The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-01-08
L. MARVIN CIiILDS BROUGHT
HERE FROM ATLANTA TO
DO TIME.
FEDERAL PRISONER
Has Had q Hard F Dad in United
States Court-Fa. lily Met Him
Hcre-Will Reform.

With bright, chubby faced little
son who had not seen daddy in nearly
q year playing about his knees anu
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. q young man Of excep-
tionally fine appearance and physique
and nettily attired. sat last night In
the guard room of the county jail 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 q United States
marshal OF the federal penitentiary at
Atlanta and turned over to the county
authorities Of Anderson. He will serve
q 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 long one, (: is
interesting. At the spring. 1915. term
of the federal court a. G-eenville.
Childs was indicted on charges Of
using the United States mails to ue-
fraud. Two cases were made and
proven against him, and in each case
Judge Henry a. M. Smith sentenced
him to serve year and day In the
Federal penitentinry at Atlanta. In
other words Childs was sentenced 10
serve two years and two days in both
cases. But as the sentences were
served concurrently, he had to do
time" for only a year and day. BY
exemplary conduct in the prison nc
acquired rebate" OF II days on his
sentence. which caused him to serve
only months and l3 days. He bega,,
serving his sentence March Is. 1914
and was released January 2. 1916.
AT the October 1913 term OF the fed
cral court Childs was again brought
up for trial this time on charges OF
failure to pay license to carry ON re-
tall liquor business. It was proven
that Childs mad acquired his license,
and the case was thrown out But in
the course OF the trial Chf1ds admon-
ished one of the Witnesses not 70
sEsss a lie, whd the government, he
says. construed this ss intimidating
a witness. He Was convicted on the
charge and sentenced TO serve 6
months in the county Jail at Andersen.
IL is TO. serve this sentence that he
has come to Anderson. 49,,
Childs is p:tfve OF Union county
and was engaged in; the locker club
business there. While his cases in the
federal court were under appeal to
the circuit court OF appeals. sitting
in Richmond, he made bis home tn
Spartan burg. He is man OF splen-
did appearance and seems to be rather
we'll educated.
He l.nlked very Interestingly of
prison life In the federal penitentiary
at Atlanta, and according to his
statements, it Is a Hne place. When
asked IL stories appearing Ia Ailanta
papers from time to time during the
past feS months with reference to
troubles at the q p'nitentiary were true,
CSSfds declared that there was no
truth in them. Ea spoke Of having an
interesting scdvenir while I'm prison
there. 1t w1s an empty cigar Eaox lett
by Charles ". Morse In the latter's
cell when he left there upon heing
Dardoned by President TAFT. The CT
gars smoked by Morse, Chtlda STATED,
cost S35 per hundred He stated that
he kept the cigar box In his cell ami
Used 1t as repository for pen, ink aud
paper. etc:
Mrs. Childs and their snn are pay-
ing Childs q visit at the iaiH here
this being, the first time tiey have
haan together since the husband aIlit
Eather was sent to prison. Childs de-
ciared very emphntienlly last night he
was going to pursue the straight and
that when he got out Of Jail here he
was going to Duruse tho straight and
narrow" for the balance OF his eartir-
ly life. ,. Ssi,t