Word: thiem
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...uproar of indictments, charges and countercharges, Gugel temporarily withdrew from the force and Thiem was fired (he is now a special deputy sheriff in Las Vegas, Nev.). Although Gugel got back his job as police chief after he was acquitted on the nonfeasance charge, he still faced a federal indictment for his attack on Photographer Bailey. Last week in a U.S. District Court in Covington, Ky., a federal jury found that Policeman Gugel had exceeded his powers, convicted him of violating Photographer Bailey's civil rights and fined him $1,000 plus court costs. Said District judge MacSwinford: "Bailey...
...Louisville Courier-Journal got a solid telephone tip about Newport, and sent Photographer George Bailey hustling to the scene. The tip: Glenn Schmidt's Playtorium, a plush dining-drinking-gambling-bowling club, was about to be raided. The leader of the raid was Newport's Detective Jack Thiem, who had hired 16 private detectives in Louisville, 106 miles from Newport, to help...
...Courier-Journal reported what had happened in Page One stories, and a grand jury indicted Police Chief Gugel for interfering with Photographer Bailey's civil rights. Another grand jury indicted Gugel for "nonfeasance of duty," i.e., failing to suppress gambling and prostitution. The same jury also indicted Detective Thiem, the raider, on charges of breaking the law himself by having an interest in a brothel, and said he staged the raid on the Playtorium to retaliate for earlier raids on houses he was protecting...