Q. Did you try to get somebody else to assist you in arresting this man?
A. It was too early in the morning. There was nobody out of bed, hardly.
Q. You did not follow after the troops. You say you went home?
A. I went home. Yes, sir.
Q. Stayed there?
A. Stayed there.
Q. Did you see any police about the fire during Sunday—see them making any effort to put out the fire or prevent it?
A. I did not. I went to my mother-in-law's on Sunday.
Q. You were not about then on Sunday?
A. No, sir.