Doreen Rappaport, The Alger Hiss Trial,
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Doreen Rappaport, The Alger Hiss Trial,
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Fifty-six-year-old Claude Cross was an experienced lawyer from Boston. Short and stocky, with a round, chubby face, he provided a marked contrast to the six-foot prosecutor. The prosecutor said that the grand jury believed Chambers and not Hiss. That is not evidence for this trial. The only evidence you may consider will be what you hear from the witnesses. You must decide, did Alger Hiss turn over secret documents to Whit-taker Chambers? The only person who will testify that Hiss did this will be Chambers. You must decide which man lied.