Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 18, Number 6, DeMotte, Jasper County, 2 January 1948 — REPORTER DIES [ARTICLE]

REPORTER DIES

Chicago, Dec. 27 James F. Murphy. 71, veteran Chicago police reporter, died last night after a long illness. Murphy, who joined the Chicago Daily Times when it was established in 1929, began his newspaper career in 1892 as a messenger boy for the City Press association, which later became the City News bureau.