He carried a sword cane with him as a cautionary measure, and the following year, 1892, when he was attacked by a man who proclaimed himself a political activist of the Liberal Party, he fiercely fought against the aggressor.
用心のため仕込杖を持ち歩き、翌年1892年には、自由党の壮士と名乗る者に襲われ大立ち回りを演じた。