| Show Ii miTy 0 ellk the el state treasurer of louisem in great luck kittai of ceh in jail ajr CI charged ui h in honduras gettin rich DARD J service naw dec 25 several weeks ago the grand jury of the pariah 0 orleans indicted major 1 A burke ex state treasurer and ex director R debrae ol 01 the worlds exposition at new orleans who was a po leader here for year on thirteen charges of forgery and misappropriate on of public funds major burke was charged with taking from the state vaulta and applying to hia own use ft on hot bonds belonging to the stale agricultural and seminary ands over issuing and belling of the baby or 3 per cent state bonds at the time of the indictments major burke was in london negotiating tor the sale of valuable mining property in honduras conceded to him by president bogran of the and running along river for twenty one auiles the indictment burke remained in london organizing and flating hii control 0 american mining companies and deemed to w cupy a high position in financial circles there in the meantime lie elate authorities of louieda da applied to the secretary of state lor extradition papers against borke bome little bitch over these and a consequent delay when it was announced that the pipers bad been granted or were to be burko suddenly disappeared from london since then he has been lost sight of altogether he aas reported in belg um in spain in france and in half a dozen other countries the authorities announced that they would pursue him wherever be went but no one not even bis closest friends knew his whereabouts A letter received yesterday by a banker of city an oili bat of honduras at porto cortez in that country says burke baa in tegucigalpa the capital of honduras and ia there now ho came by the hamburg line to jamaica and from there to colon thence to panama and co on Aro apala on the pacific coal of it is eaid bo hai or OOOO with him aud that be ia to bia mines it seems from that hurka hafl run the gauntlet safely and escaped the louisiana all extradition there ia no extradition treaty hameier hat eier with honduras and he can not be there moreover he is a close friend of president bierao whom be has visited before and will bo protect dl by him he liia boalt beveral public halla there and promised to establish a technical and mechanical ach lot and make a number of improvements As hn is very well provided money and backed by a number of big and as dision kielion is reputed to be very valuable he is likely ti play an important part in central america like and winslow ia america |
