The murder of Virgil Ware would be submerged in the tragedy of the white Eagle Scouts—“these two raw, grieved untutored boys, who have had this unfortunate thing come into their lives at their age,” as their attorney, Roderick Beddow, the best criminal lawyer in the city, would describe them. Larry, the murderer, would be sentenced to six months in a juvenile detention center, and Michael got probation.
