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102 / THE ALGER HISS TRIAL
Witness: Raymond Catlett
Direct Examination by the Defense
Raymond, Claudia Catlett's son, was twenty-seven years old. As a teenager he had done odd jobs for the Hisses.
The defense needed to prove that Hiss did not have the Woodstock typewriter during the months the documents were stolen. Catlett was shown the typewriter. Q. When did you get this typewriter? A. When I was about thirteen or fourteen. The Hisses gave it to me when they were moving. I think it was in December 1937. But I'm not positive. Q* Was it in good shape?
A. No. It was broken. The end of the carriage and the roller on the right side didn't work. When you typed, the keys would kind of get stuck. And you had to push the ribbon when you typed on it and return it yourself to get ink on the keys. I played with it for a while. Then we put it in the den. We got tired of it and put it in a closet. It was there for a long time. I don't know how many months or years. My brother took it to a repair shop, but the fellow told
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