Later Years and Death
In 1927, Treat played a role in the rescue of four youths who broke through the ice on Boston's Jamaica Pond.
During World War II, Treat worked at Bethlehem Steel Co.'s Hingham Shipyard. He suffered serious head injuries in August 1943 when he was struck by an automobile while crossing the street in Weymouth, Massachusetts. He was in critical condition on arrival and spent several days in the hospital.
After the war, Treat reportedly worked as an "investment broker" in Boston. In April 1947, Treat, at age 47, was killed in a plunge from the window of his ninth floor room at the Muehlebach Hotel in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Treat's body, clad only in a topcoat, was discovered in the early morning hours by a taxi driver. The coroner reported finding a note in the room addressed to Treat's wife, Muriel K. Treat. The note read, "On vacation. Couldn't stand it." Friends reported that he had been suffering from tuberculosis and was en route to Arizona after being told his condition was incurable. Another news account reported that he had traveled to Kansas City for "medical treatment for complications from crippling injuries" he sustained in the 1943 automobile accident." He had spent several months in a sanitarium in Rutland, Massachusetts.
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