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To the Honorable William Spry Governer of the State of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah HONORABLE SIR, Whereas pubblic opinion, corraborated by the action of President Wilson in ordering the stay of execution of J. HillStrom (alias Joe Hill) is convinced that enough evidence was non brought to light to convict said J. Hillstrom with capital punishment, the undersigned: a respectfull citizen of the U.- S., demands that another trial be granted J. Hillstrom, and appeals to your executive authority that American Justice and fairness be given full cours. Trusting that a possible innocent life be save by the sole application of Fair Justice Respectfully Yours Name P Tironin ? Address Schulter Okla
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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
Dan ???tin Cushing Okla Jim Haynes JS Koerr ? Cushing Okla George Bottle M.S. Dupree Cushing Okla JS Sturgis JJ Womulk Cushing Okla ML Dixon JL Briley Cushing Okla WJ Wallice F layf Travi? Cushing Okla HG Starns JH Matoon Cushing Okla Harvy Lanes MH Eastman Cushing Okla J Smith PM Eastman Cushing Okla Mrs Sam Merson Oscar Jimks ? Cushing Okla H Peters W. Ellis Cushing Okla F White DM Ogborn Cushing Okla G ? Miles Thomas Blazek Cushing Okla ??? Tomlin John A Wittemeyer Cushing Okla ? Haskins ?M Cornett Miss Alice Nich??? Hense Hester Gertrude Marx over
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TO THE WORKING MEN & OTHERS WHO BELIEVE IN JUSTICE.
JOSEPH HILLSTROM, A UNION WORKING MAN, SONG WRITER AND BATTLER? FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE EXPLOITED, WAS CONVICTED WITHOUT A FAIR TRIAL, ON THE FLISIEST OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, OF THE MURDER OF TWO STORE ? KEEPERS, WHO WERE EX-POLICEMEN AND HAD MADE MANY BITTER ENEMIES BEFORE QUITTING THE SERVICE, IN SALT LAKE CITY, ?????? HILLSTROM WAS A STRANGER IN THE TOWN, AND NEVER EVE???? THE MEN WHO WERE KILLED. BUT BECAUSE HE HAD A WOUND ???? A ???????----------------COURT, AND WITHOUT ANY OTHER EVIDENCE, HE WAS CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO BE SHOT. HE IS, THRU US WORKERS, APPEALING FOR A FAIR AND IM-PARTIAL TRIAL, and IT IS OUR DUTY TO HELP HIM FOR WE NEVER KNOW WHEN WE WILL BE IN THE SAME BOAT. ROBBERY WAS NOT THE MOTIVE IN THIS KILLING, BUT REVENGE W A S. AS HILLSTROM NEVER KNEW THE MEN, HOW COULD HE WISH TO DESTROY THEM? IT IS ABSURD AND DANGEROUS TO THE LIBERTY OF EVERY WORKING MAN IN THE U.S. TO ALLOW SUCH A FARCIAL TRIAL AND TRUMPED-UP CONVICTION. YOU ARE MERELY ASKED TO SIGN THIS APPEAL FOR HIM A NEW AND FAIR TRIAL? WILL YOU DO THIS FOR HIM? HE WILL BE SHOT ON THE 19TH. OF NOVEMBER IF WE DONT ACT QUICKLY. ############################## TO GOV. WM. SPRY OF UTAH, SALT LAKE CITY.
We the undersigned workmen and citizens of this State and the U.S. think that Jos. Hillstrom was convicted unfairly on CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE OF A VERY WEAK QUALITY, and that he deserves a FAIR and IMPARTIAL TRIAL, therefore we herewith append our signatures to the petition herewith, and ask you to either pardon Jos. Hillstrom, or grant him a new and IMPARTIAL trial ????????????????????????????????????????before his enemies as was done at former trial. HE IS TO BE SHOT ON NOVEMBER ???? ?????
Respectfully submitted
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