[9] On August 9, 1890, Murphy took a night walk with O'Reilly (who was at the time suffering from insomnia) to the Hotel Pemberton in Hull; they returned home at around 12am.

[11] Murphy subsequently announced his intent to cross party lines and vote for the Republican candidate, Thomas N.

[12] The votes of Murphy and his followers in support of Hart contributed to Collins' defeat, and was referred to as a "knifing" in contemporary news reports.

[13] On February 25, 1914, Murphy was named as chairman of the Boston Finance Commission, and under suspension of the rules, he was immediately confirmed by the Massachusetts Executive Council.

[7] In the 1921 mayoral election, non-partisan in nature and held on December 13, Murphy lost to James Michael Curley by 2,315 votes.