Show HAVE NOT HEARD REPORTS ABOUT BURKE BU NEW EW YORK Dec Oi l.-Oi Officers rl of the said toda today Panama Hal Railroad rod company Sid that the they knew only b by hearsay of the tho char charges s against John Burke Buke Mr Ir Burkes Burke's accounts were wre approved d by Col Coi Eugeno I. I L Wilson head the of-the subsistence lr of time Ule canal commission lon said Mid Sylvester Bern Bern- lag treasurer of the tho road In due cour course of routine we received 1 the accounts account here for tor auditing but had no other relations with Mr fr Burke Burkt I do not think however that his expenditures have e been os as much muchas as Some time ago 10 we h heard In a roundabout round round- about wa way that charges had bad been made against Mr Ir Burke We Ve heard heAd nothing further or of th m. m Burke Burko Is about S 13 years ears old amid aud was ae former n a ot of IndiA |