Hiss Case Esther Shemitz

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foley square in 2014 in new york city, site of grand jury , trials in hiss case.


during deposition slander suit of alger hiss against chambers in 1948, hiss legal team s rough treatment of shemitz final factor in leading chambers disclose existence of life preserver, contained baltimore documents , pumpkin papers. during hiss case , trials, shemitz corroborated , augmented of husband s testimony. (she further explained, trying remember things had shut out of mind, though completely. )


in december 1948, indictments in hiss case pending, shemitz struck elderly female pedestrian car; woman died. accident made front pages:



brooklyn eagle

sunday, december 19, 1948

held in auto death

mrs. whittaker chambers, wife of self-con-fessed former communist spy, leaves baltimore police station after arraignment in connection death of aged woman struck car going railroad station pick husband after testified before federal grand jury in manhattan. mrs. chambers former esther shemitz of brooklyn.



soon after, case dropped, victim had repeatedly attempted suicide jumping in front of oncoming cars.


aftermath

shemitz subject rumors hiss supporters, particularly 1 in not , lumpkin lesbian lovers involved in four-way menage allegedly gay husbands – put forward in biography of lesbians anna rochester , grace hutchins. in fact, hutchins source of many such rumors: spread hiss defense team during hiss trials shemitz had told hutchins chambers had spent time in westchester division of bloomingdale hospital mental diseases, claim later withdrew. (robert cantwell, close friend of chambers, had received treatment there in 1940s; robert cantwell alias chambers had used in soviet underground.) a.b. magil (a long-time daily worker writer , editor , cpusa member) told elinor ferry (a hiss supporter) chambers wife , roommate grace lumpkin appeared lesbians. esther masculine in appearance , in voice. grace softer, more feminine type. overall experience of hiss case led shemitz avoid press , if ever speak researchers.








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