ENPages That Mention Hon Wm. Spry
California Berkley-Oakland [18 items]
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PETITION FOR CLEMENCY FOR JOSEPH HILLSTROM
To the Board of Pardons of the State of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah Having heard the facts in the case of Joseph Hill-strom, who is condemned to die October 1, 1915, for the alleged killing of J. B. Morrison, And believing that he has not been proven to be guilty, and Believing further that if he is shot it will not be because of his guilt as a murderer, but because of his activity in the cause of labor, and Believing further that the peace and wellbeing of the State of Utah is threatened by the purposed shooting of Joseph Hillstrom, as the peace and wellbeing of these United States is threatened by the conditions of labor, the suppression of its efforts at bettering those conditions, and the persecution of its leaders,- I therefore petition His Honor, Governor William Spry, and the Board of Pardons of the State of Utah to grant clemency to Joseph Hillstrom and to commute his sentence. Signed: Address:
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PETITION
San Francisco, Calif., Sept. 1915
Hon. Wm. Spry, Governor of Utah.
The undersigned believe that there is a strong doubt as to the guilt of Joseph Hillstrom, under sentence of death in the Utah Penitentiary.
We hereby respectfully petition you to commute his sentence to life imprisonment, to the end that Hillstrom, if innocent, may have a fair chance to prove his innocence.
Mrs. [G?]. M. Ross, 510-[98th?] Sts Oakland Cal.
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PETITION
San Francisco, Calif., Sept. 1915
Hon. Wm. Spry, Governor of Utah.
The undersigned believe that there is a strong doubt as to the guilt of Joseph Hillstrom, under sentence of death in the Utah Penitentiary.
We hereby respectfully petition you to commute his sentence to life imprisonment, to the end that Hillstrom, if innocent, may have a fair chance to prove his innocence.
[Elmer?] Johnson 671-42 St Oakland Calif
California San Francisco [28 items]
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PETITION
San Francisco, Calif., Sept. 1915
Hon. Wm. Spry, Governor of Utah.
The undersigned believe that there is a strong doubt as to the guilt of Joseph Hillstrom, under sentence of death in the Utah Penitentiary.
We hereby respectfully petition you to commute his sentence to life imprisonment, to the end that Hillstrom, if innocent, may have a fair chance to prove his innocence.
Joseph P. Shannon 1310 Laguna St. San Francisco Cal
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Dec. 16, 1915.
Dr. Edward L. Emrich, 104 South State St., Murray, Utah.
My dear Doctor:
This letter is written in apprectiation of your communication of Nov. 23rd, expressing your approval of my action on the Hillstrom case. I appreciate the com- pliment you pay me in stating that this is the first letter of the kind you have ever written. I wish you to know that what I did with relation to the Hillstrom case, was done with a deep sense of my obligations as a servant of the people in seeing that the laws were enforced, and with abiding confidence that the people of this state would uphold me in such action.
Your very frank and cordial statement, in this particular, is one of the strong evidences that my judgment regarding the attitude of the decent people of this state, was right. We are all exceedingly anxious that Utah shall maintain a reputation as the home of law-abiding, loyal, and upright citizens. I know that men who feel as you feel, will be instumental in removing from the state, the lawless and idle element.
With the compliments of the season, and again thanking you for your letter, I beg to remain
Cordially yours,
