 Dr. Trescott returns home to find his house ablaze ; after he is told by his hysterical wife that Jimmie is still inside , he rushes into the house by way of the laboratory 's hidden passageway . He finds Jimmie still wrapped in the blanket and carries him outside . Hearing that Henry is inside the house , Dr. Trescott attempts to re @-@ enter , but is held back . Another man goes into the house and returns with the badly burned " thing " that used to be Henry Johnson . The injured men and boy are taken to Judge Denning Hagenthorpe 's house across the street to be treated , but while it is thought that Dr. Trescott and Jimmie will survive their injuries , Henry is pronounced as good as dead ; he is mourned as a hero by the town . 
