Kiho, Andrew Philip

Andrew Chiho
Andrew Chiho
	Andrew Kehoe
	; 1920 photo
Birth name	Andrew Philip Chiho
Date of Birth	February 1, 1872
Place of Birth	Tecumseh, Michigan , USA
Citizenship	USA
Date of death	May 18, 1927 (55 years old)
Place of death	Bath, Michigan , USA
Cause of death	suicide
Occupation
The killings
Number of victims	44
Number of survivors	58
Kill period	May 18, 1927
The main region of the killings	Bata United School
Way to kill	undermining, bodily harm
Weapon	dynamite , pyrotol
Motive	revenge on the community, possibly mental illness and financial stress

Andrew Philip Kehoe (February 1, 1872 - May 18, 1927 ) is a former American farmer and treasurer of the school board who massacred the Bat school on May 18, 1927. The tragedy has become and is still the most massacre in US educational institutions. Before that, Kiho killed his wife and burned his own farm, in the end Kiho made a self-blast, killing several more people.

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Biography

Early years

Andrew Chiho was born February 1, 1872 in Tecums of Michigan in the family of Irish immigrants Philip and Mary Chiho and was one of thirteen children. When Andrew was 18 years old his mother died. After graduating from Tecumseh High School, Kiho moved to the University of Michigan with a degree in electrical engineering. There he met his future wife Ellen Price.

After college, Chiho went to St. Louis to work as an electrician. In 1911, Kiho suffered a severe head injury when falling, as a result of which he spent two weeks in a coma. In the same year, Chiho witnessed the death of stepmother Francis Wilder from the explosion of a stove - a woman was sprayed with flaming oil. Although Chiho intervened by pouring a bucket of water on his stepmother, Francis was ultimately unsuccessful.

In 1912, Kiho married Ellen, and in 1919 the couple purchased a plot of 750 thousand square meters with a value of 12 thousand US dollars at the then exchange rate - Kiho paid half the amount and took the rest in a mortgage.

Personality

Neighbors described Chiho as a rather gallant, but at the same time quick-tempered man. Once in a fit of rage, Kiho killed one of his horses to death. The neighbors also noted that Chiho tried to look neat - being a little dirty, he immediately changed clothes. In addition, according to them, the future terrorist tried to work on the farm without relying on the experience of other people and looked for ways to achieve everything with the help of technology, and, realizing that it does not bring any result, he could immediately abandon this business.

Kiho was also notable for his frugality and thoroughness in relation to money, which once led to a conflict with the church, which the couple attended when they were informed about the mandatory financial contribution. A few days before the attack on the school, Chiho sent a parcel with the inscription “Explosive. Caution "to an insurance agent in Lansing . The parcel was opened after the attack at the station in Lainsburg, there were found books with calculations and a letter stating that Kiho was leaving the school council and asked to deal with the error in the calculations for which he was forced to pay an extra 23 cents.

School Activities

In 1924, Chiho was elected treasurer of the council of Bath School, where he tried to withstand taxes on building construction and demanded a deferral of payments. Chiho was often an opponent of other council members, particularly Superintendent Emory Hayk whom Chiho accused of "financial negligence." In 1925, Kiho was briefly elected clerk, and in 1926, during the election, he was removed from office.

Around this time, Ellen Kiho was diagnosed with tuberculosis - this led to her often visiting the hospital. By that time, Chiho had ceased to pay the mortgage and in June 1926 received a notice of imminent confiscation. The neighbors began to pay attention to the increasing sounds of explosions and the fact that Chiho stopped working on the farm itself. At the same time, Kiho continued to conduct business at school as a council member and electrician. Later it turns out that all this time he secretly carried explosives into the building.

Terrorist attack

On May 18, 1927 at 8:45, Kiho's farm caught fire almost at the same time and the northern wing of the school exploded. The residents of Bath fled to the scene of the explosion trying to help the victims. At about 9:15 a.m., Kiho, who arrived in a truck on a truck, undermined, killing himself and several others. Later, the rescuers discovered the heavily burnt body of his wife Kiho in a cart near the chicken coop, according to the conclusion of the examination, death came as a result of a blow to the head with a heavy blunt object. On the fence of the former farm of the attacker, a sign was found with the inscription "They do criminals, they are not born." 44 people became victims of Kiho, 58 were injured.

The remains of Kiho were taken by one of his sisters, after which they were buried in a St. John's cemetery in Michigan under an anonymous tombstone. Ellen Kiho was buried under the maiden name Price in Lansing.