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Petition

Hon. Wm. Spray,
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 case 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 defendent 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
Chas Schmidt 420 Court Av Des Moines
Albert Cogler 1316 W Grand Ave Des Moines
C. S. Jensen 1321 N Maine St Des Moines
LB. Ware 1070 W 10th, Des Moines, Iowa
F.J. Picray 2246 Elizebeth Ave Deds Moines, Ia
Pat Burns 1337 DeWolf St Des Moines Iowa
A Adams 3021 Columbia St Des Moines Ia
James Farley 840 W 9th St Des Moines Iowa
H. Owens 815 E 25th St " " "
S. Miller R.R. 6 Box 57 " " "
P.F. Burk 1108 E 8th St " " "
Joe King 1107 W 4th St Des Moines Ia
J. Bracken 1306 High St Des Moines Iowa
L. E. Smith 204 E Grand Ave, Des Moines, Iowa
J. Yanser 1741 Walker St Des Moines Iowa Iowa
P. Kain 1431 W 13th St Des Moines Iowa
J. McSweigen 1221 Dunham Ave. Des Moines Ia
J Rist 1916 Dean Ave Des Plaines Iowa
G Hutton 612 E 1st St Des Moines Iowa
A. Cark? 2519 Dean Ave. Des Moines Ia
F. Colflish 777 14th St Des Moines ia
T English 911 E 9th St Des Moines Iowa
D Burk 316 S 9 St
P McBride Exchange Block Des Moines Iowa
F Schoonover 10 D. Morgan app Des Moines Iowa
B. Hershman 2019 Grand Ave Des Moines Iowa
N Groves 1347 DeWolf St Des Moines Iowa