What Was The Role of David Herold

[Linda Anderson]

Betty, I was going over Robinson's account and he says, "In mounting he [Powell] drew another pistol from his boot, and in gathering up his reins dropped the knife, which was eventually presented to me by the order of the Secretary of War, Mr. Edwin M. Stanton."

Did Powell have a second pistol on him? Wouldn't he have used it to kill Seward if he had? I don't think Robinson was a witness to Powell's leaving.