Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

William Bramwell Sizer Diaries
February 1907

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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FEBRUARY 1907

2-1-1907
32 deg. Southerly wind. Cloudy. Damp. PM, thawing. Check $92.63. Asked perm. to go & pay taxes. Our tax-22nd wd. $34.66., 20th wd. $10.18. Walter's tax $40.20. Helen's $58.85. Change day:- Genthe out at noon.

2-2-1907
28 deg. NW wind. Fair. Growing colder very fast. 10 deg. at 9
AM. Home sick. Cold. 8 deg. at noon.

2-3-1907
- 8 deg. NW wind. Fair. Very cold. Zero at noon. Home sick.

2-4-1907
-4 deg. NW wind. Partly cloudy. cold. PM, N wind. Snow flurries. Home sick with bad cold.

2-5-1907
4 deg. Northerly wind. Partly cloudy. Cold. Snowflurries & slowly rising temp. Home on sick list.'

2-6-1907
-4 deg. NW wind. Fair. Cold. Reported for duty.

2-7-1907
6 deg. Southerly wind. Fair. Rising temp. Reported case of Mrs. Johnson 1132-24th St. who is a common drunkard. Lieut. Joe told me to see her husband. Went to Mock's Livery & told him to take care of her. Went to Dr. Hollenbeck & had my leg lanced at 8:45 AM. PM, Met Genthe, 24th & Hadley, 4 o'c.

2-8-1907
12 deg. Southerly wind. Cloudy. Chill, damp, frosty & fair. PM, warmer. PM, 1:30, Mrs, Orr 1271-30th St. assaulted in her home, bound gagged & robbed. Raped twice & left tied on couch by an unknown man, 25 to 30 yrs, 5'8", light complexion, Cap, long coat., Shabby.

2-9-1907
22 deg.SW wind. Cloudy. Damp. Thawing all PM. Walter finishes up with Schneider Furn. Co. today. Goes to Merkel Motor Co. at Layton Park Monday.

2-10-1907
34 deg. NW wind. Fair. Growing colder toward eve. Thawing vey fast at noon.

2-11-1907
6 deg. NW wind. Fair. Cold. Thawing at noon. Drill day:- Back to beat at 4:45. Walter went to work via. N. Av. to Holton & Mitchell St. car.

2-12-1907
15 deg. W wind. Partly cloudy. Damp ari. Wm. Seckert 1229-24th ( Siggie) arrested downtown Sunday eve. drunk. I got orders to find out where he got whiskey. Worked an hour overtime on Seckert whiskey case. Ptrlman Ph. Donahue died of Pneumonia. "False Face Day".

2-13-1907
28 deg. S wind. Fair. Ash Wed. Very pleasant. thawing very fast all day. Water running all PM.

2-14-1907
22 deg. NW wind. Fair. Chilly. In court in Secker case. Case held open for one month. Left court at 10:45. Back to beat at 11:15.

2-15-1907
26 deg. SW wind. Fair. Rising temp. Genthe not in Sta. I hear Schroeder is sick.

2-16-1907
32 deg. NW wind. Fair. Moderate temp. Very pleasant. Schnell on wagon. Smudde & I divide his beat. Mail at 1:45 for Ald. Gebhardt.

2-17-1907
30 deg. SE wind. Partly cloudy. White frost.

2-18-1907
34 deg. SW wind. Partly cloudy. Thawing & rain from 3 to 5 PM. Wind chgd to W. Drill day:- Back to beat at 4:40.

2-19-1907
28 deg. NW wind. Fair. Very bright & oleasant, thawing at noon. Warm & pleasant all day. Went to Mosels this eve., 1455 Buffum

2-20-1907
26 deg. N wind. Cloudy. Growing colder. Commenced snowing at 7 A

2-21-1907
8 deg. NW wind. Fair. Cold wave.

2-22-1907
-2 deg. NW wind. Fair. Cold. Fire at 29th & North Av. during the night. Fire Dept. horses got cold & ran away. - 13 Eng. team, 22 & 24 Chem's & horses. 5:45 PM, called to 2444 Center St. Found Aug. Scheiber drunk. Called wagon & sent him to Sta.

2-23-1907
20 deg. SE wind. Partly cloudy. Very chilly. In court at 9 AM with Scheibe. Found guilty, $5.00 & cost. Back to beat at 10:20 AM. Worked all PM chasing kids who robbed a "shiney" Schnell & Hutch.

2-24-1907
28 deg. SW wind. Cloudy. Snowing. Man killed by train 200 ft. N. of Fond du Lac Av., 6:30 last night.

2-25-1907
20 deg. N wind. Fair. Colder. Clear & colder. C.M. & St. P. RR. commenced work on Fond du Lac Subway. 9:45, Went to Zuerners office, made comp. about Emil Krafin & Paul Heller. Made petition to Juvenile Ciurt. Got summons & went to dinner. PM, served summons & subp. witnesses.

2-26-1907
22 deg. S wind. Fair. Raw wind. In Juv. Court at 2 PM. with Krafin & Heller. Case cont. one week on motion of W.J. Kershaw, their Atty. Back to beat at 3:10.

2-27-1907
26 deg. NE wind. cloudy. Snow flying. Partly cloudy toward noon.

2-28-1907
28 deg. SE wind. Cloudy. E wind. Av Min temp for Mo 18 1/2 deg. Met Schroder at RR. at 9:30. L. Nehrbass 2501 Hadley Electric clock.(Game of chance) Notified 2:45.

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