FIGHT FOR MISER’S FORTUNE
CLAIM KNIIS IN SUICIDE INKEEPER'S VAIN HOPE (By Air Mail—From a Special Correspondent) LONDON. Ifilh October. When Martin Edward Burke died in Sydney four years ago. and £45,000 was found under his mattress, claims to the fortune poured in from all over the world. Of the 1.200 claimants not. one was more hopeful of receiving the money that Patrick J. Burke. 58-year-old licensee of the George Hotel, Mclksham, Wiltshire. Disappointed by the decisions of the Master of Equity in Sydney to dismiss all claims and hand the money over to ther New South Wales Revenue. Burke became depressed. He was found dead with a gun beside him. This was revealed this week at the inquest, when a verdict was returned that Burke shot himself when his mind was unbalanced. He had been a butter for 25 years before lie became an innkeeper. Ever since 1933 Burke had hoped against hope that lie might succeed. He went to Ireland, sent documents to Australia, fought hard —but in vain. He failed, like all the others. Right to the end he contended that he should have had the £45,000.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 18 November 1937, Page 10
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