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.."" No, it""s gonna be too preachy, I mean, you know, let""s face it, I wanna sell some books here.another snowy, wintry view of a NYC street, probably 5th Avenuethe Washington Square archwaya clothes and shoes market in the garment districta reprise of the Staten Island ferry (Brooklyn in he background)a fish market, presided over by men in white apronschildren exiting down steps of a private school at the close of the daya playground court with basketball hoop viewed through a chain-link fencea snowy park (Central Park possibly)ANGRY""Chapter One: He adored New York City.After a trial, Harper is sentenced to death by hanging for having killed two people in he bank robbery, but the money is never recovered.OCTOBER 30THAfter crossing a field, Michael entered the outskirts of Haddonfield.Dr.Loomis was using the Myers house as a backdrop for an interview with attractive TV reporter Holly West (Catherine Dyer).