Devil in the White City Flash Cards

the protagonist; is a talented Chicago architect who; along with his partner John Root; is given the task of building the 1893 Chicago World's Fair; the World's Columbian Exposition. Although a skilled architect himself; is really the businessman and public relations expert of the pair. Despite being haunted by a lack of formal education; he is motivated by his pride and a sense of determination and tackles and accomplishes the daunting task of creating a monumental world's fair that will improve the global reputation of the city of Chicago

the partner of Daniel Burnham; he accepts the challenge of building the 1893 Chicago World's Fair along with Burnham; is the perfect partner and complement to Burnham. While Burnham has the business savvy and people skills; he is truly the architectural genius behind the duo. Hisintelligence and depth are something that people; including Burnham; admire. Unfortunately; he suffers illness and dies before the fair really even begins construction.

a distinguished landscape architect whom Burnham and Root hire for the creation of the fair. Being well established in his profession and credited with his contributions to Central Park in New York; he is driven to work on the fair by a desire to validate his profession. The temperamental and melancholy he takes great pride in his work and contributes greatly to Burnham's success with the fair despite encountering several bouts of illness and depression and a heavy workload outside of the fair; dies of dementia in 1903

The antagonist of the novel; is a psychopathic doctor; pharmacist; and serial killer from New Hampshire who comes to Chicago a few years before construction of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. In Chicago; he uses his skills of manipulation; charm; and deceit to commit several crimes; including theft; insurance fraud; and murder. His murdering comes to a halt in Philadelphia as his arrest for insurance fraud prompts deeper investigation into his past. Goes to trial in Philadelphia; is convicted; and is given the maximum sentence of death. He admits to killing many people. However; no one is sure exactly how many people he murdered because he confessed three times during his imprisonment — each version varying in detail. Fearful that his body might be used for science or other purposes; he arranges to be encased in cement in his coffin. After his death; strange things happen to key people connected with convicting him

the Philadelphia detective who is assigned the job of investigating the Holmes case while Holmes sits in a Philadelphia prison for insurance fraud. Suspecting Holmes has committed several crimes; including the murder of three children of one of his associates; he investigates. Motivated to understand what makes Holmes tick; he retraces Holmes's steps in his travels across the Midwest with the missing children; and uncovers the psychopath's past criminal activity.

Devoted wife of Daniel Burnham; she Burnham has five children with Burnham and cares for them in their Evanston; Illinois; home while Burnham stays on site of the fair for three years; all the while writing Burnham letters on almost a daily basis.

Elitist New York architect whose skills Burnham desperately covets in helping to create the fair; Burnham eventually convinces this reluctant man to join the team and create one of the most important buildings of the fair - The Administration Building

Another egotistical New York architect whom Burnham convinces to help build the fair; he is given the responsibility of building one of the major buildings of the fair - The Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building

Alcoholic Chicago architect who reluctantly joins Burnham's efforts in building the fair;he eventually joins the team of architects who are building the fair despite feeling snubbed by Burnham and Root's initial neglect to invite Chicago architects to help build the fair.

Aspiring journalist and politician; psychopath; belives that if he supports Harrison and the candidate wins; surely Harrison will appoint him a position; specifically the position of corporation counsel; At one point; he is spotted walking into a tree at a nearby park. He writes a Jesus-preaching postcard to a man named W.F. Cooling and tells him that once hebecomes corporation counsel; he will be Cooling's boss. He makes a trip to City Hall to inquire as to why he has not yet been appointed to corporation counsel under the Harrison administration. Upon entering the building; he introduces himself to the clerk as the future corporation counsel; causing the clerk to laugh. He asks to see the current corporation counsel; who mocks him by taking him to meet others in the building. Assassinates Harrison right before the closing of the fair; is sentenced to death in 1893 for the murder of Mayor Harrison.

Proud Mayor of Chicago elected during the building of 1893 Chicago World's Fair; he is assassinated in his home by Patrick Prendergast just before the fair's closing in October 1893.

Burnham hires this devoted friend and famous artist to paint fair buildings and promote the fair to the public. Burnham tries to contact him while aboard the Olympic; but discovers that he was on the Titanic and died

Innovative; creative; and spontaneous; this San Franciscan is hired to create the midway for the fair. At the 1889 exposition in Paris; this man; a young and savvy entrepreneur; bought the rights to a certain exhibit at all future expositions. However; Chicago has rejected his bid. Upset; he goes to talk to a friend who wields power; conveniently a member of the national commission of expositions. As a result; he ends up with the job of envisioning and creating the midway at the Chicago fair. He heads to Chicago. Loses everything in a bad investment but proves resilient as he finds a future career in politics.

Determined; courageous; and innovative; this Pennsylvania engineer proposes to transcend the Paris exposition's Eiffel Tower; and he makes history by building the first Ferris wheel for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair; succumbs to typhoid fever in 1896

The first wife of H.H. Holmes; then known by his birth name Herman Mudgett; she marries Holmes in their home state of New Hampshire; only to be left by Holmes shortly thereafter; he never legally divorces her

Holmes's second wife; she is a voluptuous blonde who moves from Minnesota to Chicago for Holmes; becomes somewhat estranged from Holmes because he flirts with other females in the store; and moves into her parents' home with their daughter Lucy once they move to Illinois.

After moving to Chicago and into Holmes's building; he operates the jewelry counter in Holmes's pharmacy. He becomes suspicious of Holmes (especially after Holmes asks him to help him check to see if a room is soundproof); separates and divorces his wife who becomes involved with Holmes; leaves his daughter; and moves out of the building.

Sister of Ned Conner; she is a stunning dark-haired beauty who moves into Holmes's building with her brother Ned; sister-in-law; and niece. She becomes enchanted and then disgruntled with Holmes before moving back to Iowa; where she dies mysteriously and unexpectedly.

Wife of Ned Conner; this vulnerable woman moves into Holmes's building with her husband; separates and divorces her husband; becomes involved with Holmes and pregnant with his child; Holmes agrees to marry her if she will let him give her an abortion - he murders her and Pearl with chloroform

Daughter of Ned and Julia Conner; she becomes one of Holmes's many victims after he kills her mother.

is an alcoholic carpenter and father of five whom Holmes hires to help construct his hotel and whom Holmes eventually kills.

Beautiful Lafayette; Indiana; native; is lured to Chicago by Holmes (after he hears of her beauty from Pietzel when he is at a treatment facility being cured for his alcoholism - she's an employee there); who offers her a job (for double the money she makes there) and later proposes to her. Holmes then kills her before she makes her planned exit from Chicago; leaves her footprint on the vault

Holmes rekindles a former relationship with her after she moves to Chicago; marries her to con her out of her inheritance; and murders her.

School teacher sister of Minnie Williams; she accepts Holmes's invitation to Chicago (because she knows about the transfer of the Minnie's inheritance; and Holmes thinks she doesn't trust him); She is immediately charmed by Holmes's affection for Minnie; and her suspicion of Holmes vanishes. Holmes and Minnie take heron a tour of downtown Chicago; the Union Stockyards where they see pigs slaughtered; and then the fair. For many days; the threesome visits the fair. Finally; Holmes invites her to stay for the summer; and she immediately accepts and sends for her trunk full of things; Holmes makes her an offer she can't refuse. Holmes wants Minnie and her to travel to the East coast with him and then sail to Europe. He says he wants her to check out art schools because he thinks she is talented. She accepts the offer. The next day; Holmes decides to take her on a tour of his World's Fair Hotel while Minnie stays back and packs for the trip. Holmes takes her to the pharmacy building; gives her the tour; leads her to his office; and locks her in his vault. He listens as she knocks on the door and walls of the vault. All the while; she thinks she is accidentally shut in there and that Holmes has left room for a moment. Her panic increases; and Holmes enjoys what he hears. He then fills the vault with gas and kills her

Final love interest of Holmes in Chicago; she marries Holmes and travels around the country with him until he is arrested for insurance fraud.

is the wife of Benjamin Pietzel; who is also manipulated in several ways by Holmes. Holmes convinces her to let him take three of her children; whom he murders.

Son of Carrie and Benjamin Pietzel; he is murdered by Holmes in Indianapolis; Indiana.

Homesick daughter of Carrie and Benjamin Pietzel;she is murdered by Holmes in Toronto after traveling with him to several cities and writing numerous letters to her mother. The letters ultimately lead detectives to her body.

Another homesick daughter of Carrie and Benjamin Pietzel; she is also murdered by Holmes.

given birth name of Holmes

Three other American cities that put in bids for the fair

What office do the citizens of Chicago wait outside to hear news of the bid?

first wife of Root; daughter of the president of the stock yard; She soon thereafter dies of tuberculosis

one of the bridesmaids of Root's first wife; he marries her after his first wife dies; she is the sister of poet Harriet Monroe.

"the first building to be called a ""skyscraper"" ; designed by Root and Burnham before the fair"

The place Burnham moves his is growing family of five children to; a bit away from the city; out of growing concern for his children's safety.

The company Chicago creates to build the fair

site of the fair in Chicago

place where Holmes convinces the store owner to hire him; She is in serious need of help because of her husband's medical condition so she hires him; After the death of Mr. Holton; Holmes offers to buy the business from her and let her live upstairs. She agrees; and Holmes takes out a loan against the store to pay for this business venture. He even changes the name of the store. Soon after; Mrs. Holton mysteriously disappears. Holmes makes up a story about her visiting out-of-state relatives to those who inquire about her whereabouts.

The friend Holmes sends to New York to solicit 68-year-old and sickly Frederick Olmsted for help with site selection and building of the fair; Without the authority to do so; Burnham's friend makes Olmsted an offer that Olmsted declines. He continues to play on Olmsted's sense of patriotism; pride; and competition to tempt him into helping make the Chicago fair better than that of France's recent exposition

a member of Olmstead's firm who makes a trip to Chicago with Olmstead to meet Burnham and scope out potential sites for the fair; the assistant Olmsted has left in charge in Chicago; falls ill and dies. Olmsted returns to Chicago unable to handle his affairs as his grief overwhelms him; Olmsted falls ill again

Holmes's daughter that he fathers with Myrta Z. Belknap; Holmes visits her sporadically

Where Holmes buys a store to create his new pharmacy/hotel/murdering place

from Boston; part of the group of architects Burnham meets with in New York; When Burnham leaves New York; he is the only architect who has officially joined the effort to build the fair; designs the Machinery Building

Burnham also encounters frustrations with having to get every move cleared by the commission. He feels the need to find a replacement for Root and eventually hires this man as designer for the fair.

Burnham devises a plan to not only _______ Chicago water; but also offer fairgoers fresh water from a spring in __________; ___________(for a price). The people there take exception to the plan to tap their natural springs. Burnham's man sends in a midnight crew to avoid the townspeople's scrutiny and scorn; only to be met with an organized mass of citizens willing to dole out violence to prevent a pipeline. Eventually; Burnham's man buys a nearby spring and lets the town have its peace. The fair's overall reputation continues to be at risk as more workers die in the construction process

Name of the couple who are renting an apartment in Holmes's building; Julia tells Mrs. Crowe she is anticipating leaving for Iowa soon for her sister's wedding. Julia and the Crowe couple decorate a tree as a surprise for Julia's daughter; Pearl; before Julia leaves to get her abortion; The next day; the Crowes wait for as long as they can before leaving for their Christmas plans; but Julia and Pearl never show up. Mrs. Crowe inquires about Julia to Holmes. He says she and Pearl left for Iowa.

Man Holmes calls to help him with a body (Julia's) he has been using for research. Holmes pays him to strip the body and send back the skeleton to Holmes. Holmes knows that medical schools need skeletons and that they don't investigate where their suppliers get them. He sells Julia's body to a medical school in Chicago.

Olmsted works diligently to protect the________ Island; an area he wants to reserve for nature; Many powerful people in society; including Theodore Roosevelt; set forth grand ideas about use of the island space. Finally; Olmsted; with Burnham's urging; allows a bid from ________ for it; an offer he sees as a lesser of all evils in interrupting his vision.

Burnham makes the decision to make all the buildings for the exposition _______. Eventually; Burnham replaces the man originally responsible for color selection with famous artist ____________; who invents the concept of ____________ to get the job done.

A mentally declining Prendergast; still employed by the Inter Ocean; writes a postcard to this leading defense attorney of Chicago; The content of the postcard is incomprehensible; and Prendergast does not sign his name. He brushes off the note and resolves it to be the work of some crackpot. However; he decides to keep the note all the same; he later receives a postcard from Prendergast celebrating Harrison's Democratic nomination for the mayor of Chicago - he keeps this postcard as well

Emeline's friend who she visits in the winter holiday season of 1892; She tells her that she will be going home to Lafayette; Indiana; for the holidays and implies that she might stay there. This woman questions whether or not Emeline's feelings for Holmes have changed. She never sees Emeline again. Eventually; out of concern for Emeline; she asks Holmes about his personal secretary's whereabouts. He tells her that Emeline has gone off to be married. She finds it odd that she didn't know this; being friends with Emeline. With more questioning; Holmes produces Emeline's wedding announcement as confirmation of her plans. Sheis still suspicious and continues to raise questions with Holmes for quite some time. At this point; she is convinced that he killed her; but she never goes to the authorities.

After Codman dies; Olmstead goes back home and sends this other assistant to Chicago to do the work for the fair. Olmsted expresses distrust of him feeling he lacks insight to do the job

Opening Day of the Fair

All the young female guests only spark jealousy in Minnie. In response; Holmes decides to rent a _____ outside of the hotel; telling Minnie it would be a better place for them to have children. With the flat conveniently located several blocks from the hotel; Holmes and Minnie move in at the beginning of June 1893. Their move leaves Holmes free to enjoy the hotel.

The name of the hotel Holmes builds

Spanish royalty who visits the fair; She brushes off many of the events that have been specially prepared and created for her. She envies the liberated way of the Chicago women she sees; and she sometimes acts accordingly. She seems regretful to have to leave Chicago at the end of her visit; although the people of Chicago feel more than snubbed by her Highness

building where there is a fire that Burnham does not known about - not made privy to a warning about the future of the building; issued by the chief of the fair's fire department; Months later;another fire breaks out in this building. The fair's fire department responds; and several firefighters die as they become trapped on a tower. The day after the fire; fair attendance soars to over 100;000. In response to the fire; the coroner orders an investigation; and Burnham is forced to testify in court. The jury charges Burnham with negligence; but the police are surprised by this and do not arrest Burnham. Upon return to the fair; Burnham takes extra precautionary measures in response to the fire. The fair's exposition directors give a committee power to oversee the reduction of fair spending. Yet again; Burnham is faced with another challenge in encouraging fair attendance as this committee scrutinizes his every move.

What is one entity that needed to lower its prices to get people to come to the fair?

Chapter 41 covers the courtship of three couples. First; the narrative describes how the famous writer __________________ courts a reluctant school teacher from St. Louis at the fair; a woman who eventually agrees to marry the American novelist. The chapter then shifts focus to Holmes; his new love interest; ___________________; and how he uses the fair to court her. Holmes finally proposes to her and marries her under a different name. The third courtship in this chapter is that of 60-something-year-old Mayor ___________ and a young 20-something. The pair likely will announce their engagement at the end of October; on the day of the fair's closing ceremony.

Held on October 9th; a promotional event by Millet; Harrison requests that businesses shut down in honor and celebration. It puts the fair at record attendance; approximately 750;000 people attend in a single day. The outpouring brings the fair out of debt

During his travels; Holmes was moving three separate groups around the same city without them being aware of each other:

Geyer finds the remains of Alice and Nellie in

Geyer finds the remains of Howard in

designs the Agricultural Building

designs the Mines and Mining Building

design the Electricity Building;

designs the Woman's Building

_________________ wins the bid over the _________________ Company for the fair to have an ______________ current for power

Titanic

It was wet and it would't support a building. Root designed the floating foundation.

That they was pig slaughterers

It was his employer's daughter.

If Chicago prevailed; Jack the Ripper could kill him.

The Chicago fire.

California with her family.

So he could keep the building plans a secret and so he could save money on labor.

"He said ""Don't be afraid of me"""

"Because of the ""Big Talk"" (they were being cocky)"

They are powered by smoke-creating generators

"Disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury: ""a macabre series of murders""."

Harrison

The arrival of Columbus's expedition?

NYC; Washington DC; St Louis

Burnham (pg 3)

Burnham (pg. 3)

Frank Millet

Holmes (pg. 6)

Holmes (pg 12)

because of the big talk; not the breeze (pg 14)

Burnham (pg 19)

not being able to get into Harvard and Yale (pg 19)

John Root (pg 20)

John B. Sherman; owner of the Union Stockyards (pg 20)

The Union Stockyards (20)

Margaret Sherman; daughter of John B. Sherman (21)

Sullivan (21)

Mary; during engagement she became ill with tuberculosis; but he still married her. Six weeks later; she died (22)

Burnham and Root; Montauk (25)

Burnham says this about Root (26)

Holmes (35)

His ears (35)

Holmes (36)

Herman Webster Mudgett (37)

Holmes (38)

Some kids brought him to a doctor's office and forced him to come face to face with a skeleton (39)

He would buy the store; and she could continue to reside in the second-floor apartment (46)

She had decided to visit relatives in California; but liked it so much that she decided to settle there permanently (47)

Pitezel (69)

railroad withing the fairgrounds; police force; fire department; a hospital and an ambulance service (76)

Hunt (79)

get a large fire insurance policy and after the fair burn it to collect the insurance (85)

endorse a note for $2;500 to help cover the cost of a new house in Wilmette for himself and Myrta (87) and he wanted him to go on the roof...probably so he could kill him (88-89)

Daniel Burnham

Frank Millet

Jack the Ripper

John Root

Alexandre Eiffel

Daniel Burnham

John Root

H. H. Holmes

Mrs. Holton

Herman Webster Mudgett

Frederick Olmsted

Harry Codman

Frederick Olmsted

Patrick Eugene Joseph Prendergast

Clara Lovering

Myrta Belknap

Lucy

H. H. Holmes

Charles Chappell

Patrick Quinlan

Ben Pitezel

H. H. Holmes

Richard Hunt

Louis Sullivan

Dankmar Adler

Jonathan Belknap

Lyman Gage

Ned Conner

New York

Gertrude Conner

Daniel Burnham

Louis Sullivan

Louis Sullivan

John Root

Richard Hunt

George Post

Louis Sullivan

Director-General Davis

Julia Conner

Pearl Conner

Carter Harrison

Thomas Edison

George Westinghouse

Colonel William Cody

Sol Bloom

Sol Bloom

Ben Pitezel

Emeline Cigrand

Theodore Roosevelt

Frederick Olmsted

Patrick Eugene Joseph Prendergast

George Ferris

Mrs. Lawrence

Emeline Cigrand

Harry Codman

Rudolf Ulrich

H. H. Holmes

Minnie Williams

Minnie Williams

Anna Williams

Minnie Williams

Carter Harrison

Patrick Eugene Joseph Prendergast

Buffalo Bill (William Cody)

H. H. Holmes

Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland

H. H. Holmes

Patrick Eugene Joseph Prendergast

W. F. Gronau and Luther Rice

Infanta Eulalia

Anna Williams

Ben Pitezel

Mrs. Ferris

Susan B. Anthony

Anna Williams

Frank Burnham

Georgiana Yoke

Frank Millet

H. H. Holmes

H. H. Holmes

Patrick Eugene Joseph Prendergast

Carter Harrison

Detective Frank Geyer

Ben Pitezel

Alice Pitezel

Nellie Pitezel

Howard Pitezel

Carrie Pitezel

Hatch

Walt Disney

L. Frank Baum

Daniel Burnham

Louis Sullivan

Daniel Burnham

Frederick Olmsted

George Ferris

Sol Bloom

Patrick Eugene Joseph Prendergast

H. H. Holmes

H. H. Holmes

Daniel Burnham