He was sentenced and served in Federal prison in Ohio for five years from 1989-1902. His father-in-law again posted his bail so he could remain with his wife until her death in 1897. He learned his wife was dying of tuberculosis and could not join him in Honduras, so he returned to Austin and turned himself in to the court. Henry sent his wife and daughter back to Texas, after which he holed up in a hotel to write his first collection of short stories, Cabbages an Kings published in 1904. He befriended a notorious train robber there, Al Jennings, who later wrote a book about their friendship. His father-in-law posted bail for him, but he fled the day before the trial in 1896, first to New Orleans, then to Honduras, where there was no extradition treaty. Henry's calling he was quite careless with his bookkeeping, fired by the bank and charged with embezzlement in 1894. Here's where the twists and turns really started. Over the next several years, Porter - as he was still known - took a number of different jobs, from pharmacy to drafting, journalism, and banking. He had an active social life in Austin and was a fine musician, skilled with the guitar and mandolin. While there, he took up residence on a sheep ranch, learned shepherding, cooking, babysitting, and bits of Spanish and German from the many migrant farmhands. Henry moved to Texas in March of 1882 hoping to get rid of a persistent cough that he had developed. The customers reacted warmly to his drawings and he was admired for his artistry and drawing skills. His first creative expressions came while working in the pharmacy where he would sketch the townspeople that frequented the store. He started working in his uncle's drugstore in 1879 and became a licensed pharmacist by the age of 19. Henry's early career aspirations were unfocused and he wandered across different activities and professions before he finally found his calling as a short story writer.
Henry's rich canon of work reflected his wide-range of experiences and is distinctive for its witticism, clever wordplay, and unexpected twist endings. Henry (1862 - 1910) was an American short story author whose real name was William Sydney Porter.
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