He claimed his innocence and insisted if the execution by electrical chair will be carried out twice, the punishment is cruel and aberrant, however his claim was not accepted and he forced to sit on the electrical chair again in 1947.
彼自身は冤罪を主張していたほか、二度も電気椅子にかけるのは残虐で異常な刑罰であると主張したが、いずれも受け入れられず、1947年に再度電気椅子に座らされた。