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Petition
Hon Wm Spry,
Governor of Utah.
This appeal is directed to the Board of Pardons on 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 hear 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 show 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 to be set aside and clemency extended.
Name Address
W Cramer 649 S. State St
Wm McCullough Chicago, Ill.
Mike Rhoske Chicago Ill
Ed. Spillane Butte Mont.
F. J. Kryzeuski
Frank Sommers Chicago Il
E Rhoads Chicago Ill
Peter [Sauls?]
S Wills
John McAvoy Portland Hotel Chicago Ill
320 S. [Bosnan?] Ave