When TANEDA was killed, his favorite concubine, Kokatsu, who was at the site, rushed to the Kumamoto telegraph office despite her injury and sent a telegram saying, "Master is in danger, I am injured" to her parents in Tokyo.
種田が殺害された際、その場にいた種田の愛妾小勝は負傷しながらも、熊本電信局へ走り、「ダンナハイケナイワタシハテキズ」（旦那はいけない、私は手傷）と打った電報を、東京の親元に送信した。