Clinton County Republican-News May 19, 1927 FIND REMAINS OF MRS. KEHOE CHARRED BODY LOCATED NEAR DEMOLISHED FARM BUILDINGS Cleo Clayton, One of Injured Pupils, Dies in Hospital Wednesday Night Mrs. Kehoe has been found. Her charred body, burned beyond recognition, was discovered at 8:30 a.m. today (Thursday). It is believed that her husband murdered her before exploding and burning his buildings. The remains were found west of the wrecked tool shed not far from the barn. The body had been tied to a cart used for wheeling milk cans and on it was a small chest of silver and other small valuables. The remains were identified by the woman's false teeth. It was at first believed that Mrs. Kehoe might have escaped the tragedy. Recently she had been in a Lansing hospital but late Monday her husband brought her home although but a few people in the community knew of her return. She was a pleasant woman and well liked by her neighbors. Lately she had been in ill health and was threatened with tuberculosis. The remains of the woman, unnoticed by the hundreds that visited the Kehoe place Wednesday, were discovered by a Mr. Cole of Saginaw who immediately communicated with Prosecutor Wm. C. Searl who was at Bath. With the death of Cleo Clayton, pupil in Sparrow hospital last night and the finding of Mrs. Kehoe's body, the death toll has reached 43. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GIRDLES TREES It has been found that Andrew Kehoe girdled all the fruit and shade trees on his place. In his madness the man evidently hoped to destroy everything within his reach before taking his own life. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Find 3 Barrels, 2 Bushels, and 7 Sacks of Dynamite Enough dynamite, which failed to explode, was taken from the ruins of the Bath school to have wrecked the whole village. There were three full barrels - seven full cement sacks and two full bushels besides a bushel of black powder. Workers also found the time clock which set off the fuse. It was an ordinary $1 alarm clock set for 9:30 a.m. The explosion occurred on the minute and practically every clock in the school house stopped at that time. State and Lansing police kept the crowd back of ropes for fear other explosions would occur while the work of clearing away the debris went on. Fortunately all of the dynamite was safely carried out, but one Bath man was knocked unconscious by a flying plank.