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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 " " "