|
124 / THE ALGER HISS TRIAL
Tuesday, December 27-Thursday, December 29, 1949
Cross-Examination by the Prosecution
The prosecution tried to show that Hiss's story about withdrawing $400 from the bank to buy furnishings didn't ring true.
Q. When you took out this $400, didn't you have a
checking account and charge accounts in several stores?
A. Yes, we had charges in some of the bigger stores.
But my wife wanted to buy a couple of chairs and
some prints of modern paintings at shops where we
did not have charge accounts. And we did charge
some other furnishings.
Q« Do you have canceled checks to prove that?
A. No, in 1947, when we moved to New York, we
destroyed all our checks from ten years before.
Q. Did your stepson go to Washington during the
summer of 1937?
A* Definitely not.
To discredit Hiss's testimony, the prosecutor tried to make Hiss's rental agreement with Chambers seem foolish.
Q« Before you rented him the apartment, did you check out his credit or ask other reporters about him? A. No.
|
