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Pottsville Schuykill County Pennsylvania.,
September Fourth (4th) 1915.

To The Honorable William Spry.,
Governor Of The State of Utah.,

The undersigned, all being citizens of The United States,
and whose addresses appear hereon, having been informed concerning the recent
trial and conviction of one Joseph HIllstrom (also known as Joe Hill), by the
District Court of Salt Lake County, Utah, for the alleged killing of
J. S. Marrison, in Salt Lake County, Utah, on January Tenth (10th), 1914, and
of the affirmance of the judgement of conviction of teh said District Court by
the Supreme Court of the State of Utah, hereby make appearl to Your Executive
Clemency on behalf of said Hillstrom, and request that You grant him a pardon,
for the following reasons to wit;

That the said Hillstrom was denied by the Judge of the said District Court of
Salt Lake County thatfair and impartial trial which is gauranteed to All
Citizens of the United States by the Constitution thereof, and the laws of
the State of Utah, in that the said court denied to him the priveledge of being
defended by Counsel of his own selection, or conducting his own defense, and
that he hastherefore been deprived of the benifit of Counsel.

Because the conviction of said Hillstrom was obtained upon flimsy and wholly
unsufficient evidence, the said trial being a mockery of justice and the
verdict rendered therein due wholly to prejudice prevailing in said Salt Lake
County against Hillstrom because of his activity in the Labor Movement;-.

*;*;- Names and Addresses Below *;*;-
W. J. McVey 50 W. Bacon St Pottersville Pa.