Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

William Bramwell Sizer Diaries
October 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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OCTOBER 1904

10-1-1904
48 deg. W wind. Fair. Cool & pleasant. Checks this morn. Change day. Genthe out at noon.

10-2-1904
51 deg. NW wind. Cloudy. Cool. Rain early in the morning. Clearing toward noon.

10-3-1904
38 deg. NE wind. Fair. Frost this morn. Drill day:- Back to beat at 4:45. Went downtown at 2:10. Got new helmet. Went to Reilleys & got new dress coat. Was measured for overcoat & went to drill & Inspection, also pistol inspection.

10-4-1904
50 deg. SE wind. Partly cloudy. Shower, 5 to 7 AM. Warm at noon. Wind chgd. to SW. Heavy thunder storm at 6:15 PM. Rained all eve.

10-5-1904
52 deg. N wind. Cloudy. 1:30 PM - Went to Sta. Got Warr. for Chas. Dolly, Frieda Hoppe, Comp. Chge. Disorderly. Jennie White. witness. Case dates from Sept. 25th. They all live on chambers St. bet. 24th & 24 1/2 St. Notified Dolly to be at Sta. at 7 o'c. in the morn.

10-6-1904
34 deg. Variable wind. Fair. Frost. Met Dolly at Sta. In court at 9 AM. Dolly found guilty. Sentence suspended on payment of cost - $4.16. Back to beat at 10:40. Eve.- Reception for Rev. W. D. Cox at Kingsley Church this eve.

10-7-1904
40 deg. SE wind. Fair. Cool. Showers all evening. 1:45 PM- One man was killed & one seriously injured by falling with scaffold from Chas. Winkelman house on 27th bet. Chambers & BUrleigh. Dead man is John Scherer who formerly lived on 9th bet. N. & Lee St.

10-8-1904
56 S wind. Partly cloudy. Warmer. Orders to be at Union Depot at 6 PM with white gloves. The body of P.M. General Payne will arrive at 7:15 from Wash. D.C. 1:30 got mail for Hy. Pahlow, Wm. Korneman & Ald. Malewsky. Went from Union Depot to City Hall where the body was taken. I stood in the corridor till 10:15 PM.

10-9-1904
56 deg. SE wind. Cloudy. Rain commenced at 5:45. Rained nearly all foenoon. Partly clearing at noon. Warm. On duty at Central Sta. at 7 AM. 10:30 - went to City Hall. 11:50 went to dinner. 1:30, Central Sta. 2 PM City Hall Square. At 3, All Saints Cathedral, Juneau & Marchall. 4 PM went to Central Sta. & got Rubber coat & went on beat. 1st Rept at 4:45.

10-10-1904
68 deg. W wind. Partly cloudy. Warm. Thunder showers at 10 to 11 AM. Thunder stoprm, 12 to 1:30 PM. Drill day:- Back to beat at 4:30. Met Genthe at Pine & Fond du Lac. at 2:15. Stolzenfeld gave me letter for Winneman & Euer at 4:40. Fond du Lac & 27th. First Registration. Police Tel. System knocked out by lightning on west side. Clara & Alice came this eve.

10-11-1904
55 deg. Northerly wind. Cloudy. Cool. Showers during the evening. Telephones out of servce from 10:45 for rest of day. Clara went back to Port this PM.

10-12-1904
50 deg. NE wind. Cloudy. Cool & damp.. Mail at 1:30 PM. Letter for Ald. Malewsky.

10-13-1904
49 deg. N. wind. Cloudy. Cool. Wind E at 9 AM. Card for Adolph W. Kraemer 961-22nd St. to be swrn in as Patrolman Monday, Oct. 17th '04. Mail at 2:45. Letter for Chas. Kusterow 3002-Fond du Lac.

10-14-1904
42 deg. N0 wind. Cloudy. Cool & very still. No wind. Very quiet all day. Orders per tel. at 5:45 to go to the Tailor in the morn.

10-15-1904
49 deg. Southerly wind. Pretty cloudy. Cool & damp. Change day, Linden on at noon. Went to Reilleys at 8:40 to 9:50 AM. Tried on overcoat.

10-16-1904
46 deg. S wind. Partly cloudy. Cool but pleasant. Warmer toward noon.

10-17-1904
54 deg. SW wind. Fair. Warmer & very pleasant. High wind. Warm at noon. Drill day:- Back to beat at 4:25. Met Stolzenfeld at 4:30. He told me the Sta. wanted me. I called up & got orders to go for mail. Letter for Ald. Malewsky. Met Linden at Eng. 22, 6:10 PM.

10-18-1904
54 deg. S wind. fair. Warmer & pleasant. Rising temp. Very warm all day. Quiet all day.

10-19-1904
52 deg. SE wind. Fair. Warm & pleasant. Mrs. Sophia Bowitz reported missing from 2606 Hadley. I went to the house & her sister Annie said they knew where she was & that she would come home in a day or two.

10-20-1904
48 deg. SW wind. Cloudy. Cool & damp. Light rain falling all morn. Rained all day. Mail at 1:30 for Ald. Malesky.

10-21-1904
44 deg. W wind. Partly cloudy. Showers during the night & all the morn. Showers all day. Orders to be at the Prize fights at the Panorama at 7:30 PM. Home at 11:30 PM. Mail at 1:30 PM. Letter for G. Teske 1142-30th St.

10-22-1904
37 deg. NW wind. Fair. Cold. First snow of the season this noon. PM- Growing colder. Cloudy & damp air. Met Linden at Eng. 22, 6 PM.

10-23-1904
32 deg. W wind. Fair. Froze hard. Cold all day.

10-24-1904
45 deg. SW wind. Partly cloudy. Raw wind. Looks like rain. Drill day:- Back to beat at 4:40 PM. Met Linden at 5 PM, 23rd & Locust.

10-25-1904
32 deg. N wind. Fair. Cold. Fire at 763-33rd St. at 1:00 AM. We didn't know about it until this morn. Met Marquardt, 21st & Center, 9 o'c. Went to Marquardts saloon, 22nd & Hadley to look for John Spille. Could not find him. Ordes at 10:45 to go to 1655 Hopkins & shoot dag. Clerks office comp. 1143-20th St. Albertine Burkhardt abuses he children. Neighbors complain. H.J. Maechtle came to day on business with Schneider Furn. Co.

10-26-190 36 deg. SE wind. Chgd to NW at 9 AM. Fair. Cool. Quiet all day.

10-27-1904
26 deg. NW wind. Fair. Froze hard.

10-28-1904
33 deg. SW wind. Fair. Chilly raw wind. 12th Anniversary of 3rd Ward Fire.

10-29-1904
38 deg. W wind. Fair. Heavy frost during the night. Rising Temp. 11 AM wind changed to NE. Cold.

10-30-1904
44 deg. E wind. Partly cloudy. Chilly. Henry Faber, 2010 Clark St. arrested at W. Side Sta. $30,00 Bail. Parents notified. Sevrin Jahn, 1431-26th St. at Cent. Sta. Notify parents to get him. Poultry raffle at Marquardts Saloon 1101-22nd St. Saw 6 boys 12 to 15 yrs. of age going in & out of there. C.B. Willis & young men came to Miss. No. 2 this eve.

10-31-1904
32 deg. Variable wind. Fair. Fog early this morn. Rising temp. Last day to register. Mail for Election Inspectors this AM. Drill day:- Min. Temp for mo. 45 deg. PM-- Sprianed my right leg bellow the knee while crossing the lot at 32nd & Elm on the way home to dinner. Tried to go on duty but couldn't walk. Called up from 30h & North. Got excused & "Tony" the Wd. Foreman took me home in his buggy. Rawson brought my check this eve. Linden called to see how I got hurt.

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