In early 1606, Owen was arrested a final time at Hindlip Hall in Worcestershire, giving himself up voluntarily in the hope of distracting attention from his master, Father Henry Garnet, who was hiding nearby with another priest. Realising just whom they had caught, and his value, Secretary of State Robert Cecil exulted: "It is incredible, how great was the joy caused by his arrest... knowing the great skill of Owen in constructing hiding places, and the innumerable quantity of dark holes which he had schemed for hiding priests all through England".