However, the domain escaped censure by following procedure and reporting the particulars of the incident immediately through Katsunaga ITAMI, a hatamoto, or shogun's vassal, who was also Suminaga's father and served as commissioner of shogunate demesne and in other key posts.
しかし、純長の実父であり勘定奉行を務めるなど幕府の要職にあった旗本・伊丹勝長を通じ、幕府に対し即座に事件の実情報告を行い恭順したため咎を受けなかった。