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ERNEST JAMES BEUTELL
RAMWAY, NEW JERSEY

July, 31, '14.

Governor Spry,
Utah

Honorable Sir:-

I herewith most earnestly appeal to your sense of
common justice to request you to extend clemency to a fellow
worker and brother, Joe Hill, who has been unfortunately adjudged
guilty of crime, but there appears to be a strong element of
doubt existing in his case.

The prosecution failed to show a motive for the crime; the
defendant was not identified by any of the witnesses, and his
conviction rested on the flimsiest kind of circumstanial evidence.

You know that the ethics of Christ's gospel inspire
men to devine action of forgiveness, it is with this trust in
your faith of true justice that I appeal to you to save a human
life, for it is not true justice to take that which cannot give.

Trusting that this short appeal will be of some service
in bringing us nearer to that glad day when universal brotherhood
will prevail, and capital punishment will be no more.

With most humble thanks for any favor conferred to Joe Hill,
I remain,

Devoted to the betterment of humanity,

Ernest James Bentell