Dave Taylor / Davey Herold Question

[Cliff Roberts]

I don't recall whether Powell was ever at the Surratt tavern, but it's always seemed to me that Herold's job was not only to make sure Powell found Seward's home, but then, more importantly, to guide him to the rendezvous point at Surrattsville. Powell's wanderings through rural Washington after finding that Herold had abandoned him are pretty clear evidence that he did not know how reach the Navy Yard Bridge, much less Surrattsville. And where is the evidence that Powell had earlier "cased" the Seward residence? Wasn't it Booth who flirted with the servant girl?