Show JUSTICE HOLMES DIES WEDNESDAY Oliver Wendell Vendell Holmes died in Washington Wednesday at the j age of 91 94 years The noted former liberal member member mem member mem- mem ber of the U U. S S. S Supreme Court the oldest man to hold a seat on that court lacked just two days of being 94 years old He retired from Crom the bench in 1932 after 29 years unbroken service The Illness which caused the death of the weakened age-weakened jurist developed from a cold contracted after an automobile ride February February February ary Almost to the last he retained the irrepressible spirit that his active life For close to half a century he served continuously as a judge state or of federal and only the physical burdens of 91 years finally finally finally fin fin- ally forced him to write his nation Beginning g December 1882 he was justice of the Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Massa Massa- supreme court for 17 years and then chief justice for three years From that post he was elevated to the highest court courtin I in December 1902 by President Theodore Roosevelt His public life had started years earlier carlier when he was a lieutenant and then a captain during the civil war I |