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the stand and testified as to Holmes’ mental capacities up to a few days before the will signing. Hatrell said the colonel had discussed what he wanted to do with his farm which, along with his dog Duke, was the thing he loved most in life. “He treated Duke like a person," the dentist said.
Hatrell told the jury that Holmes’ estrangement from his sister Ruth grew out of her criticism of his friends. He also reported that the colonel had suggested that he, Hatrell, come up with a plan on what to do with the farm after Holmes’ death to ensure that his friends could continue to hunt there.
Moody related details of how he’d served as the colonel’s currier from the hospital bed, carrying payment from Bethesda to Flint Hill for apple pickers and other farm operations. Dr. Jeffrey Crane from Bethesda Naval Hospital said he’d assisted in the treatment of Col. Holmes as ward resident, seeing him daily until his discharge in November. He described the colonel as alert and oriented but depressed. The depression was normal in view of his diagnosis, the doctor said, adding that it didn't affect the colonel’s mental soundness.
Dr. Robert Slease, another naval physician assigned to Bethesda during the colonel’s hospitalization, testified that he'd visited the farm in Flint Hill with his triend Dr. Neilson and found Holmes a “very solicitous host.” In the basis of his observations, he described the colonel’s feelings for his doctor as "paternal.”
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