The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-24
FATHER KILLS SON.
The Youth Plans to Brighten the
Elder Man by Playing Bandit
wAYLAID HIM IN LONELY SPOT
And is Killed Before Hc Can Cry
Out Father Piungcs
Knife Into the Boys
Heart.

At Riverside n. j., Frank Rein
eckc, boy OF sixteen, playe | that he
was highwayman WcdncS6 ay night
and did II So realistically that his
father, whom he held up, plunged a
knife into his heart, killing him.
lntercepting his parent III lonely
spot upon the banks OF RancUcaS Creek
he suddenly stepped from behind Il
bush, telling Rcinccke, Sr., To hold up
his hands. The next instant he was
lifelcss.
Thursday the father is raving in
delrum, and it is feared that he may
never recover from the shock. The
mother and sisters are prostrated, and
the little community mourns the
death OF a popular youth.
Half Il dozen holdups have occurred
at Riverside and the adjoining villages
within month or so. and the resi-
dents have been generally arming
themselves. Tie place is on the Am
boy division Of the Pennsylvania Rail-
rCan, but twelve miles from Camden.
and large numbers Ci tramps pass
along on their way TO and from Phla-
dclphia and New York. The recent
crimes have been attributed to these
wanderers.
Frank ReincCkc conceived the idea
that it would he Il iiuc thing to mas
Qucradc as Il highwaYmau and iightcn
his ncighburs. lie carried out his
idea and succeeded in making half a
dozen staid residents Jump fences and
Scuttlc fur home within week.
Thursday night hc tried tho cyperi-
mcnt upon his father, Walter Rein
cciic, a well-tu-dO Insurance agent of
that place, whose home is on the out
skirts of tile village, above the banks
uf the creek in Il lonely spot.
Father and son started out early in
tile evening the older to transact some
business at the village tire companys
house, OF which ulganilation he is a
member, and the boy to visit his
young friends, Willie and Laura
itcllock, who live near the Rcinecke
home. On the way the youth rcgaed
/ his father with StOricSS Of recent
hoidupS.
When 1880 p. M came Mr. Rein
ecke started for home. lie vas ap.
]
| recently had words with a negro, who
had threatened him. He also rcmem-
/ bered what his boy had told him about
! highway So he drew large
Knlre from MS pocket, -upenad The
| blade and walked on with senses on
the alert. Young Reincckc had been
watching Iur his father lie was
peepinp out from behind a bush that
stood beside the path in the loneleSt
/ part OF the roadway. Til" trees grow
thick there. and the black water OF
the creek is just below, making it as
lonelcy and dangerous a spot rs car
be im3gincd.
Just as the elder Reinccke reached
the shadow dark figure stepped into
the half gloom and hoarSe voice
cried: Hold up your hands. Now
\ We got you
At the same instant the figure lait
fast hold upon the frightened man.
+ coat sleeve. With a cry OF terror The
father lungcd forward ana buried
knife III The breast OF The suppose
highwayman, who sank to tie GROUND
gaSpinr, "Oh Father,H
The voice OF the boy recall d tn,
anEuiShcd father toa realization Of tn,
awful ming that hc had done Will
Il cry That WAS heard far oil by neigh
h0rS the distracted man fell ON hi
knees beside tile body of his boy anC
bcSouEht him to speak He raised tn,
head OF the boy only To- lind that h,
wdS already dead.