Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

William Bramwell Sizer Diaries
March 1904

Milwaukee County Police Department

These diaries are a mixture of work and family affairs of William Bramwell Sizer. William was on the Milwaukee Police Department and a member of the Sherman Street Methodist Episcopal Church, later transferring their membership to Kingsley Methodist Episcopal Church and died in 1916. The diaries give a pretty good view of life in the years involved. The diaries were given to me for presentation on this site by family members see contributors page.

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MARCH 1904

3-1-1904
26 deg, Variable wind. Cloudy. Froze hard this AM. Very slippery. Checks this AM. Herm. Meyer to be buried from Gross's Undertaking Rooms at 2 PM. Change day:- Linden on N. Dist. at noon. Thawing all PM.

3-2-1904
30 deg. Variable wind. Partly cloudy. Very slippery this morn. Thunder storm at 5 PM. Night officer brought subp. for J,D. Howe in Milbrath Case. Wm. M. threw stones at W. C. train & broke windows. Subp. in Abandonment Case, State vs Meyer. Sentance susp. in both cases. Back to beat at 10:21. Noon- Mrs. Naomi Hughes from Egan S.D. took dinner with us. She's visiting Moss's on 32nd St. First thunder storm of the season.

3-3-1904
6 deg. NW wind. Clear. Growing colder. Cold all day. Drill day:- Back to beat at 4:45. Went to Reilleys & ordered a summer suit.

3-4-1904
10 deg. NW wind. Fair. Cold but pleasant. Orders to go to Prize Fight. PM- 4:10 Arrested Carl Heller at 23rd & Clark. Booked him for com. Drunkard. Went to Prize fight at Panorama, 7:30. Home at 11:15.

3-5-1904
30 deg. SE wind. Cloudy. Raw wind. In court at 9AM. Wm. J. Kershaw appeared for def. & sentence was susp. Back to beat at 9:45.

3-5-1904
32 deg. Variable wind. Cloudy. Rain & snow at 7 AM. PM, warm & foggy. Rain turning to snow at 3:30 PM & cont. all eve.

3-7-1904
34 deg. Variable wind. Fair. Rising temp. Wind W. 7:45 Mad dog scare at 29th & Fond du Lac. Several persons bitten: Wm. Pfefferkorn, Mich. Stiehl, Dora Pinter, Wm. Zastrow, & others. Alb. Luepke 1646 Hopkins. Very warm all day. Wore rubber boots all PM.

3-8-1904
25 deg. W. wind. Fair. Froze quite hard this morn. Report that dog I was after was shot in N. Mil. yesterday noon. 8AM. Anton Seknicka 3004- Hadley St., 54 yrs old, married 3 children 9 to 25 yrs of age, committed suicede by shooting himself i heart with shot gun. Coroner was notified. I waited till coroner came. Body was left at home.

3-9-1904
26 deg. E. wind. Partly cloudy. Froze hard PM. Met Linden at 20th & Chambers at 2:30.

3-10-1904
36 deg. SE wind. Cloudy. Rain. Rain. Rain. Rain. Drill day: Back to beat at 4:15 PM.

3-11-1904
26 deg. N wind. Cloudy. Snow fell during the night. About 3 in. of snow this morn. 8 AM went to Becks Plumbing shop, ordered plumber to & fix our sink.

3-12-1904
18 deg. NW wind. Cloudy. Cold & Chilly.

3-13-1904
18 deg. Northerly wind. Partly cloudy. Cold. Miss. No. 2 held their SS. at 25th & Center at 4 PM.

3-14-1904
25 deg. NE wind. Cloudy. Snowing very hard all morn. Snowed hard all day. About 12 in.of snow fell. Ada's Birthday. 16 yrs. old. We had a party this eve. for her.

3-15-1904
22 deg. N. Wind. Fair. Cold & pleasant. Tax bills this morn. Change day:- Schroeder on days. Served notice on Mr. & Mrs. Secker 1229-24th St. to be in Juvenile Court with their son Frank, who is charged with being a delinquent boy.

3-16-1904
26 deg. Variable wind. Cloudy. 8 AM. Arrested Frank Bodins, Milkman Driving Sleigh without bells. Went to West side Sta. & went to court. He put up $10.00 Bail & did not appear. Fined $5.00 & costs-$6.58. Back to beat at 9:45. PM. In Juvenile Court at 2 o'c. with Frank Seckers. O. G. Gilbert, Comp. Found Incorrigible & sent to Home for delinquent children at Wauwatosa for six months.

3-17-1904
32 deg. NE wind. Cloudy. Snowing this AM. Snowed all day. About 6 in, damp snow fell. Drill day:- Back to beat at 5:04. on acct. of paying taxes after drill. 7 bills amounting to $19.38.

3-18-190 32 deg. Variable wind. Cloudy. Mild weather. Thawing very fast all day. Rep. Caucus today 12noon to 8 PM.

3-19-1904
43 deg. Cloudy. Rain during the night. Damp. Clearing toward noon. NW wind. 4 PM.- Kipps Teamster met me at 27th & Center. Said a man was run over 7 killed at Center St. crossing. I ran up there. Met Stolzenfeld on the way. Found badly mangled remains of Wm. Tank, 839-20th St., 17 yrs. old. Was stealing a ride on a freight train & attempted to jump off at Center St. Fell & his head was cut off & body otherwise mangled. Coroner took corpse to the morgue.

3-20-1904
22 deg. SE wind. Fair. Froze hard this morn. Thawing during the day.

3-21-1904
27 deg. E. wind. Cloudy. Sleet. Rain toward noon. Rauser. Sizer. take a tumble to yourself. JK., Lieut.. Rained nearly all PM. Thunder storm in eve.

3-22-1904
34 deg. NW wind. Cloudy. Growing colder. Thunderstorm during the night. Much water fells. Clearing toward noon & commenced thawing very fast. Wis. Furn. Co. flooded again.

3-23-1904
28 deg. Variable wind. Fair. Rising temp. Wind SE. at 9 AM.

3-24-1904
32 deg. SE wind. Partly cloudy. Raw wind. Drill day:- Back to beat at 4:50 PM. Went down early & settled up Taxes at Secy's office. Turned in $21.75. Heavy thundershower at 6 PM & all eve.

3-25-1904
32 deg. West wind. Fair. Growing colder. Chilly all day.

3-26-1904
16 deg. NW wind. Fair. Cold. Froze hard. Snow flurries during the day. Warr. this morn for Arthur Elkert 2315 Center St. Met Rooney at 27th & Fond du Lac. He had an abandonment Warr. for Robert Naumann, 32nd & Townsend & he could not find him. I took Warr. & found N. at Goerres Coopers shop. Arrested him at 4:40 PM. Called wagon to 32nd & Fond du Lac. Called to 948-24th St., family row. 5:45 sent to 21st & N. Ave. to see about a drunken Hack Driver. Went to 2315 Center after Arthur Elkert - could not find him. Subp. O.H. Chapin in Nauman Case.

3-27-1904
16 deg. NW wind. Fair. Froze hard. Cold & disagreeable all day.

3-28-1904
20 deg. Southerly wind. Partly cloudy. Chilly. In court this morn with Robt. Nauman, 32nd & Townsend Ave. charged with abandonment. He & his wife had a war of words & he would not keep still. Judge Neelen fined him $5.00 for contempt of court & case held open till after Apr. 14th. Back to beat at 10:30. W.C. Spindler & O. H. Chapin, witnesses.

3-29-1904
34 deg. Southerly wind. Cloudy. Foggy, damp, looks like rain. Wm. Pfefferkorn went to Chicago this AM. to be trested at the Pastuer Institute for dog bite.

3-30-1904
38 deg. SE wind. Partly cloudy. Showers during the night. Orders for Black Helmets on Apr. 1st. Walter Ginski 1389-23rd St., 13 yrs. old. Arrested for Ordering groceries & taking part of them with him & giving a wrong address for the rest to be sent. His step mother swore out Vag. Warr. this PM.

3-31-1904
38 deg. Variable wind. Cloudy. Rained hard during the night. Orders at 10:45 to report at Sta. No. 5, 3rd & Hadley St. at 7 AM Apr. 1st. Average Min. Temp. for mo. 26 deg. Drill day: Back to beat at 4:30. Wore dress coat.this PM. Black Helmets tomorrow.

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