 His affairs with "chorus girls" were widely known, and he left his wife, Janet, for showgirl Betty Compton.The first U.S. arrival in New York City of best known Anastasia Romanov impostor, Anna Anderson, in 1928 and the eventual public denial of her by the exiled Romanovs and return to Germany in 1931 also occurred during Walker's mayoralty.Walker was re-elected by an overwhelming margin in 1929, defeating Socialist Norman Thomas.