However, all these articles mentioned were found within a very close proximity to each other, and in the minds of most people present there was now no doubt as to the fate of Deacon Gramps.

On Monday night the coroner rendered a verdict that the Deacon met his death by being accidentally burned to death.

Mrs.Gramps swooned away and had to have the attention of old Doctor Greenwich from Dobbinsville.

In the event of the illness of Mrs.Gramps, it devolved upon Preacher Bonds to make full arrangements for the funeral, in which affair Jake Benton and his good wife showed every disposition to help where help was possible.
Preacher Bonds went to Dobbinsville and sent a telegram to each of the Deacon's five sons, two of whom lived in St.Louis, and three in Chicago.

He also sent a telegram to a minister in St.Louis to come to preach the funeral, as, he said, he did not feel that he could officiate at the funeral of such a worthy brother as the departed.