Evening star., 1949-06-29
Transmission of u. S. Secrets
Denied by Mrs. Hiss on Stand
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lS~sHS0 ~ ""S. !
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TO the salYa;scn Army CT . sec-
cae hand dealer.
/ The Government contends THAT
many OF the STATE Department
documents. allesedls removed CT
summarized by Mr.. Hiss for ,As
| Use o! Mr.. Chambers. ~egr typed
On the cd woads:oek rsashirx
a. late as March. lss&
oaestieaeA "a sSes.
Cross-examtnsiion o. Mrs, Hiss
By Mr.. Murphy began siosay and
Intellectually. Rs;errtns 10 hes
direct testimony that sne with
drew s<o0 from q joint SAVINGS
account In November. 1897. 10 by
fugnishtnss 10. the Volta place
house 10 which the HISS family
moved December %. 1887. Nj
Murphy hsoush, oGt that Mrs,
F. Hiss had q half dozen o. rnore
leharge accounts NJ various WASH
ington stores and shops. :nciacins
Woodward a. Lothrop and W. a.
J. Sloane Co.
Mrs. Hiss insisted tha. she took
the s4oo out Of the bank and apen;
IL bit by biz during the next &C
days 10 buy material for the new
house she said she WAS not sure
whether she used any o! that
money 10 buy q dre&s for q White
House diplomatic reception In
mid-December. She recalled hay-
ing written a s2s check for the
Elizabeth Shepard shop in
Georgetown and believed thai
might have represented the dress
purchase,
MIR. Chambers testified that Mr..
Hiss lent him s40o In November
1897. TO help buy an automobile
Records introduced by the Gov
ernment at this trial showed that
Mr.. Chambers bought the Car with
slightly more than S&oo in cash
and the rest on 4 trade-in Of an
other car.
Denies Turning Over Documents.
A considerable part OF the direct
testimony of Mrs. Hiss amounted
TO a fat contradiction of state
ments by Mrs. Chambers. The
witness said. for instance. that she
likes ice cream. whereas Mrs.
Chambers had asserted Mrs. Hiss
disliked II. Mrs. Hiss also said
that, contrary to q statement by
Mrs. Chambers, she never took q
nursing course.
When Lloyd Paul stryker. chief
OF defense counsel. brought from
the witness q direct denial that
she was one who had turned State
Department documents over TO
Mr.. Chambers. Mr.. Murphy I'm
mediately objected to what he
called the unusual procedure OF
extracting such a statement from
some one other than the accused.
! Federal Judge Samuel H. Kauf-
man ruled. however. that Mrs.
Hiss could state--ss 4 matter OF
fact--whether she turned over the
papers to Mr.. Chambers. with or
without her husbands knowledge
and consent.
Shown Scribbled Notes.
Mr.. stryker showed Mrs. Hiss
-four notes. dieests of State De-
partment dispatches scrfbbled in
her husbands handwriting, and
asked her II she ever gave these
to MFR. Chambers. in or out OF Mr..
Hiss presence.
Il certainly did not" said Mrs.
Hiss.
Did you ever agree. In the sum
mer OF 1887. to make typewriter
copies Of Government papers,"
the attorney asked.
NO. I certainly didn't. Mr..
Stryker."
Did you ever type any Of these
papers'"
No
did you ever hand them to
Chambers"
II certainly did not"
Mr.. Stryker asked his last eues-
ton in this exchange; Did you
ever see your husband hand these
papers to Chambers?"
NO" Mrs. Hiss answered clearly
Cross Fadeout.
/ Cross-examination Of Mr.. Hiss,
himself. begun by Mr.. Murphy last
Monday morning. closed almost In
q fadeout shortly after 3 pm. yes
terday. The stolid manner in
which the prosecutor suddenly
said that's all to the defendant,
Icontrasted in startling fashion
with an angry outburst OF tenn
per and name calling that ex-
ploded o short time earlier In
the usually calm trial.
That fiare-up occurred when
Mr.. Hiss complained Mr.. Murphy
was "characterizing testimony In
which Mr.. Hiss had told the House
Committee on american Ac-
tivities last summer that Mrs,
Hiss might have accompanied him
on an automobile trip TO NeS York
In 1895. Mr.. Hiss testified ut this
trial that TO the best OF his iecol-
lection Mrs. Hiss was not on 'hat
trip.
The heated exchange was cii-
NAKED by Mr.. Murphy calling Mr..
Hiss this character" and Mr..
stryker declaring that were It
not for the fact that ] do not want
mistriai. ] would ask for one"
Proceedings unspectaeular.
In general. yesterdays proceed
inss were unspectAcular. although