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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 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
Hillstrom be set aside and clemency extended.
Name Address
Rinaldo R????? 7010 Emerald Ave
Pat Mahoney Irvington Park
Ray West 570 W Lake st
Charlie Morgan? 570 Lake St Ill
?. E. Lilley Kenosha Wisc.
John Blake 1825 S Sawyer Ave
J M. Conors 1821 18 Ave
John Smith 952-964 Belleplaine Ave
J McLaine 625 W. Polk
Otto Klopher ? 3347 Beleplane
Jas Hanratty 3200 Warren Ave
Chars Regensburger 204 S. 2 St St Louis Mo