Summary:
The only part of the fair that was not done was some of the building and the Ferris wheel, which was suppose to be taller than the Eiffel tower. However, they still went on with the fair, which was dedicated to Christopher Columbus. They thought that because the fair was not finish that it would not attract a lot of people to the fair. But many people still attended and had a great time. The fair was not suppose to stay forever, so many people came to millions of people from around the world came to see the fair. There were many diverse things at the fair, like belly dancers, and different types of music and every candy and food. They did not let anyone come into the fair free, even those that were really poor. Even the wealthy that had a lot of connections still had to pay the entrance fee to the fair. During this time Holmes was getting a lot of business. But part of his plan was to only let women stay at the hotel. People started to disappear from the hotel, and no one really questioned what was going on because some much was going on in Chicago, with the fair and all. Int the hotel, things felt gloomy but the girls would say say because of Holmes personality, it made everything seem more cheerful. The hotel, had an odor of medicine, and bleach bu people did not really comment on the smell, because they knew that Holmes worked with medicine and had a pharmacy. And when Minie's sister came to visit they also went to the fair, and had a really great time, to the point that she decided not to leave for the summer. During this time they were putting up the Ferris wheel, and people that first got on it did get hurt but later on it was safe to ride on.That even people started to get married at the highest point of the Ferris wheel. At the end of the fair, some of the buildings got burned down. It also affected the economy because many people now did not have a job. But the good thing about the end of the fair, was that now the cops were able to become more focused on the missing people. Geyer, who was a detective was the one to uncover the crimes that Holmes had done from killing women, men, and even children. he was also able to find out that Holmes had committed insurance fraud, and was not using his real name anywhere. When Holmes was doing to court, he got a book published so that the public would be on his side, but he was found guilty for the murders. But the thing that had surprised so many people was that Holmes was able to get away with all the people he had killed, and the cops in Chicago did not suspect that anything was going on. This shows, that even at the best time in history it begins with people dying and ends with people dying.
Quote: "There was speculation that during the world's fair he might have killed dozens of people, most of them young women" (Larson 363).
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When i read this quote, it made me want to learn more about the other killings, because the novel really did not talk about a lot of the people that he had killed. They might have not really talked a lot about the murders because Holmes, may have gotten rid of any evidence that they were even alive. This is something that i was never able to understand, how Holmes was able to kill so many people and he was not caught by the cops. This would be considered a time in history when cops were not really on their job. I think if i was a cop i would have felt very guilt for not noticing what had occurred to those that disappeared. But i would not have blamed him that much because they were trying to help the fair stay under control. Even though what Holmes did was very inhumane i do think that what he did should be given a little praise, because he was able to live a wealthy life and fool everyone into thinking that he was akin man, who would not hurt a fly. But the truth was that he was a cold hearted man. This shows that people are not always what they portray to be, because there is always another side we do not see.
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