Killing of Mathew Clark in North Carolina in 1941
Incident
Mathew Clark (1904-1941), a farmer, was killed by Richard Sulik in Lewiston, Bertie County, North Carolina. Sulik was the watchman and game warden for a gun club. Allegedly, Sulik found Clark poaching on the property of the gun club, ordered Clark to stop, and then fatally shot Clark, claiming self-defense. Sulik was first cleared by the coroner. However, after private investigations financed by members of Clarkâs family, Sulik was tried for second-degree murder. Trial jury convicted of manslaughter. Sulik was granted parole less than two months into his sentence.
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