EDWARD A. BURKE - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 04/16/1879 - HFSID 174863
Sale Price $198.00
Reg. $220.00
EDWARD A. BURKE
As Louisiana State Treasurer, Burke, who later fled the country when
indicted for embezzling over a million dollars in state funds, signs a school
fund check for $113.64.
Check signed: "E.A. Burke" as Treasurer of the State of
Louisiana, 7¾x3¼. New Orleans, Louisiana, 1879 April 16. Check #12,
drawn on the "Current School" account at State National Bank, payable to A. M.
Aucoin for $113.64. Endorsed on verso "Aug. Aucoin". Edward Austin
Burke (1839-1928) dominated Louisiana politics in the 1870s and 1880s. He
managed the state's 1876 Democratic campaign and was elected State Treasurer in
1878. Publisher of the New Orleans "Times-Democrat", Burke was reelected.
A reform movement within his party ousted him from office in 1888. In
1889 he was indicted for embezzlement of state bonds amounting to over $1
million. He never stood trial, escaping to Honduras where he lived until the age
of 88. Cancellation marks. Lightly creased and toned. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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