Person

D. L. Fries

Proprietor of The Battletown Inn at Berryville, quoted in the Clarke Courier's March 1922 tribute to the lawyer Conrad Kownslar.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of March 23, 1922, in its tribute to the lawyer Conrad Kownslar, quotes D. L. Fries, proprietor of The Battletown Inn, recalling that he laid a case before Mr. Kownslar and was advised not to go to court.

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What the source supports

That D. L. Fries was proprietor of The Battletown Inn in 1922.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The OCR prints the inn's name "The Rattletown 'nn." The recollection is his own, as the paper quotes it.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The March 23, 1922 tribute.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., March 23, 1922

Clarke Courier · 1922-03-23 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, obituary tribute to Conrad Kownslar

Relevant passage

In his practice Mr. Kownslar never advised rushing into court i with a had [bad], case, Mr. D. L. Fries, proprietor of The Rattletown [Battletown] 'nn [Inn], speaking of this characteristic of h|& [his] said yesterday: "I 'aid [laid] a case before him some time ago. I was willing to spend $500 in court to fight it.

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

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