Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

William Bramwell Sizer Diaries
October 1906

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 1906

10-1-1906
42 deg. SE wind. Fair. Frost in low places. Rising Temp. 8 AM. Drill day:- Dress coats & Blk Helmets. Back to beat at 4:30. Rev. J.S. Davis appointed Pastor of Kingsley Church. Went to Cox's & worked on house.

10-2-1906
46 deg. Variable wind becoming SE at noon. Fair. White frost during the night. Warmer towards noon. Lieut. Joe on Vac. Went from Sta. to see Mrs. Hartman. Genthe in command. Went to 12th & Clinton to find it. Met Leaman. Went around with him, then to Nat'l Distillery, didn't find him. First report at 10:50. 5:30 PM. Stolzenfeld & I arrested Fred Becker 3215 Fond du Lac Av, Aug. Muth, Comp. Larceny.

10-3-1906
46 deg. NW wind. Fair. cool. Quite warm at noon. 3:45- Went with Stolzenfeld to 35th & Wright. Got Ida Fries 955- 32nd out of rooms where she was atayimg with Arthur Rink. she is 14 yrs. old. S. went back & arrested Rink on promise of Ida's father to prosceute.

10-4-1906
58 deg. SE wind. Damp. Cloudy. Partly clearing at noon. Warm.

10-5-1906
54 deg. NW wind. Fair. Cooler Warr. for Henry Ehlke & Zach. Rueber, Vags. of Fond du Lac 1/2 mile out. 4:30 PM. Went to Pfletschingers Saloon & arrested Cassie Hansen. She had horse & buggy belonging to Kemper S. side. Drove her to the Sta. Tel. Kemper, he came up & got the horse. Got back to beat at 6:15.

10-6-1906
42 deg. NW wind. Fair. Cool. Went to Central Sta. at 9 AM. Took "Cassie"
up to Inspectors office. He told me to take Kemper to Dist. Atty. office & get Warr. Served.
the warr ook Cassie to Jail. Went to dinner. 3:15 Arrested Zachaeus Rueber 1244-23rd. Vag. Syl. Rueber, his father, comp

10-7-1906
43 deg. NW wind. Cloudy. Cool. Rain during the night. Cemetery 2 to 4:05 PM. 7 funerals.

10-8-1906
55 deg. Southerly wind. Cloudy. Raw wind. Showery. In court with Hansen & Rueber at 8:30 AM. Hansen cont. to Oct. 15th. Rueber - 90 days in Hof C. Went to dinner. Drill day:- back to beat at 4:30.

10-9-1906
40 deg. NW wind. Cloudy. Cold. Snow flurry at 12:45 PM. Walter sick all night. Did not go to work this morn. Went out at noon.

10-10-1906
26 deg. NW wind. Fair. Very cold. Heavy frost. Met J. Laubenheimer & two deputy sheriffs looking around Hackbarths, 30th & Fond du Lac, for stolen tools. Furnace fire this PM.

10-11-1906
22 deg. NW wind. Fair. Froze very hard.

10-12-1906
38 deg. Southerly wind. Fair. Warmer. 6:55 On way to Sta. Lille Meyer, 20 yrs old, living at 815-4th St. Got on N. Av. car at 4th & North Av. After car had started, fell on platform. At 3rd St. Smudde & I took her to Red Cross Pharmacy, 786-3rd St. I staid with ther for 1 hour & then called Rauser in & we took her home. She is an epileptic. Dr. H. F. Jermain was called. PM- Met Det. Wolleman & Chief ......... of Kenosha looking for Frank Unred 981-24th St.

12-13-1906
50 deg. SW wind. Fair. Warmer. PM- Orders from Lieut. Joe to put on plain clothes & go to Marshes near RR shops & look for Hartman. Left home at 12:35. Back to beat at 4:15. Did not find him. 6:45- Went to Sta. Got Warr. for Ben. Absage, Emil Laabs & Chas. Conrad for Petit Larceny, Oct 6th. John Walloff, Saloon Keeper. Comp. Stole ducks & geese. 6:30 PM. Arr. Laabs at Weimer Saloon.

10-14-1906
50 deg. SW wind. Fair. Warmer. 1:30 PM- Arr. Ben Absage at his home, 27th & Hopkins. Wagon to 17th & Hopkins.

10-15-1906
48 deg. Variable wind. Fair. Looks like rain. Cassie Hansen case this morn. Bound over to criminal court- $ 20.00 bail. Chas Conrad 1153-33rd St. surrendered at Sta. at 7 AM. In court at 9 AM. Ben Absage found not guilty. Chas Conrad & Emil Laabs fined $10 each. Total $27.52. Went from court to dinner. Drill day:- Back to beat at 4:35. Change day. Schroeder on Vac, Walter & I worked till 11 o'c. at Binningers.

10-16-1906
49 deg. E wind. Fair. Cool all day. Strike at Milw. Bridge Wks, foundry. I went from home to the wks. Nothing doing. Orders to check morn & eve. until further notice. Frank Raasch, Heimmerchs & I painted all eve. at Miss. 2. Home at 11 o'c.

10-17-1906
54 deg. SE wind. Fair. Warmer. On special at Bridge Works, morning & evening. Gave Otto Krueger notice not to interfere with the workman in any way. At. Miss. 2 all eve. painting. Home at 11:30.

10-18-1906
60 deg. S wind. Cloudy. Wet. Rain during the night & all morn. Rain all day. Went to Bridge Works. Talked to Walter Cork, told him to go to work. Heimmerichs & I finished first coat of paint at Mission 2. Home at 11 o'c.

10-19-1906
46 deg. W wind. Fair. Very pleasant. Knoch case today. Fined $25.00 & costs-$37.00. Back to beat at 11:20 AM. Prize fight at Schlitz Park, 7:30. On strike duty at Mil. Bridge morn. & eve.

10-20-1906
46 deg. E wind. Partly cloudy. Cool. On strike duty morn. & eve. Eve.- Went with Walter to his house & fixed the bath tub, plastered up under baseboard in cellar way..

10-21-1906
52 deg. E wind. Cloudy. Chilly raw wind. One funeral this PM. YMCA men at Miss. 2 this eve.

10-22-1906
50 deg. NE wind. Partly cloudy. Very chilly. Drill day:- Back to beat at 4:30. Stolzenfeld called me up to the Bridge Works on acct. of strikers. We went up there. Met Tom Noonan & another man picketing. Warned them not to interfere with the men working. Worked at Miss. 2 with Lawrence & Heimerich & sons

10-23-1906
50 deg. NE wind. Partly cloudy. Chilly, raw wind. Worked at Miss. 2 all eve.

10-24-1906
54 deg. Variable wind. cloudy. Rain from SE all morn. Clearing at 8:30. Wind chgd to NW. On strike duty. PM- went to Sta., signed payroll.. Home this eve.

10-25-1906
42 deg. W wind. Partly cloudy. Very cool. On strike duty.

10-26-1906
50 deg. Southerly wind. Partly cloudy. Warmer. PM Rainy & damp. On strike duty: Morn. & night. Raasch finished Binningers house this morn.
10-27-1906
42 deg. W wind. cloudy. Rain & growing colder .

10-28-1906
34 deg. N wind. cloudy. Cold. Snow flurries during the night. 14th Anniversary of 3rd Ward fire. Cold all day.

10-29-1906
.36 deg. SE wind. Cloudy. Snow & rain all forenoon. Went to MIl. Bridge Works this morn. Drill day:- Back to beat at 4:45.

10-30-1906
29 deg. NE wind. Fair. Cold. Ground covered with snow. Strike duty, morn. & eve.

10-31-1906
26 deg. N wind. Fair. Froze hard. Av. Min. Temp. for Mo. 48 deg. Orders for caps tomorrow. Discontinue strike duty for a while. Mail at 1:45. Genthe out this PM.

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