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Fresno

PETITION.
Hon. Wm. Spry.
Gov. 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 jurers 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.

FRESNO. CAL.
Name. Address.

Charles Washburn 749 Angus St.
J. E. Bullard 115 Abbey St.
Frank Smith Fresno Cal
James Coffee Fresno Cal
Joe Kuhn Ogden Utah
Harry M. McKee 314 Forsyth Bldg Fresno
Helen M. McKee 314 Forsyth Bldg Fresno
I Bradford Fresno
William Cary
Geo Kupfer Fresno Cal
T. H. Beard 1147 J St Fresno Cal
John Rice Fresno Cal
C E Brooks