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anything else to come home and see you before he died." The note concluded with a request that Ruth Holmes begin eating again: "Your brother would have wanted you to."
Asked to explain in light ot her earlier testimony that the colonel never spoke of his sister. Lt. Daley said onlv that she'd tried to write Miss Holmes a "sweet note" after learning that the colonel's sister had stopped eating.
Questioned by the plaintiff's lawser as to whether the words she used to describe Col. Holmes were her own words. Lt Dales replied that "strong willed" was probably her own term. She elaborated on that phrase by noting that the colonel "tried to get up and walk (despite edema anil acites that left him with severely swollen legs and abdomen)...he tried to maintain his dignity." she said, adding that Holmes wasn’t someone who at tempted to elicit pity.
Neilson Takes Stand
Commander Peter Neilson. the colonel's out-patient doctor for six years prior to his death, testified t at he first met Holmes when he was admitted to Bethesda Hospital in the spring of l'f73 after fainting while driving his car. Neilson said he treated him as an in-patient during that short hospital stay and then at the colonel's request, continued to follow him on an out-patient basis for a minor heart disorder Holmes also suffered from a neurogenic bladder which emptied uncontrollably and unpredictably. the doctor said. With that condition growing more severe over the years, the colonel didn't like to leave his Flint Hill orchard and when he did. carefully planned trips so as to be close to a bathroom as much (Continued on Page 7)
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