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B. Preston Clark 55 Kilby Street Room 35 Boston, Mass.

Boston, Nov. 6, 1915

Gov. Spry, Salt Lake City, Utah, Dear Sir:-

I take the liberty of addrressing you in the matter of Joe Hillstrom now under the sentence of death. I have not a personal knowledge of his case, but if the facts are as stated to me by a man in whom I have considerable confidence it would appear to be a case which deserves the most careful investigation before the death penalty is meted out to him.

I have no connection with the organization to which he belongs, and my interest is purely as a citizen. I know that all the influence which you have will be used wisely and to have justice done.

Yours respectfully, B. Preston Clark

Boston, Mass. Nov 12 1915 Hon. William Spry Governor of Utah Dear Sir;

We feel so it is our duty to earnestly protest against the sentence just passed on Joseph Hillstrom. We do hereby sincerely ask you to give Joseph HIllstrom a fair trial to prove if he is guilty or not. Yours very respectfully

Edward Gillberg, 115 Williams St. Jamaica Plain Everett Rankin 1 Julian St Roxbury Allan W Carlson 17 High St Dorchester Oscar Carlson 100 Huey St Dorchester John P. Bartell 156 Washington St Cambridge Carl W. Olson 16 [Waddline?] St Somerville Fritz Jacobson 148 Central Ave Hyde Park Mass Joseph Beliauskus 156 Washington St. Cambridge Alexander [Sgok?] 24 Harold St Somerville Mass Carl Beliauskas 156 Washington St. Cambridge Guy Marco 68 Auckland St Dorchester George Klinmann 99 7 St So. Boston Mass Adolf [Premmor?] 9 Howe Ave Somerville Fred Betterman 11 Hendry St Dorchester, Mass. George G. Dahl 32 Robinson St. Somerville

To His Honor, Governer Spry. State of Utah. Whereas we, the Swedish speakingpeople of Lynn, Massachussetts in mass meeting assmbled, having considered the case of one Joseph Millström confined in Salt Lake City, Utah, awaiting the sentence of death to be executed on the 19th. inst. and Whereas we consider, from information and evidence at hand, that said Joseph Hillström has not been given sufficient opportunity to prove his innocense, and Whereas we are anxious to prevent a possible misscarraige of justice whereby an innocent man may be sent before his maker, and Whereas we fully believe that justice demands it and that the best interest of all concerned would best be served if a new trial was granted said Joseph Hillström, be it , therefor, RESOLVED, that we respectfully petition Hid Honor, The Governer of the State of Utah to stay aforesaid execution and to grant said Joseph Hillström a new, full and fair trial. Paul Lindstrom Chairman of meeting Attest. F. Ortengren Secretary. Lynn, Mass. Nov. 14th. 1915. Frank Ortengren. 656 Western Ave. Lynn, Mass.

Boston Mass.

Hon. William Spry. Governor of The Commonwealth of Utah. Your Excellency:

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 something of this mans 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 founded upon the flimiest kind of circumstancial avidence.

Beleiving these to be the facts, we the undersigned, demand that the death sentence in the case be set aside and clemency extended.

O'Donnell Aray, 1853 Columbus Ave Boston Ms Christine Fraser 33 Kingbury St,- Mass (Boston) F.G. McKenszie 1855 Colunmbus Ave Roxbury Mass