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Petition. Fresno,

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 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 circum-
stantial evidence.

Believing these to be the facts, wethe undersigned, demand that the
death sentence inthe case of Joseph Hillstrom be set aside and
clemency extended.
Fresno, Cal.

Name. Address.

Geo. T. Pickett [Slaus] Cal
W S S [Pruitt] Mono 846
J. Franklin Sanger Cal
Hattie Franklin Sanger Cal
L C Thomas Fresno Calif.
Mrs R. E. Brown Fresno Calif.
Mrs E Edward 1441 M Street
Frank Muller. Fresno
J S Wilson Fresno
H Hutchins Fresno
W H Walker