Booth's visit to the Surratt Boarding House after the assassination

[Laurie Verge]

I have always suspected that the fugitives were headed for the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Rail Line at Guinea Station, Virginia. It was not that far from Bowling Green. I think that it might still have been running in late April of 1865, but I can't find definite info on it. From there, I think he would head into Mosby territory and head southwest into the hills of Appalachia and thence to Mexico.

If that could have been the scenario, I don't understand why he lingered at the Garretts' when the rail line was so close. Now, who is going to shoot my theory down?