Boston Globe
Judge
Ernest B. Murphy says he hoped Boston Herald publisher
Pat Purcell would "wake up and smell the coffee" when he sent him two letters in 2005 demanding that the Herald drop its appeal of a libel verdict and hand him a check for $3.26 million. But Purcell says: "I couldn't believe I was getting this from a judge; to me it looked like a ransom note. It was very strange." || Herald
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