The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-05-12
COLLEGE TEACHER
GETS PRISON TERM
UNDER DRAFT Law
Larry Cara, History Instructor
Sentenced to Is Months by
Federal Judge
Refuses to Relinquish Previous
Stand to get Release Under
Bond

Larry Cara, 27-year old Bluffton
college history instructor and dean
of men is in the federal Jail in
Toledo after being sentenced last
Friday by Judge Frank Kloeb in the
district court at that place to 18
months imprisonment for violation
of the selective service law.
Cara will be held in Jail while his
attorneys Francis Heisler of Chicago
and Stanley Robinson of Columbus
prepare to take the case to the sixth
District Court of Appeals. Robinson,
it was stated in informed quarters
replaces Gustavus Ohlinger of Toledo,
one of Gara's legal counsel who re-
portedly has withdrawn from the
case.
Appeal in the case was filed BY
Gara's counsel in the District Court
at Cincinnati, Monday
Cara was found guilty by jury IN
the federal court at Toledo last
March and since that time has been
out under bond Convicted of hav-
ing counselled Charles Rickert, form
er Bluffton college re-ministerial
student not to register for the peace
time draft, the case has attracted
widespread attention as the first
violation of its kind and is being
closely watched as a legal test of
the new act. Rickert is now serving
an Is months sentence in the federal
prison. at Milan. Mich.
Bond Denied
In imposing sentence, Judge Kloeb
denied bond for Cara after the latter
refused to agree to relinquish his
stand against registration if freed
under bond during the time required
to appeal his case.
| Until thesscnaat of appeals hand:
down a decision as to whether the
Bluffton man may be released under
bond, Cara will continue in custody
of the federal prison system.
Cara elected not to begin receiving
credit towards the 18 month prison
term until decision on the appeal
has been given.
Cites Previous Prison Term
Judge Kloeb, before imposing sen.
tense cited Gara's previous conviction
and prison record for non-registratior
under the 1910 draft act. The judge
told Cara that prison psychiatrists
had classified him emotionally, physi-
cally and socially immature and
recommended that Cara first be sent
to the u. S. Medical Center, Jeffer-
son Barracks, Mo-, for medical exam
ination.
| Until he was summoned to appear
in court to receive his sentence, Cara
continued to meet his college classes
here. This is his first year as an
instructor in Bluffton college.
The slightly-built red-haired QuaK-
er, a native of Reading, Pennsylvania
came here with his wife at the open
ing of college last September. The
couple resided in Ropp hall where he
served as dean of men and his wife
is enrolled in the senior class. They
have no children.
Cara is a graduate of Penn State
college and during the past year he
has been active in the cause OF
European relief.
Appeals Court rules give Gara's
counsel 40 days in which to file ar
appeal record and within 80 days
after filing of the record the court
is to set date for argument on the
appeal. 1t is not likely that deci.
sion in the case will be handed down
| before next fall, court officials said
| However the Appeals Court may
issue a speedier decision on whether
Cara can be released under bono
during the appeal if his attorney re
quests such action.