Based on these official documents, she discovered some discrepancies between historical fact and popular fancy. Liao was indeed an incorrigible thief, but he only began to be taken seriously by the Japanese police after he stole a police weapon and ammunition in August of 1909. It was only a brief three months from then until his death.
根據這些官方紀錄，她發現傳說與事實有一些出入﹘﹘廖添丁雖然是竊盜前科累犯，但真正被日本警方極度重視，是在明治四十二年八月犯下偷竊警槍彈藥開始；到他在八里遇害，只有短短三個月的時間。