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Kansas City Mo.
Aug 23 1915
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 pracitcally without council
when he was on trial for his life.