Government officials of the Fukuoka Domain were surprised by this and took lulled Kuniomi into security by taking him to a Japanese-style hotel and treating him well, however before long a Hori (officer) of Satsuma Domain broke in and arrested him.
驚いた福岡藩の役人はとりあえず国臣を旅館へ案内してもてなしたが、そこへ薩摩藩の捕吏が押し込み国臣を捕縛してしまった。