Julius Frederick Caesar was born 3 July 1879 in Brenham, TX to Ernest Caesar (1853-1897) & Sophis Mathilde Huenke (Henkie) (1854-1936).
Inmate: #4563 Leavenworth Federal Prison
Rec" 6 Apr 1905
Crime: Highway Robbery Vio 62 Article of War
Term: 18 years
He was transferred from Alcatraz Island. His crime occurred in Percedo in San Francisco, CA. He robbed a man of his watch and money.
He was a Pvt. in Co I 10th U.S. Infantry he had enlisted 6 Oct 1904.
He explains his story well.He had pleaded not guilty.
This newspaper article is from San Francisco 9 Mar 1905 Paper called the San Francisco Call page 14.
Caesar was married twice, his first wife Mabel Martin(1892-1921) he married 24 Dec 1916 in Arkansas. Julius was her 2nd or 3rd marriage, they had no children but she did have 2 children from Husband:
Alonzo A Millikin
1889–1914
Children:
Alonzo Lenox Millikin
1910–1978
Aileen Millikin
1913–2001
Julius 2nd wife he married 10 March 1923 in Winchester, VA.
Wife #2
Flossie Virginia Baggarley
1892–1954
Children:
Julia Mae Caesar
1924–1991
Alice Virginia Ceasar
1929–
Here are some more of his prison records:
He was reviewed by the War Department to receive Clemency and his term was reduced to 8 years.
Julius died 6 Mar 1958 in Pasadena, Texas from a stroke.
1910 he was still in Leavenworth,1912 he is working as a boilermaker helper in Fort Worth, TX. 1920 he was in Arkansas working as a carpenter for the railroad and married to Mabel. In 1930 he he was still a carpenter but for an industry and married to 2nd wife Flossie and two daughters. 1940 he was living in Houston, TX with his wife and daughters working as a Watchman in Residential Section.
Here's the link for his Find A Grave Memorial.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96976350/julius-f-caesar
He either learned his lesson or the man identified the wrong man. If you read his description of what happened it's seems he was innocent although he doesn't come right out and say it. Makes me think why?
His father was Ernst (one syllable) who died by suicide. Ernst had several brothers, among them another Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar.
ReplyDeleteThe transcript of his trial is interesting - the prosecution was laughingly incompetent but he was still convicted.
The Julius in this story died alone, addicted to alcohol.
He was my great uncle.
Thank you for reaching out, that is so sad. I made him a tree on Ancestry I will add your info. thank you.
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