The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-31
Big Indian Was Fauorite
In Wilmington; Was
Here Friday
BY HENRY LESESNE

a uleOIy tildL Jd1IleS A1lii0toSh' ~
year-old massive Indian wrestler
was strangled with a towel in ;
dental laboratory ate, he wen
cerserk and "acted like Franken
stein" was advanced by the state
today at a Habeas Corpus hearing
for two men charged with his al
legged murder.
After the two-hour hearing, Sup
erior Court Judge William H. Bob
bitt ordered the men, DR.. Henry
c. Parker, prominent Charlotte
dentist, and Lee Skies, a co-owner
OF the S. & S. Dental Laboratories.
admitted to $1,000 bail each.
Defense counsel sought to show
that the 240-pound wrestler, ma
tive of Oklahoma. died from natur.
al causes, and not through any vio-
1ence. Clinstock was removed I'M
conscious from the dental labor
atory offices, on the ninth floor
of a downtown building, last night.
He died a little later in hospital.
DR.. Paul Kimme1steil, Memorial
Hospital pathologist who perform
Cd a post mortem examination this
morning. said the wrestler had
previously suffered from insuffici-
ent coronary circulation and dam
age to his heart muscle and that
any undue exertion could have
brought on heart failure.
The doctor said the only bruise
be found on the wrestler's body
was an injury to the skin over the
left eyebrow. He admitted the blow
which caused the bluise could have
accelerated Clinstock's death if
1t had been severe enough to pro-
duce shock, but added, it seemed
toe Asuperficial to have done this.
would a towel tied around the
mans neck have caused his
death?" Solicitor John R. Carpen-
ter asked.
THAT could have happened. But
there was no evidence of strangula-
toin."
Mrs. jeanette Clinstock, widow
of the wrestler. who has lived in
recent years in Jacksonville, Fla,
said DR.. Parker called her about
$3.50 last night, and told her we've
hsd helluva fight and you'd bet
ter come over.
Mrs. Clinstock said she left her
hotel, where she had been help
ing OUT in the coffee shop the two
weeks she and her husband had
been in Charlotte, and went to the
laboratories. At the time, she said.
officers and ambulance attendants
were going up on the elevator.
Jim had his head on the floor
MIR. Skies was holding a towel
around his neck. ! said, Look at
his tongue; it's hanging out I ask
ed him to remove the towel and he
said, no, he'll jump up fighting.
He's drunk
Il said, Let him up. I'LL be re-
sponsible for him. If you ask me.
l think more than him is drunk
Mrs. Lee Skies said Clinstock
and DR.. Parker came to the labor
atory, where she was working
late over the concerns books,
and DR.. Parker took a denture i'm
preston for the wrestler
In the outside office, she said,
Clinstock grabbed Mrs. Stewart
MRS. W. A. Stewart, wife Of
co-owner of the laboratories) by
the head"
1.-The man seemed crazy" she
said. Il ran back and told DR..
Parker. DR.. Parker then came out
to see what the trouble was. Gin.
stock pushed me around and knock.
ed me over a wastebasket. He fell
and hi. his head on the corner of
a desk. He bled pretty bad.
"Mr. Skies came up and sat
Clinstock up and asked him not to
act like that. Clinstock slid over on
the floor. Someone called police
and an ambulance. But they would
rot take him (Clinstock) because
we didn't want to prefer charges.
1--WE put a towel to Clinstock's
head and he revived. Then he pull.
ed the chair out from under Mrs.
Parker and threw her on the floor.
He started fighting everybody
again, fell to his knees and SEEM
ed to pass out again.
HE was fighting everybody,
mostly the women. He acted like
like Frankenstein. He hit me on
the nose and made it bleed. He
told Mrs. Parker he was going to
pick her up and throw her out
Of the window"
In answer to questioning, she
said that by his actions Clinstock
was obviously under the influence
OF whiskey. She did not" she said,
see anyone strike him.
DR.. Parker, she said, went down
to the street to call the police and
get an ambulance.
Mrs. Stewart corroborated de-
tails Of her testimony.
= I'VE were all standing in the
ROOM" she said. mo one seemed
mad at anybody. Nothing out Of
the way was said. Clinstock grab
bed me by the head and I ran back
to the other room. The man acted
like he was crazy.
II was keeping my husband in
the other room. didn't want him
10 ret mixed up in it. I looked
through the door and Clinstock was
on top Of Mrs. Skies"
!. She said she saw no one hit the