This trial witness testified that the accused was a birdwatcher who bragged about sighting a prothonotary warbler, a breakthrough since the accused mentioned that specific bird when asked about his hobbies. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this person whose aptly-titled 1952 memoir Witness recounts his testimony in that trial, which included five hidden rolls of 35mm film.
ANSWER: Whittaker Chambers [or Jay Vivian Chambers] (The accused was Alger Hiss.)
[10e] Warblers were among the hundreds of birds bred by murderer Robert Stroud during his imprisonment in this California federal prison, which earned him the nickname of its “Birdman.”
ANSWER: Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary [accept Alcatraz Island; accept “Birdman of Alcatraz”]
[10h] This criminal was an expert on Kirtland’s warbler, having published on the bird alongside James Watson’s father. This criminal wrote a book about the birds of Puerto Rico while working as an X-ray technician on parole.
ANSWER: Nathan Leopold [or Nathan Freudenthal Leopold, Jr.]
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