a working girl in the house of rest for weary men , where anne donovan was murdered in her sleep , molly faye confessed to the room at large that she , like miss donovan before her , had entered into an illicit business understanding with the defendant after the death of miss donovan.while this was arguably in poor taste on the part of mr. thiroux , it was not a crime to move so quickly from one lewd woman to another , but the prosecutor maintains that this illuminates unpleasant aspects of mr. thiroux 's character .