Thanks to the hard work of a few people, this story is very well
documented on the Internet and a trip to the library is hardly
necessary.  Any research into this topic should start with a
visit to the The Bath School Disaster.  Here you will find links
to a great collection of images, newspaper and magazine
articles, and to additional web sites.  Excellent site! Mark
Gado has written the e-text Hell Comes to Bath: America’s Worst
School Violence Ever on  The Crime Library web site.   The good
old days weren’t as good as you think.  Let’s do a time warp
back to May 18, 1927, two days prior to the start of Lindbergh’s
historic crossing of the Atlantic.  This particular day started
out just like any for the seven-hundred or so residents of the
village of Bath, Michigan.  Yet, this day was not to be like any
other.  Around nine forty-five that morning, a tremendous
explosion shook the community.  Within just a short period of
time, an additional loud blast would be heard.   At a time when
radio was still in its