Then he got up and went to the hall closet. He came back with a manila envelope he had not opened since the morning he sent the emails. "Mr. T-Bodo, he said. Do you still have your inspector log?
The commission chamber held 80 people and there were 400 on the sidewalk. Judith Renick sat in the center chair. Executive director. 22 years on that panel. A woman who had heard every version of every story.
A fight ever generated. Larry sat at the near table in a charcoal suit with three banker boxes. He did not need. Jeremiah Starns sat at the far table by himself in a pressed shirt with one manila envelope in front of him. Behind him in the second row, Verdil beside her, Leander on two canes.
Behind them, Rosco Mayberry with his hat in his lap, and a row of adults from a basement class that no longer met. Auer went first, and he was excellent. Concealed record, 19 wins, a wager announced on camera. An unlicensed man in a public exhibition, a champion on crutches. He asked the commission to bar Jeremiah Starns for life and refer the matter for prosecution.
Mr. Starns. Judith Renick said, "Do you have counsel? " "No, ma'am. " Do you wish to respond? Yes, ma'am. I have four documents.
He opened the envelope. The first was the waiver signed by Cade Boscham. Dated witnessed under participant B in the box marked prior competitive experience. Somebody had typed 19 wins. Zero losses.
Professional. Last bout 18 years ago. I dictated that line. Jeremiah said it is in my email to Mr. Leoo 11 days before with a timestamp.
He printed it. Mr. Bochamp signed it. His fiance filmed him signing it and posted it that afternoon. The room made a small sound.
Nothing was concealed. Jeremiah said it was typed in capital letters on the page he put his name on. The second document was that same email. It contained one more lineer had never seen. I will accept no money for this.
It read, "If there is a purse, it goes to the Fairmont Community Center. I decline consideration of any kind. There is no purse. " Jeremiah said, "You cannot have an illegal prize fight where one of the fighters declined the prize in writing before it was offered. " Larry stood up. Judith Renick told him to sit down. The third document was not paper.
It was Melvin Tibido. Madame director, Melvin said, "Commission rule requires an inspector at a public exhibition to maintain a recording. Mine ran the entire evening, 41 minutes. You have it. It has been in the commission safe since that night.