presence of only police, officials of the guardians and Rev R H Law, Toplis was afforded a Christian burial service, and was hastily buried without the knowledge of his family or the media in an unmarked grave due to the crimes he was accused of committing. Until recently, the location of the grave was unknown. However, with the corroboration of media images from the time of burial and information provided from Penrith Cemetery, the location of Toplis's resting place can be located to the right of the cemetery chapel, believed to be location 77MMM 62/3. In 1980, there was an unsuccessful attempt by the Canadian Frank Dayson, a childhood friend of Toplis, to erect a headstone on the grave. A recent attempt has also been made by the descendants of Toplis to erect a headstone. However, Eden District Council are unable to sell the exclusive rights of burial due to an anticipated need to re-use the burial land where Toplis is interred. Toplis's belongings, including his monocle, were handed to Penrith and Eden Museum, where they are on display. In 2015 a plaque was unveiled to mark the spot where Toplis was shot dead. Aftermath Whilst local and national press were generally supportive of the level of force used by the Penrith Constabulary in apprehending Toplis, The Guardian offered a more cautionary approach. On 9 June 1920, the day that Toplis was buried, the paper wrote that although it was difficult to see how his death could have been avoided, it was "not by any means the best end that could have been put to a bad business." The paper went onto describe "several minor but interesting loose ends" that a jury might have been able to clear up. On Saturday 8 January 1927, the body of Toplis's accomplice Harry Fallows – the only credible eyewitness to have implicated Toplis in the murder of Spicer – was found by 17-year-old rambler Fred Bannister in a cave in Winnats Pass in Castleton, Derbyshire. By his side was 17-year-old Marjorie Coe Stewart. The pair had been living at separate addresses in Moston, Manchester, some 31 miles from the scene of the tragedy. The police ruled it a double-suicide. The couple had disappeared late on New Year's Eve and were found by Bannister, also of Manchester, eight days later. Despite their appeals for witnesses, police were not able to account for the couple's