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Show Father Kills Son ' ' ; l Id Flays Footpad : ;l Boy's Joke Results in a Tragedy, iH and Man Is Almost Demented r 'H as a Result. , j RIVERSIDE. N. J., June 19. Mistak- lng his flftcon-ycor-old son for a V! highwayman, Walter Relnlck last i-night i-night drew an open penknife from his pocket and plunged It into tho boy's Ulil heart, killing him Instantly. Ml Relnlck, who Is a prosperous insurance P'l agent and well known in tho place, lives ? ! in a pretty cottago in a lonely neighbor- I 'J hood In the eastern portion of the town, 1 The neighborhood has boon annoyed by j ll bad negroes, somo of whom had for some 1 jH reason made threats against Rcinick's .'J ! Last night Rolnlck attended a meeting- f.'l at the llrchousc and started for homo Si H about 10 '30. As ho neared the lonely part 'tl of the town ho thought of the threats ' ' Ml that had been made against him, and orl while hardly fearing an attack prepared '(i! the only weapon which ho had. He opened 3 t-l the largest blado of his penknife and held 1 s It clinched in his pockot as ho wont along. ftlll Suddenly from a bush alongside the 'lll road a volco shouted: ' "Now I'vo got you!" f WI At the same tlmo a dimly scon form v'il sprang at him. Instinctively Relnlck drew J JH his knife and struck blindly at his an- My sallnnt Thero was not oven a struggle j A JM Tho body sank to the ground and life waa , Jj' extinct almost Immediately. , Relnlck bent over to sco who his as- 1 M fallunl was and discovered It was bis own 11 son. Frank. Tho boy had planned to play Ml a Joko on hit father and met his death. r I 'H So shocked was the father by hla dlo- ' j covcry that ho has slnco lain hoJf-de- 1 !$ mcnted nnd cannot talk coherently of tho ' VylH tragic accident Tho boy was an only k ') H child. 1 |