Powell & Herold

[Jim Garrett]

Betty makes a valid point. Powell could have planned not to accompany Booth. Powells job was done. There is a certain thought that it would have been more difficult for three men traveling together to evade capture. Powell had managed to get around on his own. We may never know why he did not flee the city immediateley. Maybe he tried and already it was too risky. Booth needed Herold as a guide and lackey. Herolf fit that job.