the murder of young anne donovan , in its fury and grotesqueness , and the lack of arrest of the gentleman who should by all accounts be a primary suspect , is a sign of the pervasive corruption and complicity in our government.given the dependence of mr. john thiroux on the well-known hallucinogenic drink absinthe , as well as his excessive consumption of whiskey and frequent opium smoking , it is not a stretch to imagine he could have carried out such an act of violence .