According to the final report on Liao Tien-ting prepared by the Governor-General's office, on November 18 of 1909, Yang found out where Liao had been hiding out for several days in the mountains, and deceived Liao by telling him that the Japanese thought he had made his way to Taichung and therefore had pulled out of the mountains completely.
根據總督府廖添丁搜查始末報告書記載，明治四十二年十一月十八日晚上，楊林發現在山中已躲藏數日的廖添丁行蹤，假意騙廖說日警以為他逃回台中，已經撤出山區。