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toHonduras.However,in1897,whenhelearnedthathiswifewasdying,hereturnedtotheUnitedStatesandsurrenderedtothecourt,pendinganappeal. AtholEstesPorterdiedJuly25,1897.Porterwasfoundguiltyofembezzlement,sentencedtofiveyearsjail,andimprisonedApril25,1898attheOhioStatePenitentiary.HewasreleasedonJuly24,1901forgoodbehaviourafterservingthreeyears. OriginofPenName Porterpublishedatleasttwelvestorieswhileinprisontohelpsupporthisdaughter.Notwantinghisreaderstoknowhewasinjail,hestartedusingthepenname"O.Henry".ItisbelievedthatPortergotthisnamefromoneoftheguardswhowasnamedOrrinHenry.However,thereismuchdebateonthisissue:onePorterbiographerassertsthatthenamewasderivedfromagirlfriend'scat,whichansweredto"Oh,Henry!"GuyDavenport,meanwhile,wrotethatthenamewasacondensationof"OhioPenitentiary".ItalsocouldbeanabbreviationofthenameofFrenchpharmacist,Etienne-OssianHenry,whoisreferredtointheU.S.Dispensatory,areferenceworkPorterusedwhenhewasintheprisonpharmacy.Furtherconfusingtheissueisthatforatleastoneshortstory,andforalaterautobiographicalauthorprofile,Portersignedthe"full"nameOlivierHenry. Porteralsousedanumberofothernomsdeplume,mostnotably"Alex,Longford",andcontinuedusingavarietyofpennamesfull-timewhenhetookawritingcontractforAinslee'sMagazineinNewYorkCityshortlyafterhisreleasefromprison.Eventually,"O.Henry"becamethenamethatwasmostrecognizedbymagazineeditorsandthereadingpublic,andthereforeledtothegreatestfeesforstorysales.Accordingly,afterabout1903Porterusedthe"O.Henry"bylineexclusively. Infact,afterhisprisontermPorteralmostneveridentifiedhimselfinprintbyhisrealname,eveninprivatecorrespondencetoclosefriends.Toeditors,hewassimplyO.Henry(oroccasionallyOlivierHenry).Whenwritingtofriends,however,hewouldroutinelysignhisletterswithoneofawiderangeof