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PETITION

San Francisco, Calif., Sept. 1915

Hon. Wm. Spry, Governor of Utah.

The undersigned believe that there is a strong doubt as to the guilt of Joseph Hillstrom, under sentence of death in the Utah Penitentiary.

We hereby respectfully petition you to commute his sentence to life imprisonment, to the end that Hillstrom, if innocent, may have a fair chance to prove his innocence.

Christine Paulson 2806 Vallejo Str San Francisco Cal

CALIFORNIA, San Francisco, August Sevent, 1915.

Sir:

WE, the individual members of the INTERNATIONAL RADICAL CLUB, numbering six hundred progressive men and women of the City of San Francisco and vicinity, have made a thorough investigation of the case of JOSEPH HILLSTROM, and are convinced that he did not have a fair nor impartial trial, notwithstanding the statement of his Attorney, Judge Hilton, that he was legally convicted.

WE, THEREFORE, most urgently and strenuously request that you look into this case, because of the power vested in you as the Governor of the State of Utah, and as such you can prevent this terrible injustice being perpetrated-- a crime against which we, as a body, must vigorously contend.

WE will employ every means and avenue at our command to publish the facts of this matter to the World and advertise the fact that in the State of Utah a man can be convicted and sentenced to be shot after a trial from which every element essential to conviction was absent, and the constitutional safeguards prescribed by every Court of law in these United States were absolutely ignored.

With assurances of not only ourselves but of all fair-minded citizens of this country that we are with you both morally and actually in your efforts to stop this outrageous execution.

Awaiting your acknowledgment, we are

Respectfully, INTERNATIONAL RADICAL CLUB, By F. N. Neen Secretary.

To the Honoral WILLIAM SPRY, Governor of Utah, Ogden, Utah.

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 for 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.

Mis Pearl Vogel 335 Shotwell St. Wm Overton No 1 Bird Ave Mrs. Mary Garbutt 745 Broadway Miss Rose Lee 1745 Sacramento R Walsh 1907 Pine St S Milder 1874 Bush St Barbara Heineman 1509 1/2 Ellis St Helen Tienberg 1720 Sutter R. Lipshitz 320 San Carlos Ida Levin San Francisco Clara Levinson 684 Grove St. Sophie [Silvega] 284 Grove St Mason Sato 1726 A Post St

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 for 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.

Ron Blaisdell 2204 Clement Alameda E.S. Gomes San Leandro, Cal. Geo Holse 126 Guerrow St A Harrill 18 [?} Castri San Francisco J J Herborn 342 San Carlos Ave Wm Herborn 342 San Carlos Ave Frank Martin 519 Leavenworth Ave Geo White 273 Liberty St A Gustafs 2216 - 23 St J. Bigbee 3573 - 16th St

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 for 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.

[Vaitor Erikson] San Francisco Calif

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 for 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.

H.E. Wells 630 - 9th Ave, San Francisco, Cal.