What Was The Role of David Herold

[Laurie Verge]

Kauffman is the only historian I know to posit that Herold was supposed to tell the others to hold off their attacks, and those last five words are what puzzle me. Mike offers no citation for this, so we can only assume that he is "creating" the scenario on his own.

I think it is more likely that Herold took off once he knew Powell was inside the house -- assuming that Powell was a big boy and that the deed would be done.