Furthermore, shortly after ten o'clock in the morning of that day, Sukematsu MINAMI and Tsuruzo NAGAOKA were arrested for solicitation and incitement and escorted to Utsunomiya City, so there was nobody to stop the riot, and this escalated the riot beyond control.
さらにこの日午前10時過ぎ、南助松と永岡鶴蔵が、教唆扇動の疑いで逮捕され、宇都宮市に護送されると、逆に暴動を制止する者がいなくなり、収拾のつかない大規模な暴動に発展した。