Fortunately James Forman’s association with Keith was brief and he had died the year before Keith committed his worst crime. On Dec 11th 1875 a trunk full of dynamite exploded on the dockside at Bremerhaven, killing over hundred people. The trunk was being loaded by Keith on board the transatlantic liner Mosel as part of an insurance swindle. The plan was that it should explode in mid-atlantic, Keith having disembarked at Southampton. When the plan went wrong Keith committed suicide by shooting himself on board the Mosel. He admitted to the crime before he died.