For Chiang Wei-shui personally, the 144 days that he spent in prison as a result of his two arrests connected with the incident provided him with an opportunity to do more reading and thinking. During this time he immersed himself in the theory of political and social movements and laid a solid foundation for the future development of such activities in Taiwan.
同時，蔣渭水因治警事件而兩度入獄的一百四十四天，更提供了他靜心讀書的機會，期間他深入研究政治社會運動理論，使「思想得到武裝」，為日後洶湧澎湃的運動推展奠立紮實基礎。