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PETITION
Hon Wm. Spry
Governor of Utah

This appeal is directed to the Board of Pardons in behalf of Joseph Hillstrom, a member of the Industrial
Workers of the World, under sentence of death in the Utah Penitentiary. We have read and heard some-
thing of the case:
1st. We do not believe Joseph Hillstrom guilty of the crime for which he has been convicted.
2nd. We do not believe that he had a fair trial.
3rd. We have learned that the jurors were not selected in the usual way.
4th. The defendant was practically without council when he was on trial for his life.
5th. No motive was shown for the crime of which he was convicted.
6th. The conviction was found upon the flimsiest kind of circumstantial evidence.
Believing these to be the facts, we the undersigned, demand that the death sentence in the case of Joseph
Hillstrom be set aside and clemency extended.
Name Address
A. H. Schram 1131 - 19th Str. Denver. Col.
Wm E. Schultz 20 W. Missouri Ave
G.A Roberts " " Kansas City Mo
David Griffith 232 Cedar Ave. Minn.
A. P. Harrison 114 Eye St Sacrimento Calif.
Stuart StJohn 20 W. Missouri Ave. Kansas City Mo
James Webb Aberdeen S. Dak.
Ed. Suliber 7306 Minnesota Ave
St. Louis Mo.
Geo Nelson 20 W. Mo Ave. K.C.Mo
C G Sady [22?] Stocton Cal.
Albert Borklet St Paul Minn
S. C Conrad 1923 Wa?? St. Seattle Wash
Frank Johnson 1524 - 104th Oakland Cal.
Mike [Kinic?] Rivell viel Ave 54
John R. Hopkins Minneapolis Minn.
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