In February Satsuma Army caught all the spies dispatched by KAWAJI and put them under torture-like interrogations, forcing them to write a "confession" saying that KAWAJI ordered them to assassinate SAIGO.
2月には、薩摩軍は川路が送り込んでいた密偵全員を捉えて拷問に近い取り調べを加え、川路が西郷隆盛を暗殺するよう指示したという「自白書」が取られた。