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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

Fred Erickson ? Eveleth Minn Axel ? Fred Eveleth Minn August ? Stappan ? Eveleth Minn John Isaacson Eveleth Minn L????i Nieminen Eveleth Minn ?????? De????re John Mattson Seth R Nelson Eveleth Minn John M Anderson Eveleth Frank A Long ? Eveleth Minn Andy Strand Eveleth Minn ????? ???????? L H Sturdivant Eveleth Minn Willie Moglan ? Eveleth Minn M Carlson Eveleth Minn John Engberg Eveleth Minn Charlie Wattman ? Eveleth Minn H B ? Mead Eveleth 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

Erick Newman 722 Gar St Eveleth Aug Sjoberg Box 543 Eveleth Minn Ed Lund ? Box 543 Eveleth Victor Peltoner Box 418 Eveleth Gus ?? Erickson 108 Grant Av Eveleth Minn

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Petition of Sundry Citizens of Cook County, Minn. Addressed to the Hon. Wm. Spry, Governor, of the State of Utah, Salt Lake City, in behalf of Joseph Hillstrom now under sentence of death in the Utah Penitentiary.

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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 Industrial 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 " "

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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 setence 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 beenn 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 Wm F Kleinsdimidt Morgan Minn.

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