Trial for the Death of Robert Sheldon

THIS MORNING—the court trial for the death of Robert Sheldon was held. . Sheldon was murdered on September 28, 1965 by the fountain in Central Park. He was only 17 when his life was cut short.. His funeral took place at the ‘Middleton Funeral Home’ a few days ago.

The murderer of this young man was Johnny Cade, who passed away in the ‘Windrixville Memorial Hospital’ a few days ago.  Cade stabbed Sheldon in order to get him to stop drowning Cade’s friend, Ponyboy Curtis. Cade and Curtis are both known as heroes for saving many young children from a fire after they fled town to escape police because Cade killed Sheldon. A piece of wood fell on Cade during the fire and paralyzed him; he did not live through it.

During the trial, Robert’s friends told the judge that they saw Cade kill Sheldon but only because Sheldon was drowning Curtis. Sherri Valance, Sheldon’s girlfriend, was called up to talk and while talking about Robert she let a few tears fall from her eyes.

Ponyboy Curtis, the boy who Sheldon tried to drown, was called up. Instead of asking Curtis of what happened the night Sheldon was stabbed, the judge asked him about how he liked his home and his brothers to which he replied that he liked his brothers and his home.  Curtis’s doctor spoke to the judge and said that Curtis was in no condition to be answering any serious questions because his mind was mixed up.

In the end, the homicide was declared self-defense and everyone went home knowing that what happened was for the best. Sheldon was murdered but he was trying to drown Curtis so what was done, had to be done.