Bath Massacre: America's First School Bombing (40 page)

40
. Ibid.

41
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 320–21.

1
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 25.

2
. Burnett interview.

3
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 25.

4
. “Records Fill Mystery Box,”
Lansing State Journal,
May 19, 1927.

5
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 7–8.

6
. Ellsworth,
The Bath School Disaster,
69.

7
. Vail interview.

8
. “Reunion Stirs Memories of Bath Blast, Its Victims,”
Detroit Free Press,
June 4, 1985.

9
. Ellsworth,
The Bath School Disaster,
64.

10
. Ibid., 75.

11
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 40–41.

12
. Ibid., 163–64.

13
. Mast interview.

14
. Ellsworth,
The Bath School Disaster,
60.

15
. Cressman interview.

16
. Vail interview.

17
. Wilkins,
My Scrapbook,
46.

18
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 174.

19
. Ibid., 52.

20
. “Maniac Bomber’s Wife among His 43 Victims,”
Youngstown Telegraph,
May 19, 1927.

21
.
Youngstown Telegraph,
“School Picnic Day In Bath one of Tragedy and Sorrow,” May 19, 1927.

22
. Ibid.

23
. Parker,
Mayday,
110.

24
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 153.

25
. Ibid., 148.

26
. Ibid., 164.

27
. “School Head’s Labor Wrecked,”
Lansing State Journal,
May 18, 1927.

28
. Wilkins,
My Scrapbook,
47.

29
. “Villagers Turn to Prayer after School Tragedy,”
Toledo Blade,
May 19, 1927.

30
. Cressman interview.

31
. John McGonigal, interview with the author, May 19, 2007.

32
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 41.

33
.
Lansing State Journal,
May 21, 1927.

34
. Ellsworth,
The Bath School Disaster,
104.

35
. Vail interview.

36
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 11.

37
. Ibid., 64–65.

38
. Ibid., 293.

39
. Ellsworth,
The Bath School Disaster,
6.

40
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 246.

41
. Ibid., 91–92.

42
. Ibid., 137.

43
. Ibid.

44
. Ibid.

45
. “School Dynamiter First Slew Wife,”
New York Times,
May 20, 1927.

46
. “Kehoe Sped to Destroy School as Neighbors Rallied to Assist Him,”
Lansing State Journal,
May 19, 1927.

47
.
New York Times,
May 20, 1927.

48
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 295.

49
. Ibid., 143.

50
. Ibid., 164.

51
. Mast interview.

52
. Parker,
Mayday,
113.

53
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 154.

54
. Ibid., 27.

55
. Cressman interview.

56
. Ellsworth,
The Bath School Disaster,
84.

57
. Jeff Seidel, “Life after Terrorism,”
Detroit Free Press,
December 9, 2001.

58
. Alice Loomis, interview with the author, December 7, 2007.

59
. Ellsworth,
The Bath School Disaster,
127.

60
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 92–95.

61
. “Teacher, Pinned under Debris with Dead Boy, Has Prayers Answered,”
Lansing State Journal,
May 20, 1927.

62
. Wilkins,
My Scrapbook,
50.

63
. Chris Christoff, “2 Children of ’27 Tragedy Say Crash Revives Suffering,”
Detroit Free Press,
August 26, 1987.

64
. Raymond Eschtruth, “May 18, 1927: The Way I Remember It,” undated memoir.

65
. Margrete Daney, “Funeral Dirges Sound as Echo of Maniac’s Revenge,”
Toledo Blade,
May 21, 1927.

66
. Gene Wilkins, interview with the author, November 11, 2006.

67
. Gerald G. Granger, “Frantic Mothers Search Line at Morgue for Own Children,”
Lansing State Journal,
May 18, 1927.

68
.
Lansing State Journal,
May 21, 1927.

69
. Parker,
Mayday,
116.

70
. Ibid.

71
. “Hint Accomplice in School Blast,”
Chicago Daily News,
May 19, 1927.

72
. Ellsworth,
The Bath School Disaster,
7.

73
. Wilkins,
My Scrapbook,
47.

74
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 12.

75
. “Lansing Rallies to Aid of Stricken Neighbor Town,”
Lansing State Journal,
May 18, 1927.

76
. Ibid.

77
. Ibid.

78
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 65.

79
. Ibid., 241.

80
. Ibid., 65.

81
. Ellsworth,
The Bath School Disaster,
7.

82
. Parker,
Mayday,
119.

83
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 67.

84
. Wilkins,
My Scrapbook,
45.

85
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 213.

86
. Eschtruth, “May 18, 1927.”

87
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 233–34.

88
. Ibid., 213.

89
. Ellsworth,
The Bath School Disaster,
21.

90
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 313–14.

91
. Ibid., 33–34.

92
. George Edward McConnell, interview with the author, September 28, 2005.

93
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 314.

94
. Ellsworth,
The Bath School Disaster,
74–75.

95
. Ibid., 213.

96
. Ibid., 156.

97
. Ibid., 192.

98
. Wilkins,
My Scrapbook,
44.

99
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 34.

100
.
Youngstown Telegraph,
May 19, 1927.

101
. McConnell interview.

102
.
New York Times,
May 20, 1927.

103
. Eschtruth, “May 18, 1927.”

104
. Wilkins,
My Scrapbook,
45.

105
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 14.

106
. Vail interview.

107
.
Lansing State Journal,
May 19, 1927.

108
. Burnett interview.

109
. Ellsworth,
The Bath School Disaster,
67.

110
. Ibid., 55.

111
. Ibid., 127.

112
. Ibid., 72.

113
. Ibid., 104.

114
. Ibid., 87.

115
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 30.

116
. Ellsworth,
The Bath School Disaster,
49.

117
.
Clinton County Republican-News,
May 26, 1927.

118
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 30.

119
. Ibid., 43.

120
. Ibid.

1
.
Lansing State Journal,
May 18, 1927.

2
. Wilkins,
My Scrapbook,
47.

3
. Vail interview.

4
. Loomis interview.

5
.
Youngstown Telegraph,
“Maniac Bomber’s Wife Among Victims,” May 19, 1927.

6
. Parker,
Mayday,
121.

7
. Ellsworth,
The Bath School Disaster,
15.

8
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 215.

9
.
Chicago Daily News,
May 19, 1927.

10
. Eschtruth, “May 18, 1927.”

11
. Ibid.

12
. Wilkins,
My Scrapbook,
51.

13
. Ibid., 58–61.

14
.
Detroit Free Press,
December 9, 2001.

15
.
Toledo Blade,
May 19, 1927.

16
.
Youngstown Telegraph,
“Maniac Bomber’s Wife Among Victims,” May 19, 1927.

17
. McConnell interview.

18
.
Toledo Blade,
May 19, 1927.

19
. Colleen Cason, “Before Columbine: Oak View Man Witnessed Day 72 Years Ago When Terror Reigned at Schoolhouse,”
Ventura County Star,
January 16, 2000.

20
. Parker,
Mayday,
134.

21
.
Lansing State Journal,
May 19, 1927.

22
. Parker,
Mayday,
135.

23
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 213.

24
. Burnett interview.

25
. Charles E. Ahrens, “Day of School Picnic Opens Tragically,”
Erie Daily Times,
May 19, 1927.

26
. Parker,
Mayday,
131.

27
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 14.

28
.
Lansing State Journal,
May 20, 1927.

29
. Ibid., 330.

30
. Ibid., 329–31.

31
.
Chicago Daily News,
May 19, 1927.

32
. Vail interview.

33
. Parker,
Mayday,
133.

34
. Wilkins,
My Scrapbook,
55.

35
.
Detroit Free Press,
December 9, 2001.

36
. Parker,
Mayday,
130.

37
. Ibid.

38
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 332–38.

39
. Ibid., 343.

40
. James Doherty, “Call on State to Help School Tragedy Village,”
Chicago Daily Tribune,
May 20, 1927.

41
. Dean Sweet Jr., interview with the author, April 4, 2008.

42
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 332.

43
.
Lansing State Journal,
May 19, 1927.

44
.
Chicago Daily Tribune,
May 20, 1927.

45
. “Disaster Seen to Spur Drive,”
Lansing State Journal,
May 18, 1927.

46
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 208.

47
.
Lansing State Journal,
May 20, 1927.

48
. Parker,
Mayday,
133.

49
. “Press Room Set Up in Tiny Woodshed,”
Lansing State Journal,
May 19, 1927.

50
. Parker,
Mayday,
133.

51
. Burnett interview.

52
.
Lansing State Journal,
May 20, 1927.

53
. “Blast Photos Rushed by Air for
Herald-Examiner
Scoop,”
Chicago Herald-Examiner,
May 19, 1927.

54
. “Planes Carry Blast Films to Eastern Movie Houses,”
Lansing State Journal,
May 20, 1927.

55
. “Airplane and Automobile Used by
Blade
to Cover School Blast,”
Toledo Blade,
May 19, 1927.

56
. Parker,
Mayday,
136–38.

57
. Ellsworth,
The Bath School Disaster,
127.

58
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 208–11.

59
. Vail interview.

60
.
Chicago Daily News,
May 19, 1927.

61
. Dr. R. G. Curtis Jr., interview with the author, December 9, 2007.

62
.
Lansing State Journal,
May 18, 1927.

63
. “In the Matter of the Inquest,” 215.

64
. Vail interview.

65
. “Fiend Dynamites Bath School, 44 Die,”
Clinton County Republican-News,
May 19, 1927.

66
. Vail interview.

67
. Ellsworth,
The Bath School Disaster,
67.

68
.
Lansing State Journal,
May 18, 1927.

69
. Vail interview.

70
.
Lansing State Journal,
May 20, 1927.

71
. Ibid., 40–41.

72
.
Lansing State Journal,
May 19, 1927.

73
. Vail interview.

74
.
Clinton County Republican-News,
May 19, 1927.

75
. Loomis interview.

1
.
Toledo Blade,
May 19, 1927.

2
. Ibid.

3
. Ibid.

4
.
Chicago Herald-Examiner,
May 19, 1927.

5
.
Lansing State Journal,
May 19, 1927.

6
. Ibid.

7
. Ibid.

8
. Ibid.

9
. “Disaster Fund Grows Hourly,”
Lansing State Journal,
May 21, 1927.

10
. Ibid.

11
. “Over $7,300 in Bath Aid Fund,”
Lansing State Journal,
May 26, 1927.

12
. “Ingham Towns Plan Bath Benefit Shows,”
Lansing State Journal,
May 23, 1927.

13
.
Lansing State Journal,
May 21, 1927.

14
. Ibid.

15
. “James J. Couzens,” Wikipedia,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_
Couzens (accessed August 7, 2007).