As there was a rumor at that time that a drunk Kuroda had killed his wife, Tokyo Metropolitan Police commissioner Toshiyoshi KAWAJI exhumed the body of Sei and confirmed that she had died due to illness.
このとき、黒田が酔って妻を殺したのだという噂が流れたため、警視総監川路利良は清の墓を開け、病死であることを確認した。