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IV. Documentary Evidence

C. Ron Peters' Betting Records

We obtained copies of numerous documents which Ron Peters identified as his betting records for periods in 1987.[452] Peters said he normally threw out all betting records as quickly as possible, but maintained these records because he anticipated a dispute with Rose over money since Peters never intended to pay Rose all his 1987 winnings due to Rose's $34,000 debt to Peters from 1986.[453] The records are almost all in Peters' handwriting, with occasional sheets written by Dave Morgan, Peters' girlfriend, or others who worked at Peters' restaurant and answered the phone.[454] Peters identified one sheet as a "recap" sheet from Janszen.[455] Janszen identified the sheet as being in his handwriting.[456]

One of Peters' sheets has the notation "Pete -41,800," which Peters explained meant that Rose owed Peters $41,800. Numerous other sheets list baseball games, amounts bet, and amounts won or lost.

Footnotes:

452) See Exhibit 13.

453) Memorandum of Ron Peters Interview, May 1, 1989, at 1. See Exhibit 73.

454) Peters Interview, May 1, 1989, at 1.

455) Peters Interview, May 1, 1989, at 1-2.

456) Janszen Interview, April 27, 1989, at 1.

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