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To the Gov. of Utah, Salth Lake City. Dear Sir: - Believing you to be a God-fearing, upright man of honor, and knowing that you hold within your power, the right to pardon a condemned man, and believing Joe Hill wrongfully accused and condemned to die Oct. 1 - 1915, we beg of you, in the name of humanity, in the name of justice and right, to save his life, and restore him to his rights, to his home and his fam ily, his fellow laborers, believing that in so doing you will commit an act, for which you will not only be thanked and praised by the workers of the world, but for which you [next page] will ever after be thankful and conscience free. Believing that you will not turn a deaf ear to our plea, knowing that the death of Joe Hill will strike a vital blow to freedom and justice and thanking you for your kind attention, we are, Yours truly, Mrs. Jennie F. Webb A M Webb J.J. Gebul C R Lacey Mrs. Lillie A. Lacey

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 something 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 A. H. Schram 1131 - 19th Str. Denver. Col. Wm E. Schultz 20 W. Missouri Ave G.A Roberts " " Kansas City Mo David Griffith 232 Cedar Ave. Minn. A. P. Harrison 114 Eye St Sacrimento Calif. Stuart StJohn 20 W. Missouri Ave. Kansas City Mo James Webb Aberdeen S. Dak. Ed. Suliber 7306 Minnesota Ave St. Louis Mo. Geo Nelson 20 W. Mo Ave. K.C.Mo C G Sady [22?] Stocton Cal. Albert Borklet St Paul Minn S. C Conrad 1923 Wa?? St. Seattle Wash Frank Johnson 1524 - 104th Oakland Cal. Mike [Kinic?] Rivell viel Ave 54 John R. Hopkins Minneapolis Minn. ??? Roger? [?????????????]

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 something 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 D H Williams 309 Davis St Portland Ore W. Millar 2343 ? Marshall Ave. Minne Joe Harris 126 [Independence ]Kan City Kas Sonnie Dem 182 Birmingham Ala Carl Baker 816 2nd Str Minneap. Minn Will F Johnson Mpls. Walter Johnson Mpls. Charlie Willmon Bellingham Wash. Ed Shuk Sumas Wash Wess Brown Frank Carlson Pueblo Colo Otoe. Eide. Ponca City H R Martin James McKee Okla Dan OBrien James Sullivan Pat Breen

Jim Ford Iron Mountain Mich John Healy Madison Wis. Herman Haze Madison Wis Harvey Parker Chicago John Meyer Milwaukee Wis Jos Downs Los Angeles Cal C C?????? W.M. Steaver ? Jas. W. Kare Chicago, Ills. Louis Romey Manual Moreno John Taylor Chicago Ills Wm MacDowell Chas. Soderstrom Chicago Ills John Sage Birt Clampitt ar. Kanas. Russell Eide Newkirk Okla. Fred Furguson Ponca City Okla. [????] Bron Kan City. Mo. Elmer Anderson Denver Colo Ben Olson St. Paul Fred Hahn Chas Osman

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 something 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 ???? H. Marshall Leetonia, Ohio James Riley Phila Pa Bates Sloss Aspen Colorado Roy Davis Huston Tex W Cullen Providence RI Howard Means Sydney J.A. John Gorman Chicago Ill Alfred Christensen Lake Nebr Robert Turner Solon Mills Ill. James B Dear Spocan. Wash. J. H. Woods Galesburg Ill Roy Wilson Lake City Minn H. C. Walton Seattle Wash George Smith Cleveland Ohio W. H. Montgomery St. Paul Minn J. Rogers Bozeman Mont Arnold Staffinger Seattle wash