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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 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 crimes 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
Victor Mahngrist Chicago Ill
Isidor Sapperstein 1313 West 128th Chicago Ill
Fred Werderman 1835 So California Chicago Ill
Martin Tallon 540 Madison, Chi. Ill
Frank E Zeigler 2552 Washington Bld
J W Grau 1258 Halsted St Chicago Ill.
Tom Smith Chicago Ill
Williams [Matuly?]
Ralf Weaver 221 Racine Ave
James Russell 492 Monrow Ave Glencoe Ill.
Jos Ross Chicago Ill

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