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This appeal is directed to the Board of Pardons in behalf of Joseph Hillstrom, a member of the Industrial Workers Union 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.
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Name: / Address
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[Signatures]
Chris Bertleson 1307 so Dist Tacoma
Spike Ofren 42/2 Gregory St, Tacoma
Wm Gibb 1 14 So. Lyles "
D Le Faire 3216 East St Tacoma
E.C. Lucas 1001 East 37 Tacoma
J.M.McCready 2324 Jeff Ave Tacoma

Mossy Pardy Asoft Hotel 15 19 2
John Dollar Kendry, Dziiorc 1527
Joe Bormer Hotel Sovay 1535
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