The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-06
L. MARVIN CHILDS BROUGHT
HERE FROM ATLANTA TO
DO TIME
FEDERAL PRISONER
Has Had a Hard Road in United
States Court-FamiIy Met Him
Here-Will Reform.

With Fright, chubby-faced little
son who had not seen daddy in nearly
year playing about his knees ana
an exceptionally attractive little wife
with mass of wavy black hair sitting
near him and gazing ino his face with
that look of unshaken faith in her
husband and an undying love for Inc
father of her cunning little boy, l..
Marvin Childs, young man of excep-
tionally fine appearance and physique
and nattily attired, sat last night in
the guard room of the county iail and
discussed with reporter for The In
telligencer his last prison career,
which began several months ago In
the federal penitentiary at Atlanta.
Childs was brought to Anderson
Monday night by a United States
marshal of the federal penitentiary at
Atlanta and turned over to the county
authorities of Anderson. He will serve
federal court sentence of six months
in the county Jail here for intimidat-
Ing witness in the United States dis
trict court for the western district of
South Carolina.
While the story is a long one, it is
interesting. At the spring, 15i3, term
| OF the federal court at Greenyille,
Childs was indicted on charges of
using the United States mails to oe-
| fraud. Two cases were made and
proven against him, and in each case
Judge Henry A. NJ. Smith sentenced
him to serve year and day in the
Federal penitentiary at Atlanta. In
other words Childg was sentenced TO
serve two years and two days in both
cases. But as the sentences were
served concurrently. he had to do
time" fer only year and a day. BY
exemplary conduct in the priEon nc
acquired rebate" Of "a days on his
sentence, which caused him to serve
only months and 18 days. He begu..
serving his sentence March 10. 1914
and was released January 2. 1915.
AT the October 1913 term of the fed
eral court Childs was again brought
up for trial this time on, charges of
failure to pay license to carry on e re-
tail liquor business, 1t was proven
that Childs had acquired his license,
and the case was thrown out, But in
the course sof the trial Childs admon-
\ tshed one of the witnesses not 10
swear q slie. and the, government. he
says, construed this as inhmida ting
witness. Heuwas convicted on the
charge and sentenced to !, serve 6
months in the county Jail at Anderson,
It is to serve this sentence that he
| has come 90 AEde.son. 49,,
| ChildS is a native of Union county
and was engaged In the locker. club
/ business there. While his cases in the
f! federal court were under appeal TO
| the circuit court OF appeals, sitting
In Richmond, he made mis- nome la
Spartanburg. He is man OF splen-
did appearance and seems to be rather
we'll educated
He talked very Interestingly of
prison life in the federal penirentiary
at Atlanta, and according to MS
statements, 1t is fine place, When
asked IL stories appearing in Atlanta
papers from time to time during the
past few months with reference to
troubles at the penitentiary, were true.
Cbilds declared that there was no
truth in them, He spoke OF having an
Interesting souvenir while in prison
5y Charles w, Morse "a the latter,s
cell when he left there upon being
pardoned by President Taft. The CT
gars smoked by Morse, GhiIds stated,
cost $35 per bdndred. He stated that
he kept the cigar box in his cell and
used 1t as repository for pen ink and
paper. etc. q ~ y q! s; {.
Mrs. Chiids and their son are pay
ing Childs a visit at the jail here
this being the first time they have
heen together since the husband ana.
father was sent to. prison. Childs de-
ciared very emphaticaily last night he,
was going to pursue the ''straight and
hat when he got out OF Jail here he
was going to puruse the straight and
marrow" for the balance OF his. earth
ly life.t