NUMBER 101 TO NUMBER 150

NUMBER 101
WAS BOB COULSON HIDING IN THE BUSHES OR RUNNING DOWN A FENCE LINE WHEN JARED ALTHAUS DROVE UP?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 12, page 58, lines 17-19.

A: I (Jared) had slowed down and ALL OF A SUDDEN HE (Bob) RAN OUT IN FRONT OF THE BUSHES, ran across the street.

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports.  Page 2.089, second to last sentence.

… before SPOTTING Coulson (BOB) RUNNING SOUTHBOUND ALONG A FENCELINE from the general direction of the complainants house.
 

NUMBER 102
HOW DID BOB COULSON ENTER THE CAR AT THE PICK UP POINT?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 99, lines 23-25.

A:  I (Jared) had turned off the headlights and He (BOB) had CRAWLED IN and gotten in THE CAR and said, “Go, go, go”.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 12, page 42, lines 13-20.

A:  Never really dawned on me (Jared) UNTIL AFTER he (BOB) came back and HOPPED IN THE CAR that he had actually done it.
Q:  What was your first clue that he had actually killed somebody?
A:  HE came back and had a gas can and had the backpack and crowbar and JUMPED IN THE CAR and said it’s all.  It went all wrong.  Go
 

NUMBER 103
DID JARED ALTHAUS ASK BOB COULSON WHAT HAPPENED IN THE HOUSE OR DID BOB COULSON JUST VOLUNTEER THE INFORMATION?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 12, page 48, lines 6-16.

Q:  DID HE (Bob) TELL YOU HOW HE HAD COMMITTED THE MURDER --
A:  YES, sir
Q:  -- ON THE DRIVE TO CALDWELL --
A:  YES, sir.
Q:  -- to your grandfather’s farm?
A:  Yes, sir.
Q:  DID YOU TELL HIM that YOU WANTED TO KNOW?  WERE YOU TRYING TO GET THIS INFORMATION FROM HIM or WAS HE JUST FLOWING?
A:  JUST FLOWING

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 106, lines 6-15.

Q:  Now, let’s go back to WHAT HE MIGHT HAVE TOLD YOU INSIDE THE CAR THERE ABOUR WHAT HAD HAPPENED INSIDE THE HOUSE.  DID YOU ASK HIM ABOUT IT FIRST or DID HE VOLUNTEER?
A:  I ASKED HIM ABOUT IT FIRST.  I SAID, “WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT WENT WRONG?”
 

NUMBER 104
WHO THREW THE CROWBAR OUT OF THE CAR?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 122-123, lines 25-3.

Q:  DID YOU (JARED) EVER THROW ANY OF THE ITEMS OUT of the car YOURSELF?
A:  I DID NOT ACTUALLY THROW ANY OF THE ITEMS OUT, NO, sir

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 12, page 48, lines 19-21.

A:  Right after he (Bob) got in the car, after I (JARED) THREW THE CROWBAR OUT, he started telling me what had happened.
 

NUMBER 105
WHEN DID BOB COULSON START TELLING JARED ALTHAUS WHAT HAPPENED IN THE HOUSE?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 105, lines 1-6.

Q:  Okay.  By this time, HE HAD (Bob)  BEGUN TO TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE THE HOUSE?
A:  Yes.  He had started -- ONCE WE GOT ON (Hwy) 290 (probably 5 miles from the crime scene) HE (Bob) STARTED TELLING ME WHAT HAPPENED.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 12, page 48, lines 19-21.

A:  RIGHT AFTER HE (Bob) GOT IN THE CAR (a couple blocks from the house),  AFTER I THREW THE CROWBAR OUT (a block from the pick up point),  HE STARTED TELLING ME WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
 

NUMBER 106
DID BOB COULSON VIVIDLY DESCRIBE THE CRIME TO JARED ALTHAUS?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 112, lines 16-21.

Q:  Now, you (Jared) sound like, from what you’re saying, that you were a witness to this.  Did you actually see this or did you --
A:  NO, I DID NOT.  BOB VIVIDLY DESCRIBED THE WHOLE CRIME TO ME.

THIS ENTIRE DOCUMENT SHOWS THIS IS A BOLD FACED LIE.
 

NUMBER 107
DID JARED ALTHAUS: STOP; SLOW DOWN; OR DRIVE 60 MPH WHEN BOB COULSON WAS THROWING ITEMS INTO DITCHES ON A SIDE STREET?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 15, page 70, lines 11-17.

A:  … I STOPPED THE CAR so you (Bob) COULD THROW -- make sure it went INSIDE THE WATER.
Q:  You’d be talking about the creek Milrow Creek or Uhow Creek (Phonetically)?
A:  No.  It was the -- HAT AND THE SWEATER (found on a side road off HWY 290), in particular.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 105, lines 12-18.

A:  … he (Bob) knew the BACK ROADS, so he told me where to turn.  And every time there was a ditch or a culvert that was coming up, we WOULD SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT, and I would roll down the window, and BOB COULD THROW OUT AN ITEM IN THE DITCH.

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports.  Page 2.090, first full paragraph.

…At this point Althaus (Jared) seemed unsure that he was on the correct road.  Althaus stated that at the time he was with Coulson on the road it was dark and that he had been DRIVING AROUND 60 MPH and that there DIDN’T SEEM TO BE ENOUGH DITCHES…
 

NUMBER 108
DID BOB COULSON TELL JARED ALTHAUS THAT HE HAD BLOOD ON HIS TENNIS SHOES OR DID JARED ALTHAUS ACTUALLY SEE THE BLOOD?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 104, lines 18-23.

Q:  … Now, at this point, HAD he (BOB) SAY ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR about the problem with the tennis shoes?
A:  YES.  THAT THERE WAS BLOOD ON THE TENNIS SHOES.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 12, page 43, lines 1-3.

A:  He (BOB) HAD SOME BLOOD STAINS ON HIS TENNIS SHOES.
Q:  BLOOD THAT YOU COULD SEE IN THE CAR?
A:  YES, sir.
 

NUMBER 109
WAS THE BLOOD ON THE TENNIS SHOES FROM RICK OR ROBIN WENTWORTH?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 296, lines 12-21.

Q:  The only thing noticeable about him (Bob) was you (Jared) said HE HIT ROBIN APPARENTLY HARD ENOUGH TO GET BLOOD ON HIS TENNIS SHOES.  Correct?
A:  I’m not sure which one.  He said he had blood on his shoes.
Q:  AND THAT WAS FROM ROBIN.  Is that correct?
A:  THAT’S WHAT HE TOLD ME.  That’s -- FROM WHAT I REMEMBER.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 104, lines 22-24.

A:  … That THERE WAS BLOOD ON THE TENNIS SHOES.  FROM WHEN he (BOB) HIT EITHER RICK OR ROBIN that blood splattered on the windows -- on the tennis shoes.
 

NUMBER 110
WHERE WERE THE TENNIS SHOES THROWN OUT OF THE CAR?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 12, page 96, lines 20-22.

A:  They (the police) never found the TENNIS SHOES.
Q:  WHERE HAD THOSE BEEN TOSSED OUT?
A:  ON THE SIDE ROAD OF BELTWAY 8 (toll road near the crime scene).

SEE:  EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports.  Page 2.090-2.091, second to last sentence on the first page and the first two sentences on the second page.

… Althaus (Jared) stated that Coulson (Bob) had also thrown out the black sweat pants he had been wearing ALONG WITH SOME WHITE TENNIS SHOES that had some orange strips on them.   He could not be sure IF THESE ITEMS HAD BEEN THROWN OUT ON CYPRESS-ROSEHILL OR ON HWY 2920 BEFORE REACHING HWY 290 (many miles from the crime scene).
 

NUMBER 111
WAS THERE BLOOD SPATTERED ON THE TENNIS SHOES?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 104, lines 22-25.

A:  … That there was BLOOD ON THE TENNIS SHOES.  FROM WHEN HE HAD HIT either Rick or Robin (with a crowbar) that BLOOD SPLATTERD on the windows -- ON THE TENNIS SHOES.

SEE:  BETH HALLING’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY (crime scene investigator). Volume 37, page 168-169, lines 24-5.

Q:  So could you tell whether or not the trauma was so great it would cause any of these blood spatterings?
A:  I DID NOT OBSERVE ANY BLOOD SPATTERIN.
Q:  So as far as you know, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF THAT? (blood spattering)
A:  THAT’S CORRECT.

SEE:  EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports.  Page 2.143, middle of the page.

On November 25, 1992 the following items wre retrieved from the property room:
Multi-color ski mask
Blue Cap
Grey back pack
Sweat shirt
CROW BAR

An analysis of the above listed items revealed:
NO BLOOD WAS DETECTED ON ANY OF THE ITEMS ANALYSED.
 

NUMBER 112
WHAT WAS THROWN IN A TRASH DUMPSTER IN BRENHAM?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 15, page 63, lines 3-7.

Q:  … are you talking about TRASH COMPACTOR that had been USED IN THE MURDERS, that were REMOVED AND THROWN IN THE TRASH DUMPSTER?
A:  I’M NOT SURE WHAT YOU HAD (thrown in the dumpster).

SEE: EXHIBIT #2, Statement of Person in Custody (Jared Althaus).  Sworn to and dated on Novemver 17, 1992.  Page 3, middle

…  and THREW the ZIP CORDS and PLASTIC COMPACTOR BAGS that Bob had cut OFF THE BODIES after they suffocated, INSIDE THE DUMPSTER.
 

NUMBER 113
WHAT WAS THROWN IN A DUMPSTER, UNUSED ZIP CORDS OR ZIP CORDS CUT OFF THE BODIES?

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports.  Page 2.091, middle 3rd paragraph.

… Althaus stated that it was in this DUMPSTER that Coulson had thrown the UNUSED PLASTIC TIE WRAPS (or Zip cords) and the unused plastic compactor bags.

SEE: EXHIBIT #2, Statemenrt of Person in Custody (Jared Althaus).  Sworn to and dated on November 17, 1992.  Page 3, middle.

… threw the ZIP CORDS and plastic bags that Bob had CUT OFF THE BODIES after they suffocated, INSIDE THE DUMPSTER.
 

NUMBER 114
WHAT WAS THROWN IN A DUMPSTER, UNUSED BAGS OR BAGS CUT OFF THE BODIES?

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports.  Page 2.091, middle 3rd paragraph.

… Althaus stated that it was in this DUMPSTER that Coulson had thrown the unused plastic tie wraps and the UNUSED PLASTIC COMPACTOR BAGS.

SEE: EXHIBIT #2, Statemenrt of Person in Custody (Jared Althaus).  Sworn to and dated on November 17, 1992.  Page 3, middle.

… threw the zip cords and PLASTIC BAGS that Bob had CUT OFF THE BODIES after they suffocated, INSIDE THE DUMPSTER.
 

NUMBER 115
WAS ANYTHING THROWN IN A TRASH DUMPSTER IN BRENHAM?

SEE: EXHIBIT #2, Statement of Person in Custody (Jared Althaus).  Sworn to and dated on November 17, 1992.  Page 3, middle.

…and THREW the ZIP CORDS and PLASTIC COMPACTOR BAGS that Bob had cut off the bodies after they suffocated, INSIDE THE DUMPSTER.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 15, page 63, lines 16-19.

Q:  … And you said THE POLICE DIDN’T FIND – FIND THIS (items Jared says wer thrown in the dumpster) IN THIS DUMPSTER; is that correct?
A:  NO, THEY DIDN’T

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports.  Page 2.091, middle 3rd paragraph.

…INVESTIGATORS CHECKED THE DUMPSTER AND OBSERVED THAT IT WAS EMPTY…
 

NUMBER 116
WHO THREW A GUN OUT OF THE CAR?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 12, page 61, lines 10-16.

Q:  How did HE (Bob) get the gun apart in order TO THROW IT (gun) OUT a piece at a time?
A:  He handed it over to ma and I disassembled it and handed it back to him.
Q:  Did HE THROW IT OUT all at one sport or did HE THROW the pieces out at different spots?
A:  Piece by piece.

SEE: EXHIBIT #2, Statement of Person in Custody (Jared Althaus).  Sworn to and dated on November 17, 1992.  Page 3, bottom 3rd.

… Bob had me break down the 9mm Pistol and WE threw the gun frame, slide and barrel over the Lake Sommerville overflow bridge.
 

NUMBER 117
WHERE WERE THE BODY, BARREL AND SLIDE OF THE GUN THROWN OUT?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 124, lines 9-21.

A:  It was further into the trip, almost to Summerville.  AROUND the Summerville Bridge IS WHERE he (BOB) THREW OUT THE BODY AND THE BARREL.

Q:  How about the -- HOW ABOUT THE SLIDE?  The outer portion of the --
A:  That was also thrown.  AT SUMMERVILLE, THERE’S AN OVERFLOW BRIDGE.  It’s where all the water runs out, AND THAT’S WERE HE THREW THAT.

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports.  Page 2.091, last paragraph.

… Ahtaus (Jared) stated that after this offense had been committed he had BROKEN THE GUN DOWN into three main components: BARREL, FRAME AND SLIDE AND THAT Coulson (BOB) HAD THROWN IT OUT AS THEY PASSED OVER THE CREEK ON HWY 36…
 

NUMBER 118
WAS THE BODY AND BARREL OF THE GUN REALLY THROWN OUT AROUND THE LACK SUMMERVILLE BRIDGE?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 124, lines 9-21.

A:  It was further into the trip, almost to Summerville.  AROUND the Summerville Bridge IS WHERE he (BOB) THREW OUT THE BODY AND THE BARREL.

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports.  Page 2.107 #1 and Page 2.107 #2

… the dive team… All officers then drove to Summerville and Yegua Creek.  Officers Ritchey, Webber and Miller USED METAL DETECTORS TO SEARCH THE LAND AREA DESCRIBED ABOVE.  OFFICERS HARRIS AND MCGEE, SEARCHED A SMALL DITCH FULL OF WATER DRAINING INTO THE CREEK. … OFFICERS FAILED TO LOCATE ANY OTHER (slide was found in the water) PARTS OF THE WEAPON, UPON RESUMING SEARCH.
 

NUMBER 119
HOW MANY MILES IS IT FROM THE HIGHWAY TO THE ALTHAUS FAMILY FARM?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 13, page 136, lines 2-17.

A:  They (Althaus family farm) were on the farm road.

Q:  Now to let the jury know, this (distance from highway to the farm) is actually quite a distance, isn’t it?
A:  Correct, APPROXIMATELY A COUPLE OF MILES.

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports.  Page 2.064, last paragraph.

… OFFICERS HAD TO DRIVE APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES OFF THE HIGHWAY ON A DIRT COUNTY ROAD TO GET TO JARED’S (Althaus’s family farm) PROPERTY.
 

NUMBER 120
WHAT TIME DID BOB COULSON AND JARED ALTHAUS ARRIVE AT THE FAMR FRIDAY NIGHT?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIVAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 12, page 62, lines 8-10.

Q:  WHAT TIME of night DID YOU (Jared) GET TO your grandfather’s FARM?
A:  APPROXIMATELY 8:30, 9:00 O’CLOCK

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports.  Page 2.056, fourth paragraph, last sentence.

… Althaus (JARED) STATED they ARRIVED AT THE FARM HOUSE at APROXIMATELY 7:00 PM where they spent the night talking and playing cards.
 

NUMBER 121
WHAT DID BOB COULSON AND JARED ALTHAUS DO AT THE FARM FRIDAY NIGHT?

SEE:  EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports.  Page 2.056, fourth paragraph, last sentence.

…Althaus (JARED) STATED they ARRIVED AT THE FARM HOUSE at approximately 7:00 PM where THEY SPENT THE NIGHT TALKING AND PLAYING CARDS.

SEE:  JAREDA ALTHAUS’S CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volumje 12, page 64, lines 5-14.

Q:  WHAT DID Y’ALL (Jared and Bob)  DO from 9:00, 10:00 o’clock AT NIGHT UP AT THE FARM?
A:  WENT TO SLEEP.
Q:  TILL THE NEXT MORNING?  JUST WENT TO SLEEP?
A:  YES, sir

Q:  WEREN’T TRYING TO TUNE IN TV REPORTS or NEWS REPORTS?
A:  NO, sir.
 

NUMBER 122
DID JARED ALTHAUS TELL JASON ALTHAUS THAT HE WOULD BE AT THE FARM?

SEE:  JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 12, page 66, lines 7-16.

A:  Yes, sire he (Bob) was telling everybody that we are GOING AWAY FOR THE WEEKEND (to the farm).
Q:  Telling everybody?
A:  Yes, sir.
Q:  And HAD YOU (JARED SPOKEN TO JASON (Jared’s brother) ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU WERE GOING TO BE THERE (at the farm)?
A:  YES, sir
Q:  So, JASON KNEW FROM YOU THAT YOU WOULD ACTUALLY BE THERE?
A:  CORRECT

SEE:  JASON ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY (Jared’s brother).  Volume 42, page 232, lines 3-23.

Q:  Back on Saturday, November the 14th, YOU (JASON) DROVE UP TO THE FAMILY FARM TO SEE your brother (JARED) AND BOB COULSON, didn’t you?
A:  I went to GO SEARCH FOR THEM.
Q:  And you told – YOU TOLD THE POLICE, I believe, that YOU DIDN’T REALLY KNOW WHERE THEY WERE, didn’t you?
A:  THAT’S CORRECT.

Q:  In fact, YOU KNEW ALL ALONG WHERE THEY WERE DIDN’T YOU, Mr Althaus (JASON)?
A:  NO, I DID NOT.
 

NUMBER 123
WHAT TIME DID JASON ALTHAUS AND HIS GIRLFRIEND GET TO THE FARM?

SEE:  JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 128, lines 19-24

Q:  And WHAT TIME OF DAY DID YOU (Jared) SEE HIM (Jason)  OR DID HE ARRIVE (at the farm)?
A:  APPROXIMATLEY BETWEEN 1:00 and 1:30, I would say.
Q:  When he got there, did you see whether or not he talked to Bob Coulson.

SEE:  JASON ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY (Jared’s brother).  Volume 42, page 200, lines 3-7.

Q:  …About WHAT TIMD DID YOU (Jason) GET TO CALDWELL (the farm)?
A:  Approcimately – ABOUT NOON.  It takes approximately two hours to get there and –
 

NUMBER 124
DID JARED ALTHAUS HEAR JASON ALTHAUS’S CAR DRIVE UP AT THE FARM?

SEE:  JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 12, page 66, lines 22-23.

A:  WE (Jared and Bob) WERE IN THE CABIN and HEARD THE CAR DRIVE UP and Bob went outside.

SEE: JASON ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY (Jared’s brother).  Volume 41, page 201, lines 3-7.

Q:  And WHEN YOU (Jason) WENT INSIDE (the cabin), DID YOU SEE JARED AND the defendant (BOB) INSIDE?
A:  YES, I did.
Q:  So you remember WHAT THEY (Jared and Bob) WERE DOING?
A:  SLEEPING.
 

NUMBER 125
DID BOB COULSON GO OUTSIDE TO MEET JASON ALTHAUS OR DID JASON ALTHAUS COME INSIDE THE CABIN?

SEE:  JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 12, page 66, lines 17-23.

Q:  So, what time of day did JASON SHOW UP (at the farm)?
A:  I would say about 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon.
Q:  WHO DID HE MEET FIRST, you or Bob Coulson?
A:  HE MET BOB.
Q:  WHERE WAS BOB Coulson WHEN THEY MET?
A:  WE (Jared and Bob) WERE IN THE CABIN and heard the car drive up and BOB WENT OUTSIDE.

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports.  Page 2.058, single line in middle of page and the first two lines of the next paragraph.

A STATEMENT JARED ALTHAUS MADE TO POLICE TYPED UP IN A POLICE REPORT:

… At about 1:00 or 1:30 we HEARD SOMEONE DRIVE UP.  IT WAS MY BROTHER JASON.  Jason was with his girlfriend, Dianna.  JASON CAME IN and TOLD BOB that there had been and accident…
 

NUMBER 126
WHO GAVE JARED ALTHAUS THE NEWSPAPER AT THE FARM?

SEE:  JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 12, page 67 lines 1-3.

A:  He (Jason) didn’t tell me (Jared) much.  He went and talked to Bob and I went over to the car where my sister-in-law was.  SHE SHOWED ME THE PAPER.

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports.  Page 2.055, third paragraph.

…Althaus (JASON) EXPLAINED THAT HE HANDED his brother (JARED) A COPY OF A LOCAL HOUSTON PAPER and he (Jared Althaus) proceeded to read about this incident.
 

NUMBER 127
DID JARED ALTHAUS READ THE NEWSPAPER JASON ALTHAUS BROUGHT UP TO THE FARM?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 131, lines 10-13

A:  …AFTER I READ THE PAPER (Jason brought with him to the farm), I went over TO TELL BOB WHAT THE PAPER SAID.

SEE:  JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 15  page 117 lines 12-17.

Q:  …WHEN your brother (JASON) CAME (TO THE FARM) and told you and I (Bob) that my family had been murdered, HE HAD NEWSPAPERS WITH HIM, correct?
A:  YES, he did.
Q:  And YOU READ THAT (what police found at the crime scene) IN THE NEWSPAPER?
A:  I looked at (THE PAPER).  I DIDN’T READ IT.
 

NUMBER 128
DID BOB COULSON THROW UP AFTER TALKING TO JASON ALTHAUS OR JARED ALTHAUS?

SEE:  JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 12, page 67, lines 12-17.

Q:  What did you (Jared) tell her (Jason’s girlfriend)?
A:  I didn’t tell her anything.
Q:  Well, WERE YOU ABLE TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON between JASON and ROBERT Coulson?
A:  I SAW BOB RUN OFF AND THEN THE SOUND OF HIM THROWING UP.

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports.  Page 2.058, bottom of fourth full paragraphe and the top of the next paragraph.

A STATEMENT JARED ALTHAUS MADE TO THE POLICE TYPED UP IN A POLICE REPORT:

… Jason’s girlfriend handed me (Jared) the paper and told me to read it.  I read the article and I WENT OVER TO BOB and told him that there were 5 people who were killed.  I told him it must have been everybody and not just his mom and dad.  HE RAN A LITTLE BIT AND THEN STOPPED AND THREW UP.
 

NUMBER 129
WAS JARED ALTHAUS WITH HIS SISTER-IN-LAW WHEN BOB COULSON WAS THROWING UP, OR WAS JARED ALTHAUS IN THE HOUSE LOADING EVERYTHING UP AND TAKING IT TO THE CAR?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 131, lines 19-24

A:  …We – Bob had – after I (Jared) had gone over to talk to Bob, BOB ran off and made it look like he was throwing up by putting his finger in his mouth and MAKING HIMSELF THROW UP WHILE I WAS IN THE HOUSE LOADING EVERYTHING UP IN THE CAR.

SEE:  JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 12, page 67, lines 12-24.

Q:  What did you (Jared) tell her (Jason’s girlfriend)?
A:  I didn’t tell her anything.
Q:  Well, WERE YOU ABLE TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON between JASON and ROBERT Coulson?
A:  I SAW BOB RUN OFF AND THEN THE SOUND OF HIM THROWING UP.
Q:  Sounds of him THROWING UP?
A:  YES, sir.
Q:  Did you go try to help him?
A:  No, sir.
Q:  Why not?
A:  BECAUSE HE HAD RAN OFF.  SO, I WAS OVER THERE WITH MY SISTER-IN-LAW.
 

NUMBER 130
WHAT TOWN DID BOB COULSON AND JARED ALTHAUS STOP FOR GAS IN ON THE WAY BACK TO HOUSTON?

SEE:  JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 135, lines 3-7.

Q:  …DID YOU (Jared and Bob)  MAKE ANY STOPS ON THE WAY INTO HOUSTON?
A:  YES we did.  We stopped IN BRENHAM (biggest town in the area) FOR GASOLINE.  We were running low.

SEE:  JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 12, page 69, lines 1-5.

Q:  DID YOU STOP AND GET GAS along the way (back to Houston)?
A:  YES, sir.
Q:  Where abouts?
A:  LET’S SAY.  I think it was BELLVILLE.  IT WAS A SMALLER TOWN.
 

NUMBER 131
DID BOB COULSON WANT THE POLICE TO SEARCH HIS CAR?

SEE:  JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 132, lines 7-9.

A:  Because he (Bob) didn’t want – if the POLICE had to search the car,  HE DIDN’T WANT THEM TO SEARCH THE CAR.

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports.  Page 2.062, third paragraph.

… SGTS.  Working the case DECIDED TO ASK BOB IF HE WOULD SIGN A CONSENT FOR SGTS. TO SEARCH THE BLACK TOYOTA Celica FLL32H (Bob was borrowing from a friend).  It was filled out and BOB READ IT SAID HE DIDN’T MIND AND SIGNED IT IN FRONT OF TWO WITNESSES.
 

NUMBER 132
DID THE POLICE TELL JARED ALTHAUS HE WAS A SUSPECT ON SATURDAY AT THE POLICE STATION?

SEE:  JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 15, page 9, lines 3-11.

Q:  THEY (police) did not tell you (Jared) at any time prior to then that since they HAD ALREADY SAID, essentially, THAT YOU WERE A SUSPECT when you talked to them ON SATURDAY, that they did not say, well, Jared, your story doesn’t add, you’re a suspect, we might arrest you, they never said anything to you like that?
A:  Of course.  They always do.  THEY ALWAYS SAID I WAS A SUSPECT.

SEE:  EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports.  Page 2.055, last paragraph.

…The Seargeants explained to Jared Althaus that he was not under arrest and WAS NOT BEING QUESTIONED AS A SUSPECT.
 

NUMBER 133
DID THE POLICE ACCUSE JARED ALTHAUS OF COMMITTING THE MURDERS WHEN HE CAME IN FOR QUESTIONING?

SEE:  JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 12, page 70, lines 8-22.

Q:  How long did you (JARED) and Bob Coulson remain together AT THE POLICE STATION?

Q:  DID THEY ever ACCUSE YOU OF HAVING COMITTED THE CRIME?
A:  OH, YES SIR.

SEE:  JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 15, page 63, lines 15-17.

Q:  In fact, DID YOU (Jared) SAY ON THE STAND (one week before) that THEY (police)  ACCUSED YOU OF COMMITTING THE MURDER?
A:  I DON’T RECALL.
 

NUMBER 134
DID JARED ALTHAUS GIVE HIS CONSENT FOR THE POLICE TO SEARCH HIS FAMILIES FARM?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVIL TIRAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 13, page 152, lilnes 12-17.

Q: When we (Bob and Jared) spoke to the police on Saturday afternoon or evening ang gave our statements to the POLICE, at that point in time DID YOU GIVE THEM PERMISSION TO GO UP TO THE FARM and SEARCH THERE?
A:  NO.

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports.    Page 2.058, last paragraph

…ALTHAUS (JARED) STATED that HE DIDN’T HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE FARM HOUSE BEING SEARCHED AND SIGNED THE CONSENT FORM.  JARED Althaus SIGNED THE CONSENT FORM AT APPROXIMATELY 7:25PM it was witnessed by Sergeants M.K. Peters and T.M. Ross.
 

NUMBER 135
DID JARED ALTHAUS HAVE HIS FINGERPRINTS TAKEN AT THE POLICE STATION?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 13, poage 152-153, lilnes 22-1.

Q:  …WHERE YOU ASKED TO GIVE FINGERPRINTS on that Saturday TO THE POLICE?
A:  To my recollection, YES.
Q:  Did you do that of your own free will?
A:  YES, I DID.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVIL TRAIL TESTIMONY.  Volume 15, page 155-156, lines 25-6.

Q:  DID YOU GIVE YOUR FINGERPRINTS to the policemant at the Houston Police Station when you and I went down on Saturday.
A:  I DON’T RECALL.
 

NUMBER 136
WHAT TIME DID JARED ALTHAUS AND BOB COULSON LEAVE THE POLICE STATION?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRAIL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 204, lines 2-5.

Q:  …WHEN YOU (Jared and Bob) LEAVE THE POLICE STATION sometime – ABOUT WHAT TIME THAT NIGHT?
A:  IT WAS A LITTL AFTER 6:00 0’CLOCK.  It was late.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 12, page 71-71, lines 24-1.

Q: WHAT TIME DID YOU (Jared and Bob) LEAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT NIGHT?
A:  APPROXIMATELY 11:00 O’CLOCK.
 

NUMBER 137
AFTER THE POLICE STATION WHERE DID BOB AND JARED ALTHAUS GO?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 137, lines 17-24.

Q: …where did you go after you left the police station?
A: AFTER THE POLICE STATION WE (Jared and Bob) WENT TO DAYS INN ON I-10 (interstate) where his uncle was staying.
Q:  Okay.  And ON THE WAY FROM THE POLICE STATION TO I-10 (the motel), did Mr. Coulson (Bob) have any discussions in the car with you?

SEE: JARED ATLHAUS’S CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 12, page 73, lines 14-21.

Q:  Maybe I’ve missed something.  But HOW DID YOU KNOW PETER COULSON (Bob’s uncle) WAS AT A MOTEL?
A:  FIRST (after leaving the police station)  WE WENT BACK TO THE HOUSE and UNLOADED THE CAR and everything out and then he (BOB) WAS CHECKING THE ANSWERING MACHINE, then he GOT A MESSAGE that he needed to go see Peter, THEN WE GOT BACK IN THE CAR AND WENT TO GO SEE PETER.
 

NUMBER 138
WHICH MOTEL WAS PETER COULSON STAYING IN?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 137, lines 19-20.

A:  After the police station WE (Jared and Bob) WENT TO DAYS INN ON I-10 (Interstate) WHERE HIS UNCLE (Peter Coulson) WAS STAYING.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 12, page 74, lines 2-8.

Q:  SO, it was a message on the answering machine that PETER WAS AT A MOTEL?

Q:  Do you know where it (motel) was?
A:  I think it was the HOLIDAY INN on I-10.
 

NUMBER 139
DID PETER COULSON TELL BOB COULSON IN THE MOTEL ROOM, SATURDAY NIHT, THAT SARAH COULSON’S CHILD MIGHT BE AN HEIR?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’C CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 12, page 75, lines 11-14.

Q:  DID he (BOB) FIND OUT that night (SATURDAY at the motel) THAT THE ADOPTED CHILD OF SARAH (Bob’s sister) STOOD IN THE LINE OF INHERITANCE rights?
A:  YES, sir.

SEE: PETER COULSON’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 38, page 134, lines 9-23.

Q: … when BOB AND JARED CAME over TO YOUR HOTEL ROOM..

Q: … AT 10:00 P.M. on SATURDAY EVENING, HAD YOU (Peter) BEEN MADE AWARE OF ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ESTATE about THE VALUE OF THIS ESTATE and ABOUT SARAH’S ADOPTED daughter (SON).
A:  NO.  I knew Sarah had had a child, but THE SUBJECT OF THE ESTATE IN THAT CONNECTION or anything HAD NOT COME UP.
 

NUMBER 140
DID PETER COULSON TELL BOB COULSON IN THE MOTEL ROOM, SATURDAY NIGHT, THAT SARAH COULSON’S CHILD WOULD INHERIT HALF OF THE ESTATES?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 12, page 75, lines 17-20.

A: … BOB TOLD ME that PETER HAD TOLD HIM (Saturday night) THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER HEIR TO THE ESTATE.
Q:  What did Bob Coulson say about that to you?
A:  HE SAID HALF of ($)600,000 AIN’T BAD.

SEE: PETER COULSON’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 38, page 135, lines 19-20.

Q: …DID YOU (Peter) KNOW how it – ON THAT SATURDAY EVENING –HOW THE ESTATE WAS GOING TO BE DIVIDED?
A:  NO.  I HAD NO IDEA…
 

NUMBER 141
AFTER MEETING ON SATURDAY NIGHT WITH PETER COULSON DID BOB COULSON SAY OR WRITE DOWN THAT “HALF OF $600,000 AIN’T BAD”?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 307-308, lines 13-6.

Q: Didn’t you tell me when I talked to you (Jard) here a couple weeks ago that when you went to the motel room that Peter Coulson talked to Bob then and told him about Sarah’s daughter (son) was going to inherit on-half of the estate?
Page 308, lines 2-6.
A: When we got back to the apartments, he (BOB) told me about the wills and the house and that – about what he was going to get.  And he WROTE DOWN ON A PIECE OF PAPER, “HALF OF ($)600,000 AIN’T BAD”.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 12, page 74-75, lines 8-20.

A: I (Jared) think it was the Holiday Inn on I-10 (Interstate)
Q: Did you and Mr. Coulson (BOB) both GO TO MEET PETER Coulson THAT NIGHT?
A:  YES, sir.

Page 75, lines 17-20.
A: …Bob told me that Peter had told him that there was another heir to the estate.
Q:  WHAT DID BOB Coulson SAY ABOUT THAT to you?
A:  HE SAID HALF OF ($)600,000 AIN’T BAD.
 

NUMBER 142
DID JARED ALTHAUS GO BACK AND FORTH TO THE BATHROOM SATURDAY EVENING WHILE JERRI MOORE WAS VISITING BOB COULSON?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 208-209, lines 19-5.

Q: So YOU (Jared) WENT TO YOUR OWN BATHROOM and bedroom.  Is that correct?
A:  NO.
Q:  You went to Bob’s bathroom.
A:  I DIDN’T GO TO THE BATHROOM.
Q:  DIDN’T GO THE BATHROOM PERIOD?
A:  NO.
Q:  SO THERE WERE NO FREQUENT TRIPS BACK AND FORTH TO THE BATHROOM as far as you recall WHILE JERRI MOORE WAS THERE?
A:  NO.

SEE: JERRI MOORE’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY (a friend of Bob Coulson’s).  Volume 39, page 85, lines 6-22.

Q: …what did you physically see about JARED…

A: …When we got to the house or to the APARTMENT, HE WOULD RUN BACK AND FORTH TO THE BATHROOM.
Q: …Could you hear anything that – could you hear sounds of someonbody throwing up in the bathroom?
A: I HEARD THE TOILET FLUSHING.  I don’t know if I would say he was throwing up, but I HEARD IT IN THE BATHROOM.
 

NUMBER 143
DID BOB COULSON TELL JARED ALTHAUS THAT “HALF OF $600,000 AIN’T BAD OR DID COULSON WRITE IT DOWN?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 12, page 75, lines 19-20.

Q: WHAT DID BOB Coulson SAY about that TO YOU?
A: HE SAID half of ($)600,000 ain’t bad.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 141-142, lines 22-2.

A: …Bob would constalty write things  down.  He had wrote down that HALF OF $600,000 ISN’T BAD.
 

NUMBER 144
DID BOB COULSON MENTION “HALF OF $600,00 AINT BAD” AFTER MEETING WITH PETER COULSON BY HIMSELF OR AFTER MEETING WITH HACK EMMOTT AND PETER COULSON TOGETHER?

Q:  DID you (Jared) and Mr. Coulson (BOB) both GO TO MEET PETER COULSON that night (SATURDAY after talking to the police)?
A:  YES, sir.

Q: WHAT DID Mr. Coulson – PETER COULSON talk to Bob Coulson about that night?

A:  How much the money amount was and about the funeral arrangements.

A: …Bob told me that PETER had told him that there was another heir to the estate.

Q:  What did Bob Coulson say about that to you?
A:  HE SAID HALF OF ($)600,000 AIN’T BAD.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESETIMONY.  Volume 41, page 141-142, lines 17-2.

A: That night that we got back from the motel room or SUNDAY NIGHT?
Q: The SUNDAY NIGHT AFTER HE (Bob) HAD THE MEETING WITH JACK EMMOTT (Coulson estate attorney), HIS UNCLE PETER?
A: …Bob would constantly write things down.  He had wrote down that HALF OF $600,000 ISN’T BAD.
 

NUMBER 145
DID BOB COULSON MENTION “HALF OF $600,000, AIN’T BAD” ON SATURDAY OR SUNDAY NIGHT?

SEE: JARED ALTHAU’S CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 12, page 74-75, lines 9-20.

Q:  DID you (Jared) and Mr. Coulson (BOB) both GO TO MEET PETER COULSON that night (SATURDAY after talking to the police)?
A:  YES, sir.

Q: What did Mr. Coulson – Peter Coulson talk to Bob Coulson about that night?

A:  How much the money amount was and about the funeral arrangements.

A: …Bob told me that Peter had told him that there was another heir to the estate.
Q:  What did Bob Coulson say about that to you?
A:  HE SAID HALF OF ($)600,000 AIN’T BAD.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 141-142, lines 17-2.

A:  That night that we got back to the motel room OR SUNDAY NIGHT?
Q:  The SUNDAY NIGHT after he (Bob) had the meeting with Jack Emmott (Coulson estate attorney), his Uncle Peter?
A: …Bob would constantly write things down.  He had wrote down that HALF OF $600,000 ISN’T BAD.
 

NUMBER 146
DID BOB COULSON HAVE LUNCH (AT MIDDAY) OR DINNER (IN THE EVENING) WITH THE ESTATE ATTORNEY, JACK EMMOTT?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 141, lines 8-9.

A: …He (BOB) SAID HE HAD A LUNCH MEETING WITH HIS – FAMILY ATTORNEY (JACK EMMOTT)

SEE: JACK EMMOTT’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY (estate attorney).  Volume 38, page 16, lines 8-22.

A: … I did talk to him (Bob) about having DINNER with he and his Uncle Peter.
Q:  Okay.  Now, LET’S GO TO THAT EVENING. WHO ATTENDED THAT DINNER?
A:  The DINNER was attended by Dorothy, my wife, Peter Coulson, from San Marcos, and BOB Coulson.
Q: Okay.  About how long were you together during that EVENING; DURING THE MEAL and discussions afterwards?
A:  Approximately two and a half to three hours.
 

NUMBER 147
WHAT DAY DID BOB COULSON MEET WITH THE FAMILY ATTORNEY?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 140-141, lines 9-9.

Q: …DID YOU (Jared) GO TO WORK MONDAY?
A:  YES, I did.

Q: … Did -- at any time during -- while you were at work, did you see the defendant, Bob Coulson?
A: Yes.  While at work, Bob came up there.
Q: About what time of day or night was that?
A:  IT WAS RIGHT BEFORE LUNCHTIME.

A: … HE SAID HE HAD A LUNCH MEETNIG WITH this -- THE FAMILY ATTORNEY and asked me how I was holding up.

SEE: JACK EMMOTT’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY (family attorney).  Volume 38, pages and lines are listed below.
Page 13, lines 8-13.

Q: … That being a SUNDAY, did you (Jack) attend church services that day?
A:  Yes, I did.  I did.
Q:  DID YOU SEE the defendant (BOB) AT YOUR CHURCH SERVICES THAT MORNING?
A: YES…

Page 15, lines 3-6
Q: Okay.  DID YOU HAVE ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH the defendant (BOB) AFTER CHURCH THAT DAY?
A:  YES, I did.

Paged 16, line 5-13.
Q: And in that conversation, DID YOU PLAN TO MEET LATER ON?
A:  YES.  I DID TALK TO him (BOB) ABOUT HAVING DINNER THAT EVENING with he and his Uncle Peter.
Q: Okay, NOW LET’S GO TO THAT EVENING.  WHO ATTENDED THAT DINNER?
 

NUMBER 148
DID BOB COULSON CONVEY ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE ESTATES TO JARED ALTHAUS SUNDAY NIGHT AT THEIR APARTMENT?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 12, page 77-78, lines 20-10.

A: I (Jared) WENT back TO THE APARTMENT, TOOK A SHOWER, WENT TO BED.  BOB WAS ALREADY IN HIS ROOM.  I THINK JERI (a girl Bob dated) WAS over there AT THE HOUSE THAT NIGHT.

Q: … SO HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS THERE?
A: YES, sir.
Q: And YOU WENT IN, CLEANED UP, WENT TO BED and DIDN’T SPEAK TO HIM?
A: NO, sir.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 141-142, lines 13-2.

Q: … That SUNDAY NIGHT in your hotel -- IN YOUR APARTMENT, did -- DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH BOB or DID HE SHOW YOU ANYTHING?

A: Bob would constantly write things down on a piece of paper whenever we had conversatios or either he would turn on the stereo up real loud and whisper in my ear.  HE HAD WROTE DOWN THAT HALF OF $600,000 ISN’T BAD.
 

NUMBER 149
DID BOB COULSON AND JARED ALTHAUS HAVE ANY CONVERSATIONS IN THEIR APARTMENT ABOUT FACTS OF THE CASE AFTER THE MURDERS?

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 141-142, lines 22-2

A: Bob would constantly write things down on a piece of paper WHENEVER WE HAD CONVERSATIONS or either HE WOULD TURN ON THE STEREO UP REAL LOUD and WHISPER IN MY EAR.  He had wrote down that half of $600,00 isn’t bad.

SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CRIMINAL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 41, page 142, lines 7-10

Q: So I guess YOU DIDN’T HAVE ANY CONVERSATIONS THERE IN THE APARTMENT then ABOUT FACTS OF THIS CASE AFTER IT HAPPENED?
A:  NONE WHATSOEVER
 

NUMBER 150
SEE: JARED ALTHAUS’S CIVIL TRIAL TESTIMONY.  Volume 12, page 79, lines 1-4.

Q:  How long were you at work before BOB COULSON showed up?
A:  About three or four hours.  HE SHOWED UP AT LUNCHTIME.

SEE: EXHIBIT #5, Houston Police Reports.  Page 2.078, third paragraph, second sentence.

…the Sergeant also learned that ROBERT COULSON had VISITED Althaus (JARED) AT HIS PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30 A.M. ACCORDING TO A FRIEND OF ALTHAUS’S (Mike Scott, who worked at the same company)