Iowa [15 items]

Albert City Iowa.Sept. 3. 1915. To the Hon. William Spry, Governor of the State of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. The Undersigned, all being citizens of the United States, and whose addresses are set opposit their names, having been informed concerning the recent trial and conviction of one Joseph Hillstrom (also known as Joe Hill) by the District Court of Salt Lake County, Utah,for the alleged killing of J.S.Morrison, and his son Arling Morrison, in Salt Lake County, Utah,on January 10 ,1914, and of the affirmance of the judgement of conviction of said District Court by the Supreme Court of the State of Utah, hereby make appeal to your executive clemency on behalf of said Hillstrom, and request that you grant him a pardon, for the following reasons, to wit:

That the saild Hillstrom was denied by the judge of the said District Court of Salt Lake County that fair and impartial trial which is guaranteed to all citizens of the United States by the Constitution thereof, and the laws of the State of Utah, in that the said court denied him the privilege of being defended by counsel of his own selection, or of conducting his own defense,and that he has therefore been deprived of the benefit of counsel.

Because the conviction of said Hillstrom was obtained upon flimsy and wholly insufficient eviden, the said trial being a mockery of justice and the verdict rendered therindue wholly to prejudice prevailing in said Salt Lake County against Hillstrom because of his activity in the labor movement. G.T. Swenson Albert City Iowa CAWerner " " " E.G. Soderquist " " " E Kalek " " " Burt Spar " " " O.C.Anderson " " " Gust LJohnson " " " A.L.Bergling " " " Carl Mew " " " C J Lougren " " " Anton Johnson " " " Fritz G.Anderson " " " F. A. Wallner " " " F.L. Davidson " " " J A Johansen " " " Carl Jacobson " " " E. E. Damilson " " " H. D. Behrens " " "

PETITION Dubuque, Iowa. Sept 16th. 1915, 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. I have read and heard something of the case:

1st. I do not believe Joseph Hillstrom guilty of the crime for which he has been convicted.

2nd I do not believe he had a fair trial.

3rd. I 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.

Believeing this to be the facts, I the undersigned, demand that the death sentence in the case of Joseph Hillstrom, be set aside and clemency extended.

Mrs Hannah Pieray 51 W. Fifth Street. Dubuque, Iowa.

Fort Dodge, Iowa October 3, 1915. Honorable William Spry, Governor Executive Mansion Salt Lake City, Utah

Dear Sir:--

The eyes of the working class of the United States are upon you. Please do not allow Joseph Hillstrom to be shot for a crime which you know he is not guilty of.

Harry M Lux J S Brown Fort Dodge Iowa J. P Gowe Moorland Iowa Wm Johnson Fort Dodge Io W M Pierce Moorland Io A B[?] Fort Dodge Iowa L H Miller Bippey Iowa Mike Smolley Fort Dodge Iowa J W Johnson F ' ' ' ' John Peters Ft Dodge Iowa Jesse Thompson Badger Iowa Frank Kreyicel Fort Dodge Iowa J P Anderson Fort Dodge Iowa Henry Hendrickson Fort Dodge Iowa J Trumble Fort Dodge Ia. W Bestick " " " G A Olson " " " E A Olson Ft Dodge Ia. Leighton J Mercer Ft Dodge, Ia. William Dewoor " " E M Sa[?]] Ed Vorgtten Des Moines Iowa J M Ford Fort Dodge Iowa J E Mc Line Fort [?] [?]

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