Andrew Philip Kehoe ( February 1 , 1872 – May 18 , 1927 ) was an American farmer and treasurer of his township school board , notable as a mass murderer for killing his wife and 43 other people ( including 38 children ) , and injuring 58 people by setting off bombs in the Bath School disaster on May 18 , 1927 . He committed suicide near the school by detonating dynamite in his truck , causing an explosion which killed several other people and wounded more . He had earlier set off incendiary devices in his house and farm , destroying all the buildings , as well as killing two horses and other farm animals
Bath School disaster
Bath School disaster
Andrew Kehoe