Knox County Republican Newspaper (Knoxville, Thursday, January 9, 1919, page 1)
Romance Meets Strange Fate
Just as Walter I. Hanby, fortune hunter, genteel, chivalrous, and probably an impostor, had foiled all entangling alliances and returned from Chicago with Miss Pauline Hanna of Knoxville, to Galesburg, the hand of the law was laid heavily upon his shoulder. Inspector Harper of Galesburg, who made the arrest, accompanied Hanby to Peoria, where he is to await Federal action.
It was impossible to get definite information as to the time and place that Hanby and Miss Hanna of this city first met. Local information revealed that their presence together in Knoxville was observed a few days ago when they stopped at a local confectioner’s for an occasional dish of ice cream.
While heralded that Hanby secured a large sum of money through a loan, from the family, the detail of this transaction is quite hazy and have not yet been ascertained.
According to reports, Hanby represented himself as a Government agent drawing a large salary. He further contended that his income was delayed because of the tardiness of the government in making out payment vouchers. It is in connection with this financial embarrassment that the stranger obtained the alleged loan of $1,500 from the family.
According to information received, Hanby’s wife resided at the home of George Cowan in Galesburg and that she was a student in a business college in that city.
City Marshal Spencer was notified by the Galesburg police to be on the lookout for Hanby on Friday evening while the latter was enroute from Peoria to Galesburg. The marshal met the train but Hanby rode through to Galesburg at which place he was apprehended.
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