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KANSAS CITY MO. AUG. 22--1915.

PETITION

HON. WM. SPRY,
GOVENOR of UTAH.

This appeal is directed to the Board of Pardons in behalf of Joseph
Hilstrom,a member of the Industrial Workers of the Workd, under--
sentence of death in the Utah enitentiary. I have read and heard
something of the case:
1st.I do not believe him guilty of the crime for which he has been
convicted.
2nd.I do not believe that he had a fair trial.
3rd.I 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 circum-
stantial evidence.
Believing these to be the facts,I the undersigned,demand that the
death setence in teh case of Joseph Hillstrom be set aside and
clemency extended.
John Bedell
509 E 8th St
Kansas City
Mo