Iowa
Old Press
The Daily Gate City and Constitution-Democrat
Keokuk, Lee co., Iowa
Tuesday, October 17, 1916
KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE.
OTTUMWA, Iowa, Oct. 17 — L. S. Deveny, a pioneer
merchant of this city and at one time prominent in politics, died
at a local hospital at noon today from injuries received an hour
earlier when struck by a speeding auto driven by Roy Randall,
grocer. Deveny had started across a street, enroute to his home,
when struck. He failed to hear the warning sounded by Randall. He
was seventy years old and recently retired from business.
[transcribed by L.Z., January 2017]