Kammala jumla mai zuwa: The Fort Wayne "Weekly Sentinel", ya koma ga Burke a cikin 'yan shekaru a matsayin wanda ya "sanya kansa Kanar" da kuma "wanda ake zargi da Kanar", yawanci yana buga darajar a cikin koma (29 Satumba 1880, 13 Oktoba 1880, 20 Oktoba 1880 da 3 Nuwamba 1880). A ranar 14 ga Fabrairu, 1883, ban da wasu 'yan yabo, an bayyana rayuwar Burke a matsayin "racket" tare da matsayin "kolonel" da aka samu daga wani
Fenian ya kai hari kan Kanada har ma da taken "janar" da aka karɓa daga ayyukansa da ake zargi a Chile. Ya bayyana gudun hijirar da ya yi zuwa Fort Wayne daga masu ba da bashi a Mexico, bayan da ya kashe kudade na gida a wani sabon otel mai ban sha'awa a Monterrey, inda ya nishadantar da Amurkawa da Turawa tare da jam'iyyun da suka saba da kuma jin dadin rayuwa. "Gazette", duk da haka, ya ci gaba da yabonsa, yana kiransa "mai hankali Irishman" wanda Chicago Tribune ke shirin yin hira da shi.