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P E T I T I O N

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 some-
thing 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
Hillstromd be set aside and clemency extended.

Name	Address

William Fox.	411 W 18 St. New York.
Joe Clemmens	Omaha Neb
John Krouse	R. Ormsby
Frank Thomas	Jefferson City Mis
Wm Cummingham	Ambrose N. D
Thomas Trimble	Ambrose. N. D.
Eddie Martin	chicago Ill.
Rob Roberts	Boston Mass
rob Martin	Ambrose N. D.
Fred Melrose	Georgetown Del
J.A. Lamoreaux	Ambrose N.D.
W W McCloskey	Lock Haven Pa
Phile Ebarle	Chicago. Ill.
Ter Edell	Phila Pa
Edward Sulibar	Canondelet Mo
Cecil Backstrson	Ambrose N.D.