However, on December 10, 1885, Takekiyo NISHIGORI, who had served the Nakamura clan as retainer, requested the family to release Tomotane, claiming that he had been confined for no reason by his younger paternal brother Aritane and his fellows who planned to embezzle Tomotane's property.
これに対し、明治16年（1885年）12月10日、旧中村藩士錦織剛清は、財産横領をはかる異母弟相馬順胤らの不当な監禁であるとして、誠胤の解放などを申し入れた。