a bamboo lancing was found underfloor in gentaro ' s house in kyoto several months before , and gentaro ' s body could not be found following the accident ( ?) in hozukyo gorge and a fire fighting team and other in saga village lit a taimatsu torch and tried to search for his body along the coastline of katsura river for consecutive nights , but in vain . several days later , his body was found on the bottom of chidorigafuchi moat (currently , the opposite side of ogurayama park ) with stones in the sleeves of his kimono . according to witnesses , ' white tabi socks were floating below water ' and ' his montsuki-hakama (formal kimono with family crest and divided " skirt " ) was too tightly fit on his body to remove it from his body .' that is , gentaro ' s body was once found and again sunk in the water ' (witnessed by a member of saga firemen team who was serving for tanaka family ). 「数か月前に源太郎の京都の家の床から竹槍が発見されこと、保津峡の事故（？）の後、源太郎の死体の発見が遅れ、嵯峨村の消防団などが連夜に渡って松明を掲げて桂川 (淀川水系)沿岸の捜索を行ったが、発見できなかった。数日後に千鳥ヶ淵（現在の小倉山公園の対岸）の水底に紋付きの袂に石を入れられた状態で発見されたのです。目撃談では「白足袋が水面下に漂っていた」「紋付き袴が食い込んで脱がせられなかった」とあります。つまり、一度発見された源太郎は改めて沈められたのです」（嵯峨消防団員、田中家奉公人の証言）。
