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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
D H Williams 309 Davis St Portland Ore
W. Millar 2343 ? Marshall Ave. Minne
Joe Harris 126 [Independence ]Kan City Kas
Sonnie Dem 182 Birmingham Ala
Carl Baker 816 2nd Str Minneap. Minn
Will F Johnson Mpls.
Walter Johnson Mpls.
Charlie Willmon Bellingham Wash.
Ed Shuk Sumas Wash
Wess Brown Frank Carlson Pueblo Colo
Otoe. Eide. Ponca City
H R Martin James McKee Okla
Dan OBrien James Sullivan
Pat Breen