After moving to Tokyo and working there as a secret agent under a name Tanji KOGA together with Hajime SAITO (who called himself Goro FUJITA at that time), he became a fire station chief and was killed in the performance of his duties in 1904.
東京で斎藤一（当時の名は藤田五郎）と共に古閑膽次という名で密偵をした後、消防署長となり、明治三十七年（1904年）に殉職した。