charley, who insists on paying for his crimes by pleading guilty, arranges for jim to get arrested for receiving the $800 from him, as it was part of the money he took from mrs. frazier. jim is infuriated when he is thrown in a cell with charley, but the older man explains that he needed time to tell jim his life story so that he can write a book about him. jim is released the next day and writes charley's book, which becomes a best-seller.