Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-02
DOCTORS BODY
FOUNDN CREEK
UNDER HIS AUTO
Mitchell o. Devaney's Machine
Plunges Over Bank Near
32d and BellefOntaine.
VICTIM OF SHARP TURN

DR.. Mitchell o. Devaney, 1910 Broad
way, is dead today, following an IN
usual accident in which the automobile
he was driving plunged over thirty-foot
embankment into Fall creek as it was
rounding a sharp turn in Sutherland
avenue, about block north of Thirty
second street, just west of Bellefontaine
street. The body was found pinned un-
der the car, around which the creek had
frozen solid, yesterday afternoon. 1t had
apparently been in the water twelve
hours, according to DR.. Paul F. Robin
son, coroner.
The body was found by Robert Pista-
tor, 324S Bellefontaine street. Mr.. Pista-
tor, while following rabbit tracks along
the bank of the creek, discovered a hat
lying on the bank. He told the police
later he suspected something wrong. A
moment later he saw the wheels of an
automobile above the ice in the creek and
investigating found the body of DR.. De-
vaney pinned in the drivers seat. He
Immediately notified the police and the
body was identified as that of DR.. De
vaney by prescription blanks found in
his medicine case.
There is no retaining wall at the place
where the machine went over the en-
bankment, which could have stopped it
In its course.
BUSHES FAIL
TO HOLD CAR.
Sutherland avenue is under control of
the board of park commissioners from
College avenue to a point close to where
rhe accident happened. Tt IS probable
that the board Of public works ana
Street Commissioner Al Meloy will be
asked to take up the question of placing
a retaining wall at this point, to pre-
vent similar accidents in the future.
The bank Of the creek is covered with
a heavy growth of bushes and small trees
at the point where the automobile left
the road but they did not stop the fall
of the car. The police believe DR.. De-
yaney was driving rapidly and that he
was unacquainted with the road, not
knowing there was turn ahead.
DR.. Deyaney was associate medical di-
rector of the indianapolis Life Insurance
Company. He entered the employ Of the
company in 1905 as an examiner. In 1907
he was made assistant medical examiner
and In 1910 he became associate medical
examiner.
DID HIS BIT
EOR COUNTRY.
He is survived by the widow and three
children, Henry, Is: Catherine, 13. and
Marjorie, years old. Dr. Devaney Is
also survived by his mother, Mrs. olive
Devaney of Hamilton county; two sisters.
Mrs. o. c. Lower of Hamilton county and
Mrs. J. F. Kassebaum of Broad Ripple,
and four brothers, ]. D. and +. c. De-
vaney of Hamilton county, William e.
Devaney of Seattle and T. c. Devaney Of
Eugene, Ore
DR.. Devaney- was born In Hamilton
county and was a graduate Of the Indi-
ana Medical college. He served as a
physician at the city dispensary, the
county workhouse and the State School
for Deaf before he became associated
with the life insurance company. He
served in the medical corps during the
trouble on the Mexican border and later
during the world war, the later service
being at Camp Taylor, KY. Before he
entered the service he was secretary Of
the Marion county board of health.
He was n member OF the indianapolis
Medical society, the Mystic Tie lodge of
Masons and the indianapolis lodge Of
Elks.