In the article "Criminal Who Disappears Like Magic" printed in the September 1, 1909 edition of the Japanese language Taiwan Daily News it said: "For him, a police dragnet is no more difficult than a spider's web in the corner of the room; it cannot hold this gossamer shadow."
日日新報九月一日刊出的「凶賊之神出鬼沒」一文，就寫道：「法網之於他就如同牆角的蜘蛛網般，捉不住他那如遊絲的影子。」