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GUSTAF ADOLF LODGE NO.52 Meets every Thursday evening Monitor Hall Eveleth, Minn., Nov. 11th 1915
Andrew G Strand Eveleth Minn. Louis Danielson ? Eveleth Minn Christian Olsen Eveleth Minn JA Strand Eveleth Minn GW Bertilson Eveleth Minn Gunnard Olsen Eveleth Minn Alma Lundgren Eveleth Minn Lars Friberg Eveleth Minn Carl GT Jacobson Eveleth Minn Hanna C ?eersten Eveleth Minn Lisa Kaski Eveleth Minn John Bjornaas Eveleth Minn Karl T Nilsson Eveleth Minn Esther Peltonen Eveleth Minn John ? Strand ? PE Sholund Clarence Sholund Alma Danielson Hoskon Sand Frank Carlson Edward Strand
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St. Paul minn. Nov. 13, 1915. Mr. William Spry, Governor of Utah. We, the undersigned, citizens of United States and residents of the state of Minnesota, do hereby protectt against the pending execution of Joseph Hillstrom. As far as we know, there is only circumstantial evidence against him, and we earnestly request that he is given a new and fair trial. Peter Noreem 424 E. Lawson Str. St Paul Minn. John Erickson Hadstone Minnesota Torris Troftlia [4]24 E. Lawson Str. St. Paul Minn Delia Miller, 1806 Plymouth ave. no. Minneapolis, Minn. Adolph Benson. 424 E. Lawson Str. St Paul Minn. Jack Thorgaard 1022-26th Ave No. Minneapolis Minn [Sehica] Newman Andea, Minn. Mildred Miller 1806 Plymouth Ave. No., Mpls. Jillie Lamney 1315 Steven ave Mnpls Jinnie P. Carlson, R.2. Bx. 3-C, Gladstone Minn. Ruth Noreen 424 E. Lawson St. St. Paul Minn Esther Noreen, 424 E. Lawson St. St. Paul Minn Mrs P. Noreeen 424 E. Lawson St. St. Paul Minn Bertha Noreen, 424 E. Lawson St. St. Paul Minn
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WHEREAS, We are unalterably opposed to the institution of capital punishment for any one convicted of a crime, however heinous; it is barbarous and a relic of the dark ages, and too cruel an attitude for any enlightened society to assume towards its members; and, WHEREAS, Joseph Hillstrom, an agitator of working-class economics has recently been sentenced to death by the courts of the State of Utah for a crime of which there are serious doubts regarding his guilt; and, WHEREAS, We believe that there are peculiar circumstances surrounding the case that warrant the executive of the State of Utah intevening in behalf of the accused, and to the end that a gross injustice might be avoided and that an innocent man may not suffer for another's crime. THEREFORE, We, the undersigned, attach our names to this petition with the hope that the governor of the State of Utah will exercise his executive clemency and commute the sentence of the said Joseph Hillstrom at least until such time can elapse as will afford an opportunity to determine the facts in the case.
Name Address
Wm J Carroll Baudette Minn Box 53 Mi??all Phelan Baudette Minn OT Emerson Baudette Minn CS Nacecte ? M? Thos Guanella Baudette Minn GA Leavers Baudette Minn Marc Sevassun ? Baudette Minn Iver Everson Baudette Minn Louis Gauper Baudette Minn Axel Westlund Baudette Minn Hans Melland Baudette Minn C Davidson Baudette Minn Alfred Stone Baudette Minn Wm Olson Spooner Minn Frans Svenson Spooner Minn Axel Palm Baudette Minn Eric Bloom Spooner Minn Box 42
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PETITION
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. We have read and heard something 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 crime 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
Mis Hazel Johnson 1824 2 1/2 St No Fred ? Casey 651 Monroe St N? Oliver Lindbloom 1421 Was Av So Jack Lindblad 1328 4 St South ????? Clurt ? 239 Cedar Ave So Otto Benson 239 Cedar Ave So A ??????? 271 Cedar Ave So W Engle 239 Cedar Ave So W Franzen 715 Margaret Street St Paul WJ Madison 1422 W Lake St Mpls Minn
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Hon. Wm. Spry, Governor of Utah.
SIR:-
We, the undersigned, do hereby petition for the release of our Comrade Joseph Hillstrom, who we beleive was unjustly sentenced. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A Johnson 1126 W 7th St St Paul Minn Hj Anderson 23 Dupont Av N Minneapolis CA Clausen 2222 7 1/2 St So Mpls Minn Mrs Emma Anderson 2300 Dupont Ave N Minneapolis VS Alson 301 5 Ave SE Mrs P Solberg 4121 22 1/2 Av ? Minneapoli Chas Tjembloom 3216 17 Ave ?? G Thsien ? 1110 6th St NE A Ness 2419 8 Str So Mpls Mrs G Thoren 1110 6 St NE P Petersen ? 2616 E 25 Str Mpls Minn A Soderstrom 3308 Longfellow Ny??? Minn Emil Johnson 3306 Polk St NE Karl Louis 3308 Longfellow Av John Ringwall 400 Monroe St Minn NE Herman Gadde ? 2213 39 Av Carl Peterson 618 Huron St SE Mpls OO Torrison 3202 19 Ave ?ag? Rosqwist 3101 Garfield Ave Mpls Minn Al Pearson 1515 Werner Markuson ? 301 5th Ave ?E Mpls Kox ??? Carl Seebert 2529 Pierce St NE Mpls Minn JJ Parten 2217 25 Ave So BE Wilhelm 2015 Cedar Ave Mpls Minn O Wh???? 2611 29 Ave So L A Sjvberg ? 4347 41 Av So M Merkle 3304 30 Ave So GL Sjoberg 2429 9th St So Karl Swanson 2016 23 Av Ernest Froberg 4129 30th Ave So A Thies 1803 Lyndale ?? T Carlson 3152 ?39 Ave Sot Edw Hubbard 2409 University Ave M? Linde 815 27 Av Sot PA Parson 3208 Cedar Ave St Paul Harold Morosmi 2101 5th Ave S Ernest W Burfling 3208 Cedar OA Westberg 4052 23 Av S? John Westerlund 4106 22 Av ??
