Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 124, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1915 — HOOSIER GRAFTER MAKES CONFESSION [ARTICLE]

HOOSIER GRAFTER MAKES CONFESSION

John Burke, Formerly of Indianapolis, Pleads Guilty to Panama Graft of $20,000. • • • * * ! y. •_ In New York Monday John Burke, formerly of Indianapolis, pleaded guilty to having stolen something like $20,000 while serving as manager of the commissary department of the Panama railroad. The graft was in connection with tobacco contracts. , Burke’s graft consisted of receiving a commission on all tobacco contracts made with Jacob Sales and Ricardo Bermudez, of Colon, who are also under indictment. Maj.-Gen., George W. Goethels, governor of the canal zone, testified in the case, y