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Petition
Hon. Wm. Spry,
Governor of Utah,
Salt Lake City.

This appeal is directed to the Board of Pardons
in behalf of Joseph Hillstrom, a member of the In-
dustrial Workers of the World, under sentence of
death in the Utah Penitentiary. We have read and
heard something of his case.

1. We do not believe Joseph Hillstrom guilty of the crime of which he was convicted.
2. We do not believe that he had a fair trial.
3. We have learned that the jurors were not selected in the usual way.
4. The defendant was practically without counsel when he was on trial for his life.
5. No motive was shown for the crime of which he was convicted.
6. 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
H. L. Ellsworth Grand [Morai]
L. B. Ellsworth " "
Grace Hagen " "
Albert [Jackson] " "
[J B] Robertson " "
[Illegible] A. Anderson " "
J. W. Schoen " "
James S. Roods " "