The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-23
MAJOR E. A. BURKE.
MAN WITH IN EXCEEDINGLY ID
RED AND CHECKERED CAREER.
His Adventures in Honduras Since HIS Right
from New Oriea ns-Was on the Losing
Side in the. Last Revolution.

formerly of New Orleans, but TOR Some
years past a resident OF Honduras, mas
reached almost the last stuee OK MISFORTUNE
and that he Is now fugitive. unuer pam
OF death, from the ~. ,o1n country III "hlch
he originally sougn, ,eruge from all Amer
lean penitentiary.
Burke was the treasurer Of Louisiana Tor
eight or nine 5-.:rs. HIS term OF Office
ended i'll 1888, and ve,4 under the IN
coming state aurnlniStl, ,,.---, c was NiscoN-
cred that he had for IL long t,.le, and to a
very great amount, been robblng the Treas
ury OF Louisiana. He was III England dl
the time of the disclosure. organizing
company to develop certain mining prop
erty Honduras, of which he had become
possessed, and he made haste to Zee 10
Central America from a prosecution winch
he doubtless knew he could not Salely lace.
There he has remained ever since, ana
from time to time his friends nave nedfd
of him. now as being on the polht Oh d
brilliant success, and again as pelhS III
VOWED in hopeless and ,rremediable taliure.
AT irregular periods il would be given OUT
that he intended returning to Louisiana as
soon as he could accumulate money 20 meet
the expenses OF his trial, but II Is not ilkeIy
that either he or any one else ever peiieVea
this for there seems to have been no u0upt
to the nature ana extent OF tne elllpcH-
element and as little as TO burke SoIc re-
sponsblity for IL. But, however that may
be, the game seems TO be played out now
and all uncertainties set at rest But ne
ile'o iASN ~ 'tNi 49, nd
defeated pfetcnqeI 10 tle "a .t IVA les no
Bonllla, ue lIluii piidt' t'Hn WIN refer
secret oi ms iioiiiiei"" P'A
e+TS ~ , Gitirn' of This man burke is ro-
ny 1Sip NI.SSb -, have bepn laid i'm the DAYS
ii ~ 60 tNnIter Painiah lohn Hawkins and
VI Oh ~, 10 ,,artainlv known
AmyaS l-elsn, -SUotii' i ~ w. cIairnad
dS W MS "h'oC 80 20 ~, i'll politicaj
thal ne was tic SUI " O." ga W. he was
exile OF me pGttel Ga4 itotrn ahsoImte-
porn IN w Nc &C., 20 Of 400 he was
~ Is tldt ~ nl.ec" SS,iI,oa rai1road and
praken, ma, on ta,. ha vas n soldier in
ina W. go, a'nnxi tToWard The close of
~ ~. wnr b annearrd in Texas as an officer
in t%@ o1'ar1ermaster's service and here,
tt Wv, go a,it,.,orSin1ry abiIitv as an or
eanizer. he attracted universal attention.
SGttar tha CLOSE or the war he first went
10 GaIvpstnn and later 10 New Orleans. In
70 NV an" he d his debut as work
M, IN q rt3rhIa yard al 81 20 a day He
80 ,'i ,'a,i "f eI1nerh ,,h,siume of indomit-
an. annro1, or ejeenIass ambition and phe-
nor1enaI ingeniIitv Hpry shortly after reach
intr Nv, rIcleancs sIoytlv indeed that it
saTored ~ - thaatriraI transformation-he
turnad m ~ local freight AGENT of the
Illinois Central railroad Next he went into
politics In 1874 he was elected administrd-
tor OF improvements OF the city a place of
great responsibility and particularly rich in
DoliticaI na tronage In 1879 he bought The
Democrat newspaper: a few months later he
absorbed The Times and then established
the journal since known as The Times
Democrat About the same slime he became
state treasurer which office he held until
bac Iyao,l,- bnap relataJ Through