On the evening of their arrival to Ishibe-juku (the 51st post station of the Tokaido Road), more than thirty members of roshi made an attack on the posting station, and in the uproar, these four men were murdered.
彼らが石部宿まで来た夜、30名を越す浪士の一団が宿場を襲い、人々が騒然とする中、これら与力4名が殺害された。