Raymond L. Wise "of 80 Broad Street" was an attorney for William Perl, American physicist specializing in
jet propulsion and
supersonic flight – and Soviet spy in the
Rosenberg Case, as documents in the FBI's online "Vault" show. Perl appeared before the Rosenberg Grand Jury in the summer of 1950, denying any relationship to the Rosenberg spy ring. On March 10, 1951, Wise and Perl met with FBI agents; Wise stated that Perl had paid him a "substantial fee" as retainer. {{cite web {{cite web {{cite web {{cite web
Trial In court, the Government argued that Perl had knowingly lied that he knew
Julius Rosenberg and
Morton Sobell when they were all members of the
Young Communists League or that he knew
Helene Elitcher,
Michael Sidorovich, or
Anne Sidorvich. Wise argued that Perl did not lie intentionally. Perl could not explain how or whether
Vivian Glassman had given him paper with Rosenberg's name on it because Perl had destroyed the paper. He could not explain why Sobell had used him as a job reference. Wise then argued that, earlier, Perl had appeared voluntarily when answering, not as a defendant and not under oath. On May 26, 1953, in his summation, Wise argued that Perl believed his answers true at the time he was answering. For instance, he answered truthfully that he did not "know" Sobell, as in "intimately," not whether he ever knew him at all. As for evidence from Helene Ellitcher, Wise argued that the court could only expect her to corroborate the testimony of her husband,
Max Elitcher, a communist and known perjurer. Perl had no motive to perjure himself; Wise asked for acquittal on all four perjury charges. On May 22, 1953, Perl was found guilty on two counts of perjury for lying about his "acquaintance and association" with Rosenberg and Sobell (and acquitted of two other counts). {{cite web ==Personal life and death==