Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

William Bramwell Sizer Diaries
May 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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MAY 1907

5-1-1907
30 deg. Southerly wind. Fair. Snow drifts along fences this morn. Checks. Change day:- Genthe out at noon. Aug, Brandt arrested by Seehawer & Wolter on Abandonment charge. Arnoln (Money) Manthei returned from Waupun Prison where he has just finished a 6 yr. sentence in 4 yrs. & 3 mos.

5-2-1907
34 deg. SE wind. SE wind. Fair. Snow drifts along the fences & banks. Badge & club on Lieuts desk. Uniform coat in cell room. Looks suspicious.

5-3-1907
35 deg. NE wind. Cloudy. Growing colder. Snow flurries at 9:15 AM. Cold all day.

5-4-1907
31 deg. NE wind. Fair. Frost. 9:45 AM. Met Aug. C. Ressel at 32nd & Fond du Lac. Took him to see our lots at 34th & Concordia & sold them to him for $750.00. $20.00 down & he gets the abstracts extended. Eve.- Sister Alice & husband, James H. Pier (Pyrs) called this eve.

5-5-1907
40 deg. S wind. cloudy. Damp, chilly air. Looks like rain. Showers 2:30 to 4:30 PM. Went to church at Kingsley this eve.

5-6-1907
1 36 deg. NE wind. Fair. Froze during the night. Drill day-: Back to beat at 4:45. Bicycle riders on Hopkins & 25th. Staid there till 6:25 & saw nothing.

5-7-1907
38 deg. NE wind. Fair. Very chilly wind. Meeting of Police Pension Board at Mayor's office this 2:30 PM. Bo't $20,000.00 worth of Neenah School Bonds which net about 4%. Back to beat at 4PM.

5-8-1907
36 deg. NE wind. Partly cloudy. Very chilly. Reported walks on 20th, 21st & 22nd.

5-9-1907
36 deg. SW wind. Fair. Asencion Day. White frost early this morn. Warming up toward noon. Quite warm during the PM.

5-10-1907
38 deg. NE wind. Cloudy. Growing colder. Snow flakes flying. Orders to go to Shiltz Parl at 7:30 PM- Prize fights. Home 11:30 PM. Commenced snowing 9 AM. snowed till noon. PM clearing & cold NE wind.

5-11-1907
30 deg. NE wind. Fair. White frost. Hutch on Vac. Schnell on Wagon. Smudde & I cover Schnell's beat. Went to Sta. at 1:45.

5-12-1907
42 deg. S wind. Partly cloudy. Risning temp. Very warm at noon.

5-13-1907
62 deg. High SW wind. Fair. Quite warm & very pleasant excepting the high wind. PM, hot and dusty. Drill day:- Back to beat at 4:40.

5-14-1907
46 deg. N wind. Fair. Cool. Thunder shower 2 PM. Rained all PM.

5-15-1907
44 deg. W wind. Cloudy. Cool. Very chilly all day. Change day:- Schroeder out at noon.

5-16-1907
38 deg. W wind. Partly cloudy. Cool & pleasant all day.

5-17-1907
53 deg. W wind. Fair. Showers during the night & early morn. JL called this PM. Clara on way home. Wrote that she couldn't come to house.

5-18-1907
56 deg. N wind. Fair. Very pleasant. Minnie very sick this PM & Eve.

5-19-1907
48 deg. W wind. Fair. Very pleasant, cool. PM wind chgd to NE. Saloon application of G. Neumann, 20th & Townsend Sts.

5-20-1907
32 deg. NW wind. Fair. Frost:- Drill day:- Back to beat at 4:35. Sister Alice's birthday. 38 yrs old. Went to clerk's office 8:45 to 9:45 about comp. of Sevitzke vs. Duehring.

5-21-1907
34 deg. SW wind. Rain. cold. (AM wind chgd to SE). Chilly all day. Walter chosen to take charge of Schneider Furniture Co. at Directors Meeting tonight.

5-22-1907
44 deg. Southerly wind. Cloudy. Rain with thunder & lightning all morn till 8:30. Rain all PM. Rubber boots.

5-23-1907
45 deg. NE wind. Cloudy. Rainy & Chilly. summons for Mrs. Witt & Walter Witt 1181-23rd. Juv. Court next Tues.

5-24-1907
48 deg. NE wind. Cloudy. Cool. Commenced raining, 9:30. Olson injured at 32nd & Burleigh, taken to Em. Hosp. Mail at 1:45 for Mil. B. Co. 34th & Concordia. Rainy.

5-25-1907
46 deg. E wind. cloudy. Rainy. Walter goes to Schneider Furn. Co. as Manager. $85.00 per mo.

5-26-1907
56 deg. Variable wind. cloudy. Warm. Rain & colder. NE wind. Thunder storm at 2:30 PM.

5-27-1907
38 deg. N wind. Cloudy. Chilly. Snow flakes flying at 8 AM. Drill day:- Back to beat at 4:50. Got white helmet. Paid $2.75. J. Heyer was with me. Henry Helz had trouble with family. Some one gave him a black eye. I took revolver from him at 10AM. He lives at 1197-20th.

5-28-1907
43 deg. SW wind. Fair. Warmer. Juv. Ct. 2 PM with Walter Witt, Bertha Hein, Comp. I was appointed probation officer. Back to beat at 3:30.

5-29-1907
50 deg. SW wind. Fair. Warmer & pleasant. Put up front door screen. Gen. Kurok's in town today.

5-30-1907
49 deg. SE wind. Fair. Decoration Day. Very pleasant. Orders to go to Hopkins St. entrance to Union Cemetery. Hammer & I relieve each other for dinner. I went at 11:10. Remained at cemetery until 4:45. Then went to beat.

5-31-1907
49 deg. E wind. Partly cloudy. Av. Temp for Mo 42 deg. Stolzenfeld on Vac. I cover his beat with mine. In court at 9 AM with Carl John 2705 Meinecke. Guilty, $10.00 & cost. In court all day. Left court at 5 PM for Sta.

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