However, their bright life didn't last long, and Mukoubatake who was an ex-convict got addicted to gambling, prostitution and shady speculation, and then during the Russo-Japanese War, he lost his pension and arrested on charges of sexual assault and resulted in spending pitiful later years.
しかし長続きはせず、前科のあった、向畑は博打と売春、怪しげな投機話に明け暮れ、日露戦争が始まり年金が停止されると婦女暴行事件を起こし逮捕されるなど惨めな晩年を迎えた。