The State of Utah vs. Joe Hill

Albert City Iowa.Sept. 3. 1915. To the Hon. William Spry, Governor of the State of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. The Undersigned, all being citizens of the United States, and whose addresses are set opposit their names, 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.Morrison, and his son Arling Morrison, in Salt Lake County, Utah,on January 10 ,1914, and of the affirmance of the judgement of conviction of said District Court by the Supreme Court of the State of Utah, hereby make appeal 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 saild Hillstrom was denied by the judge of the said District Court of Salt Lake County that fair and impartial trial which is guaranteed 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 him the privilege of being defended by counsel of his own selection, or of conducting his own defense,and that he has therefore been deprived of the benefit of counsel.

Because the conviction of said Hillstrom was obtained upon flimsy and wholly insufficient eviden, the said trial being a mockery of justice and the verdict rendered therindue wholly to prejudice prevailing in said Salt Lake County against Hillstrom because of his activity in the labor movement. G.T. Swenson Albert City Iowa CAWerner " " " E.G. Soderquist " " " E Kalek " " " Burt Spar " " " O.C.Anderson " " " Gust LJohnson " " " A.L.Bergling " " " Carl Mew " " " C J Lougren " " " Anton Johnson " " " Fritz G.Anderson " " " F. A. Wallner " " " F.L. Davidson " " " J A Johansen " " " Carl Jacobson " " " E. E. Damilson " " " H. D. Behrens " " "