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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 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
Walter Bennett 548 Main St., Kansas City Mo
Chas A Clyde 529 Main St. KC Mo
W T Booth 1808 Cleveland Ave KC Kan
John Keating Canadian Texas
Charlie Chapman Santa Rose New Mexico
James R Minor 20 Mo Ave KC Mo
Fred Fitzgerald 3585-19th St. San Francisco Calif.
Wm Dmpsey 175 Washington St. Boston Mass
Mr. Pardry & wife 915 Wal. KC Mo
J B Clasp 2728 Mahyet St Kanses City Mo
Bill Hanley 1934-16th St Denver Col.
T. J. McCarty 911 E 9 Kansas City Mo
Jon Donlan 1330 Liberty S N Kansas City Mo
Harry Robinson 515 Main St. Kansas Mo
W. E. McKiffen Davenport Iowa
Jack Linder Spokane Wash
Thomas Pendergast Boston Mass
Wm Cornell 10192 Liberty St Cincinnati Ohio
F Bocklitz 20218 Ganofa St, Souistve[?]
E. W. Latchem R.R. #2 Coffeyville Hwy
C A Collin Roadhouse Ill

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