H: July-Sept. 1914; Mar.-Sept. 15, 1915

July 27 1914

Hon Governor W Spry Dear sir I am writing you in defense of Joe Hill. Convicted of murder in salt lake utah for gods sake, see that Joe gets a new trial. and a squar Deal. I am not an I.W.W. but I have bin watching Joe Hill's trial and Can see no justis in murdering a man on circumstances evidance. and if Joe is killed by judicially murder it will make 10,000 new I.W.W. I will join the iww myself and

will put all the profits of my oil land in the treasure to boost for solidarity and justis to the Laboring Class. I have always bin a laboring man I know their Conditions and the oil Dollars will never make me leave them. and if Joe Hill don't get a squar deal I will start with a $50,000 donation to the Labor and Socialist Movement I say give Joe a squar Deal or I will back Labor to the last dital, and I know I Carry a large influence with men from the Cushnasie Class. Yours truly and oblige

E.E. Hahn Yole O.K.

J.M. Hulderman Pitkin Ave. Akron, O.

July 27- 1914

Governor William Spry Utah

Dear Sir

I see by the daily papers that Joe Hill is to be murdered by your state upon circumstantial evidence of the weakest kind. I hope it will be a pleasure to you not to allow this miscarriage of justice.

I hope also that you are not fixed in your mind to believe that workingmen are always going to allow there class to be murdered by another class in order to Hold them in subjection. Yor for Progress

Oswago, Ore. R #L August 6, 1914.

To the Governor of Utah,

Dear Sir,-

In the name of all that is fair and just, I hereby protest against the execution of Joe Hill of Salt Lake City who has been sentenced to die Sept. 3rd.

It is a grave and serious matter to deliberately take a fellow-man's life, and I do not believe the eivdence in this case such as to warrant this step. I firmly believe him to be innocent, and the victim of an unfortunate chain (a very weak one at that) of circumstances. If he is legally deprived of his life it will be nothing short of cold-blooded murder.

Yours in the name of humanity, Bessie T. Howard

Minneapolis Minn Aug 10- 1914

Wm Spry Sault Lake City Utah

Dear Gov Spry

I am writing you these few lines in behalf of Joe Hill whom I understand is convicted for murder. Now I am not in any organization whatever. I am a common laboring man, Wisconsin my native state.

The purpose of writing you is ask you to aid mister Hill in