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74 / THE ALGER HISS TRIAL
Wednesday, December 7, 1949
Cross-Examination by the Defense
Mrs. Chambers's testimony from the first trial was submitted as evidence. Written records are kept of trial testimony. These records are often used to point out inconsistencies in a witness's testimony. The defense believed that the many inconsistencies in Mrs. Chambers's testimony cast doubt on her as a reliable witness.
Q. Today you testified to several incidents you never described before, such as poring over the maps and your husband driving to Long Eddy with the Hisses. A* Yes, I didn't remember that before, so I didn't testify about it. I will probably keep remembering things for the rest of my days.
Q. Now when did this party at Mount Royal Terrace take place?
A* In the middle of December 1937. Q. But when you testified about it at the first trial, you said it was a New Year's Eve party? A* No, I said it was the wedding anniversary.
Mrs. Chambers answered so softly the defense repeatedly asked her to speak up.
Q« But when you testified before, you said the Hisses never came to Mount Royal.
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