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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 circumstanial 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 |
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| Luis Garcia | Ybor City, Fla. |
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| S, Oliveros | 2002 Saxon St |
| Paolo Faverotto | 2210, 12, Av |
| Calito Garcia | Palmetto Tampa Fla |
| Wm Vander Hoff I.W.W. | Tampa Fla |
| [Tagnozio] Midulla | 8 av 2010 Tampa Fla |
| [Jowther] Guisppe, | Nebraska ave. 1914. Tampa Fla. |
| William Utech | 710 1/2 Franklin St. Tampa. Fla. |
| Sam Shushy | 1411 Howard ave. West Tampa, Fla |
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| Octavia Pous | Hotel Bricke West Tampa, Fla. |
| Norman Micfler | Berriman Cigar Factory |
| H Randal | Berriman Cigar Factory |
| Alfonso Dallejo | 2918 Sanchez St, Ybor City |
| Joe Dallejo | " " " " |
| A Pedcou | Barriman Cigar Factory |
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To the Honorable 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 opposite 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, Utha, on January 10th, 1914, and of the affirmance of the Judgement of conviction of said District Court by the Supreme Court of the State of Utha, 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 said Hillstrom was denied by the Judge of the said District Courty 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 said Court denied to him the privilege of being defended by counsel of his own selection, or conducting his own defence, 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 evidence, the said trail 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.
Name Giorda Costanzo Address anion Street N72
