i wrote back in march 2009. i remember a complete verse and the chorus to the death of carl shelton---and i know the tune.
these are the words that i remember:

He had 3 loyal brothers, 2 sisters and a wife,
To mourn his sad departure, the day they took his life,
dah-dah-dah,etc.
Carl Shelton was his name.

(chorus)
He left his dear old mother, in sorrow there alone,
Living down in Merriam in a little country home,
May the angels hover over her, for she has not long to stay,
And I hope she'll meet her darlin', in a better world some day.

At the county seat in Fairfield, they could not find a bill,
But we all know that it's not right, our fellow man to kill,
They even shot him when he fell, and left him there to die,
Some day this mystery will be solved, in a courthouse in the sky.

the song was produced privately on a red plastic record as i recall,
and i believe it was produced by Earl Shelton, an older brother of Carl's, who sent the record to my father, a writer who had written about the Shelton gang in his book called Butcher's Dozen, published in the late '40s I think.

If I remember any more of the words, I'll add them here---and if anyone knows more parts of the song, I'd love to hear it, which might jog my memory of the words. Thanks.