Murray, Julia, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to Bishop James Frederick Wood, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1868 May 18

Copy. On May 10 Father Pierce Maher violently attacked her from the altar, calling her an imposter. The next day he appeared in print, which she answered. The next Sunday he called her and Mrs. Hallock leeches and harpies and insinuated that they kept the money. On May 10, 1854, Maher carried things with such a high hand that she appealed to Bishop John Nepomucene Neumann . Neumann appointed Father Bernard Keenan "Umpire", through whose persuasions she discontinued the matter. She is urged to take legal action against Maher. In the papers of Archbishop John Mary Odin . :: VI-2-n Copy 4pp. folio