▁the ▁White ▁T iger ▁Brigade , ▁escaped ▁from ▁Imperial ▁troops ▁using ▁a ▁secret ▁passage way . ▁When ▁the ▁young ▁war riors ▁emer ged ▁from ▁the ▁passage way , ▁they ▁saw ▁a ▁burning ▁sam ur ai ▁residence , ▁which ▁they ▁mist ook ▁for ▁the ▁castle . ▁ ▁Bel ieving ▁that ▁the ▁castle ▁had ▁fallen ▁to ▁the ▁Imperial ▁troops , ▁the ▁young ▁war riors ▁committed ▁mass - su ic ide ▁by ▁se pp u ku ▁( dis emb owel ment ), ▁rather ▁than ▁face ▁the ▁d ish on or ▁of ▁defeat . ▁ ▁William ▁the ▁ 5 th ▁Duke ▁of ▁Port land ▁created ▁a ▁network ▁of ▁t unn els ▁on ▁his ▁estate ▁at ▁Wel beck ▁Ab bey , ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁so ▁that ▁he ▁could ▁enter ▁and ▁leave ▁the ▁property ▁un seen . ▁ ▁H . ▁H . ▁Hol mes ▁( 1 8 6 1 – 1 8 9 6 ) ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁serial ▁k iller ▁who ▁tra pped , ▁tort ured ▁and ▁murder ed ▁guests ▁at ▁his ▁Chicago ▁hotel , ▁which ▁he ▁opened ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 8 9 3 ▁World ' s ▁Fair . ▁He ▁tort ured ▁his ▁vict ims ▁in ▁sound proof ▁rooms ▁hidden ▁within ▁the ▁complicated ▁hotel ▁designed ▁by ▁many ▁design ers ▁and ▁contract ors , ▁including ▁Benjamin ▁F . ▁P itz el . ▁▁ 1 9 0 0 – present ▁ ▁The ▁Reg al ▁Kn icker bo cker , ▁in ▁Chicago , ▁Illinois , ▁is ▁a ▁grand ▁ 3 5 0 - room ▁hotel