Parole board hearings ignored requests for an appealHe worked for a year on the chain gang, and then escaped - less dramatically - a second time in September 1930, hrough assistance from a sympathetic local store ownerHe again went North after evading numerous manhunts, became a tax consultant in New Jersey, and wrote a series of magazine articles of his harrowing experiences on the chain gangWarners"" acquired the rights to the book for $12,500 in early 1932...I""m gunning just the same way for your Major Callaghan.[Notice that in the film, two other characters"" names are often mis-identified besides Calloway who is called "Callaghan.When Jamie overheard that Rachel was upset over the changed plans, she expressed hurt feelings of rejection.As a caretaker, she""s a bit of a failure, but she""s a faithful,dirty old birdand goes with the place.