Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-10
IBEARABLE PAIN
De CANT
| To SUICIDE
,minent Atlanta Insurance
an Is Found in Lakewood
park Lake by Boys.

.,. eurrounding the death OF
T. DeGant, prominent Atlanta
man whose body was found
,".,rood park lake, is not cleared
r. N,,,.s developments except by a
' 5,r of the theory that he ended
-. rfa because he was haunted
o"r a,ir Of an incurable disease.
~. ~. for 9. long time from kidney
'' =, violent form, DeGant is
r.. to have been the subject OF an
II 81 ,'., which drove him Saturday
/ ,'..oo5 mark and to his death.
I10 ~ Travnham, assistant general
J" ,f toe Home Friendly society
\ '5ov that DeGant's affairs were
5'cr .g and prosperous condition
! ,bat the probably self-intiicted
.s,,,d not have been due to trou-
In that quarter.
r,n,,s bodv was found Sunday
1no bv two boys, as it fioated IN
4 s,st If water at Lakewood park
.be shore. lie had been MISS
since carly Saturday morning ana
k,tiyes had been put ON the searcl
! nne T, DeGant was about DO
o,d and had been in Atlanta
~. - Years. He was well known in
f.ss in Atlanta, and founded the
t. friendly Insurance Company
es,,3s declare that DeGant had sew
.r,as before the fatal day threat
Il hi, life when spells of morbid
4 .oiz.d him. but that each time he
.a7 his balance and his cheer
INC his in health passed.
Niaht OF Agony.
-. night of sleeplessncss anc
1 n.cant arose early Saturday
.,a.t his home, 25S CORTLAND
n. 7nere he lived with Policeman
T. Alien In this he broke the Or
rontine of his life, and was at
s., i'm the Austell building TWO
herora his custom, before the
~. elevator boy had become accus-
H. to his morning surroundings.
4 FFLoso who entered the office later IN
5.v found letters and papers neatly
i rgsd and ordered for the day 5
H. DaGant placed the keys OF the
L. in the vault of the safe, LABEL
each. and placing apart from the
H. KEYS his own personal keys. blnt
l-a7 alton Of the suicide is found
he orderly preparations.
fe elevator boy in the Austen
s5irg remembered yesterday that
A .rr had descended from the office,
him coed bye. and had gone out on
street. A man answering. De-
1 Is description caught a Lakewood
at about $50 o'clock, and rode to
end Of the line. This fact was
4 taiued by detectives, who were on
iob Of finding DeGant after he had
( b to show up at his CORTLAND
h. home or at his Office late in the
fhe two boys who found the body,
d and Louis Billet, are the sons OF
II manager of Lakewood park. They
tught the floating object was a log,
decided to wade out to investigate.
ky found the dead mans body, puff
bnd discolored and evidently having
b in the water for many hours. De-
ft soft hat was pulled down tight
ION his forehead, his nose glasses
b placed naturally before his eyes,
his heavy overcoat was buttoned
hax
Body Floating in Water.
Ihe body was floating in two feet
Ea,er Nowhere i'll that part of the
rao the body was found is the
Of sufficient depth to prove dan-
tus To AN able bodied man.
(ooncr Donehoo was notified, and
body VA. removed to the establish
b. Of Greeuberg & Bond, where an
pest was held at 4 o'clock Sunday
Fmoon, resulting in a verdict OF
lta by drowning. A number of wit
'Ses testified, among them Y. T. Al
with whom DeGant lived, and who
+ as his opinion the statement that
Pant ended his own life because OF
Illness which has beset him for
fy months.
PeGants closest relative is Mrs.
Fde PRODIGY of Washington, his
0ghter who has been notified of his
IN, and who rrpba hIN- will reach