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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
Gus Curt?? 1546 N Rockwell St Chicago Il
Oscar Sorensen 2458 W. North Ave Chicago
J. W. Croker 1506 No. Fairfield Ave Chicago
J. A. King 1653 N. Oakley Ave Chicago Ill
J. Hansen 1650 N. Claremont Ave Chicago Ill
Thomas Reed 1521 N Talman Ave Chicago Ill
Ernest Zaba 2749 Haddon Ave, Chicago Ill
Bert Smital 1622 N California Ave.
H. Turner 1354 N. Oakley Blvd
Sigurd Gjethany ? 1531 N. Artesian Ave.
Harry Dinosetz 1351Maplewood Ave
Maurice Gener? 1301 Nth Rockwell St