The case itself was settled by a political solution, but his achievement was highly evaluated enough to be appointed as a chief patrol officer of police in 1877, and he worked on the suppression of Seinan War.
事件そのものは政治決着により片付けられてしまうが、この時の働きが評価され1877年（明治10年）警察の巡査隊長に任命され西南戦争の鎮圧に当たる。