[9] On January 13, he stated that he was opposed to legalizing gambling when he was asked by James H. Walton and later proposed a $1,000 license fee for the operation of jukebox and pinball machines.
[10][11] On March 11, 1944, members of Cheyenne's police department solicited a $100 bribe from Lola West, a tavern operator, as protection money and did the same to W. C. Grimes for $25.
[12] Judge Sam M. Thompson issued four arrest warrants for Hanna, Ekdall, Captain Gerald J. Morris, and Sergeant E. K. Violette hours after the affidavits were filed by county attorney Edward Byron Hirst.
On March 20, Hanna, Ekdall, Morris, and Violette were charged with soliciting and accepting bribes in Laramie County District court and pled not guilty.
[17][18][19] On March 20, Bruce S. Jones and Gus Fleischli, the remaining members of the city council following Hanna's arrest, voted to make juvenile officer F. B. McVicar the acting chief of police.
[2] In 1978, the Cheyenne City and County Building where he was put on trial, and where Tom Horn was tried in 1903, was nominated as a historic place.