Mr. Ball. You didn't handle the jail?
Mr. Fritz. No, sir; I don't handle the jail. I am sure though they used more than average precautions up there.
Mr. Ball. When you left at 11:15, what was your purpose in leaving at 11:15?
Mr. Fritz. To transfer him to the—you are talking about the 24th?
Mr. Ball. On the 24th, yes.
Mr. Fritz. To transfer him to the county jail.
Mr. Ball. Had you been requested by Sheriff Decker to transfer him there before?
Mr. Fritz. No, sir. I had talked to the chief about transferring him down there. The chief had called me on the 23d, on the 23d, I can't give you the exact minute, probably a little after noon, he had called me and asked me when we would be ready to transfer him and I told him we were still questioning him. We didn't want to transfer him yet. He said, "Can he be ready by about 4 o'clock? Can he be transferred by 4 o'clock?" I told him I didn't think we could.
Mr. Ball. That would be Saturday afternoon?
Mr. Fritz. That would be the 23d, would be Saturday, yes, sir. Then he asked me could he be ready by 10 o'clock in the morning, so I could tell these people something definitely, and I felt sure we would be ready by then. However, we didn't, we ran overtime as you can see by this report, an hour and a half over, when they come over to transfer him.