Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: The Fort Wayne "Weekly Sentinel", inonzi kuna Burke kwemakore mashomanana somumwe munhu "anozviti Colonel" uye "anofungidzirwa Colonel", kazhinji achidhinda chinzvimbo mu commas inverted (29 September 1880, 13 October 1880, 20 October 1880 uye 3 November 1880). Musi waFebruary 14, 1883, mukuwedzera kune kurumbidzwa kushoma, upenyu hwaBurke hunorondedzerwa se "racket" ine chinzvimbo che "colonel" chakawanikwa kubva kune
Kurwisa kwevaFenian Canada uye kunyange zita rokuti "general" rakatorwa pamabasa ake anonzi muChile. Rakarondedzera kutiza kwake nokukurumidza kudzokera kuFort Wayne achibva kune vaiva nechikwereti muMexico, pashure pokupambadza mari yomunzvimbomo pahotera itsva yakaisvonaka muMonterrey, kwaaivaraidza vanhu vokuAmerica nevokuEurope nemapati aiwanzoitwa uye ainakidzwa noupenyu hwoumbozha. "Gazette", zvisinei, yakapfuurira kurumbidza kwayo, ichimudana kuti "murume akaisvonaka weIreland" akanga ava kuda kubvunzurudzwa neChicago Tribune.