Statue of O. Henry

ID: 3985 ~ Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, photograph by Carol M. Highsmith [reproduction number, e.g., LC-USZ62-123456]. ~ Creator: Carol M. Highsmith

This file appears in: William Sydney Porter: Becoming O. Henry

O. Henry was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, and the town commemorated him by erecting a statue in his likeness. O. Henry never returned to North Carolina once he left for Texas.

This file appears in: William Sydney Porter: Becoming O. Henry

William Sydney Porter: Becoming O. Henry

By Woody Brown

In February 1896, William Sydney Porter was indicted for embezzlement of funds from the First National Bank in Austin, Texas, where he had been recently employed. In July of that year, instead of…