Evening star., 1950-01-05

o4io 1ost sAW, Sl1e says, In May,
1885.
Mr.. Murphy pounded the
dilemma home. yesterday, and
Mrs. Hiss could not explain it.
you didn't tell Mrs. Chambers
about your plan to take the course,
did you?" he asked.
II certainly didn't" came the
reply.
The prosecution says Mrs. Hiss
typed copies Of secret State De-
partment dispatches, which Mr..
Hiss then. gave to Mr.. Chambers.
The copies were made on fiimsy,
almost translucent paper. Mrs.
Hiss not only has denied she
typed the copies. but also that she
ever had such paper in her house.
Yesterday she added another de-
NAL. She said she had never in
her life seen this type of paper
before.
Controversy Over Paper.
This statement drew Mr.. Muir
phys fire and gave rise to what
might be called the Great Paper
Controversy"
Don't you know. Mrs. Hiss"
the prosecutor roared, that this
Is the common. garden variety Of
paper used with carbons for sec
onds all over the country?'
Mrs. Hiss said she was not versed
In these matters. She said it looked
to her like tissue paper-the kind
you would find In a dress box"
Mr.. Murphy snatched q handful
OF similar paper from the Gov
ernment counsel table. He waved
it dramatically at Mrs. Hiss.
If told you," he said, "that
I asked my secretary to bring these
sheets from her home last night,
would you think she went to the
end OF the earth to get them?"
Mr.. Murphy Immediately sought
to introduce his batch Of sample
paper into evidence. but Defense
Attorney Cross was sustained in
an objection to this procedure.
Mr.. Gross said the prosecutor
should wait until we know ex-
actly where these papers come
Mrs. Hiss spent most Of the
morning trying to explain how
she used $400 cash in 1887 to help
furnish her new house. The Gov
ernment says this money actually
was given to Mr.. Chambers to
finance his purchase Of q new car.
The money was withdrawn
from the Kisses joint account ct
the Riggs Bank in Washington on
November 1s-and the family
into their new home at
3415 Volta place house on De-
cember 20. Mrs. Hiss admitted
she had several charge accounts,
and used some Of them in the
furnishing process. She admitted
perhaps she could and should
have paid for other purchases by
check. But she insisted she made
most Of them with the $500 cash.
Made Cash Withdrawals.
Mr.. Murphy struck a hard blow
when he showed that during
those months of November and
December Mrs. Hiss made re-
peatedS cash Withdrawals from the
bank, perhaps a dozen small
checks Of $40. SIS and $50.
do you tell this court and Jury
that you kept cashing those
checks when you had all this
money In your purse?" he asked.
But Mr.. Hiss only gave him the
smile that all women reserve for
the male who intrudes into the
mysteries Of household finance.
1T wasn't in that purse" she
said sweetly That's housekeep-
ing money"
Mr.. Murphy wanted to know
about q portrait Of Mrs. Hiss
son, Timothy Hobson, painted in
1885 by Mrs. Chambers. The
Government thinks the incident
tends to show a closer relation
ship between the two families
than the Kisses admit. But Mrs.
Hiss has low opinion of the
value Of this art work, and has
described 1t as Unfinished"
Yesterday, she said this was a
polite" word for the portrait.
Forget politeness," Mr.. Murphy
admonished. Suppose you de-
scribe it to u.s."
Mrs. HISS Thought a moment