ot of the school district was definitely established today when portions or of her body were found In an outbuilding on the Kehoe farm Before Detore touching V oft orf the blasts at the school build build- buildIng building Ing Kehoe dynamited his home barn and wagons wagon she shed and aud the buildings were destroyed by a a. subsequent tire fire were I that Kehoe had killed his wire wife and thrown her body Into the out out- outbuilding outbuilding building for the skull was crush crush- ed A light wagon found near V the building Is thought to have been bren used to transport tine thc boll body Articles or of jewelry were plied piled on the was wagon The death toll mounted to 43 with the discovery discover or of the womans woman's body and the death In a Lansing Cleo Clee Clayton S. S one onet of t the the- pupils All V the little victims or of the school blast were wert pupils ot of tine the third fourth fifth and sixth grades li They ranged In in age from j 6 to 14 STATE T IX G A state investigatIon was un- un under tier der way tOday to determine whEther Kehoe was alone In tine the crime and also the source of the large quantity ot of explosives Cs According to Charles Lane state fire marshal the electrical leading to the dynamite and pow pow- powder powder der charges planted In the tho school buildings was WOJ so well done that he was not sure It could havo hao been e installed I by one person Enough Ugh IO d dynamite and I powder was to till fill a small truck and Lane expressed doubt i that Kehoe could have gone unto Into the school house night after atter night small quantities of 0 the ex- ex explosives I plosives as would have havo been necessary necessary r sary had he been unaided Included In the dead Is Andrew f Kehoe revenge maddened farm farm- farmer I if er treasurer ot of the township I school board who mined the I school with dynamite and gun pow pow- powder powder der and blew himself Into eternity after arter watching the blast tear tine the north wing of oC the school to pieces and hurl the bodies ot of Its little pupils through windows and walls alls Only a whim ot of fate or accident I prevented the destruction of 0 the entire building MANIACAL L CUNNING Investigation showed that Kehoe angered beca uso ot of a school tax I levied against t him him and nursing hits his opposition to the tho erection ot of tine the building three years ago had care care- carefully fully Cully mined the tho basement Ing an elaborate ot of dee elec- electriCAl V wiring connected with a time clock Ills plans seemingly called for destruction ot of the entire V lure ture with Its more than pupils and instructors One or of the wires lie he so carefully Installed short circuited and the electric Inn Inn- pulse failed ailed to complete Its course It was this failure t I vt t prevented V tine the killing ot of more than more pupils in another part ot of tle I ture In all au there were three ox- ox On lage l'age al Two T t TOWN COUNTS FULL HORRORS Continued Cont nuNI 1 One The first occurred early earls yesterday esterday morning at nt Kehoe home ionic about a R mile west of ot the vii 1 sage ngo destroying dc the house barn bar and wagon sheds All apparently were vere wired Ired to the same samo timing do de deIce Ice vice CLOCKS S STOPPED The Th second blast was that In to he the school building It came al a. a m. m only a few Cew minutes aft art er r cleaves classes had been assembled The had been fixed definitely d be bc because cause all of ot the clocks In the line wrecked wing stopped at that min ute tc The third blast came In Ke he Kehoe's hoc's hoes automobile In front of ot the school chool 30 minutes later Kehoe was waa a as sitting In the car E n. superintendent of he the schools was as talking with him one nc foot toot on the running board Glenn O. O Smith village postmaster and nd Nelson McFarren an ag ng aged 1 nan man standing on the side sille walk valk a n few tew feet ett away Suddenly SU i a terrIfic blast came from Crom the ma mo nine chine The Tha bodies s of ot Kehoe Keho and luyck Huyck were blown to bits Mc Me- Farran arran was killed d outright an j Smith so badly injured that he ht died Hell In n a hospital shortly afterwards BLAST D Miss Bernice Sterling and Miss Evelyn clyn Paul two 1 wo of ot the the- teachers who ho escaped with only minor in- in injuries JurIes urles described their thell recollections lons of ot the blasts Without warning Miss Sterl Sterl- Sterling Ing ng said this terrible explosion came ame r I saw the the bodies bottles of ot my children c hurled against the walls or 01 r through the windows Then I r ont dont remember r much what hap- hap ened The explosion stunned me mend and nd I could not do much until help elp came An awful crash followed by crashIng In of ot tho the walls and the was Miss Pauls Paul's descrIption tion on of ot the blast bl t. t News Nes of ot the disaster spread rapidly for tOI th reverberations the were were- heard eard heard In all parts of ot the village which has a population of ot slightly slight slight- I ly y more than Hardly a family In the village did not have t at least one child enrolled among the he schools school's normal attendance of or of approximately OO rive Five children or of one family were among the Identified dead tonight Approximately A 90 of ot the students were lit i the Iho wing that felt the brunt ot of f the ba bla blast t. t Frantic mothers rushed scream m. m Ing ng to the school grounds and struggled I wildly with volunteer workers worker In an attempt to enter the he ruins In search of ot their chil dren Fathers summoned from theIr heir places of ot employment Join- Join joIned joined ed e-d d tho the stricken horror-stricken crowd and contusion confusion reigned r Tho The workers soon began carry- carry carryIng carrying Ing ng out the little forms Corms of ot the pupils and placed them unde under blankets in a temporary morgue In n the tho school yard ard Finally con- con convInced convinced vInced that search In IiI the ruins was being cared for tor by workers ho tho parents turned to a survey suncy sune of ot the he silent forms in the school schoolyard yard ard morgue A moan from a mother mothel or 01 a 11 stifled cry cn hero and there here from front a father tathel as a blanket was as lifted testified that another search earch was ended Many of ot the mothers and fathers fath- fath fathers ers rs clasped in their arms the bodies of ot their children and carried car car- led ried them to their homes refus- refus lug Illg ng the services of ot ambulances and nd hearses that came from sur- sur towns town Other pitiful scenes though without the spectre of ot death were ere enacted in other othel parts paris of 0 ato the he school yard ard Other fathers Cathers and nd mothers found Cound their thell children injured art ard still others were Vere overjoyed o in finding theirs un un- scathed The search of ot some somo of the he parents was teas not ended until untila a a. trip to Lansing found their little ones undergoing treatment In n hospitals there News of ot the tragedy also a spread rapIdly through the surrounding farming community and provided anxIous moments for COI scores of ot farm tarm arm homes for COI many of ot the school chool pupils came canto here In busses made regular stops along the he highways high wars Farmers came camo In from rom the fields and soon the roads road were dotted with automo automo- automobiles biles scurrying to the village III age I |
