After the request of those farmers, Sato discussed with the Prefectural governor and the chief of Okayama Prefectural Police., and headed to Tokyo to make a plea for sparing the life of Morichika to the chief of the National Public Safety Bureau, Hideki ARIMATSU; however, the death penalty was carried out on January 24, 1911, six days after the judgment.
要請を受けた佐藤は岡山県知事、警察部長と打ち合わせ上京、警保局長有松英樹に対して助命嘆願をしたが、判決の6日後1911年（明治44年）1月24日に刑が執行された。