In "The Devil in the White City," to what extent is technology inadequate to the challenge the psychopathology of Holmes?

The Devil in the White City certainly
presents an ironic juxtaposition of the best and worst mankind has to offer nearly side
by side at the World's Fair in Chicago. It is ironic that the Fair celebrates the most
advanced technologies in the world, yet none of them were able to prevent or even
discover the horrific murders committed by Dr. Holmes until late in his killing spree.
In fact, the murderer's use of technology in many ways rivaled that which was exhibited
at the Fair. His experiments with death and dying were technology used for nefarious
purposes, but they were certainly effective. Today, of course, technology would probably
have caught and convicted Holmes much earlier in his homicidal activity. "To what
extent" is always difficult to measure; however, it is clear that technology was unable
to challenge Holmes in a timely fashion, though it was used to eventually expose his
heinous acts.