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The Teller and the Court

A bank teller on the run came home to a dying wife and was convicted in this building.

Collection: Austin · USA · Open in OpenStreetMap

O. Henry Hall, the old federal building
O. Henry Hall, the old federal building · WhisperToMe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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How the story begins

A man wanted for embezzlement came back to Austin from Honduras in January 1897, because his wife was ill. His name was William Porter. He had been a teller at the First National Bank of Austin, a job he hated, at a bank the Handbook of Texas calls poorly managed. While he was away in Houston writing a newspaper column, examiners found irregularities there, and he was named as the culprit.

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Visiting

601 Colorado Street, Austin, at Sixth Street. Administrative offices of the Texas State University System; see it from the street. The O. Henry Museum is a separate visit at Brush Square.

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